Sustainable Sites

Documents Generated by Peconic Green Growth:

• Design Concepts for Sustainable Gardens Part One
• Design Concepts for Sustainable Gardens Part Two
• Design Concepts for Sustainable Gardens Part Three
• Design Concepts for Sustainable Gardens Part Four

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General:

• Cornell Cooperative Extension, Suffolk, NY
• EPA
• Sustainable Sites Initiative

Guidelines and Manuals:

• Landscape for Life
• NYS Stormwater Management Design Manual
• U.S. Green Building Council, LEED for Homes

Favorite Books:

• Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
• View from Breezy Point by Carl Safina
• Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter Del Tredici
• Green Urbanism, Learning from European Cities by Timothy Beatley

Native Plants:

• Long Island Native Grass Initiative
  • http://www.nycgovparks.org/greening/greenbelt-native-plant-center/long-island-native-grass-initiative
  • www.plantnative.org
• Wildflower Information
• Long Island Grows
• Society for a Re-Natural Environment
• Association of Horticulture Professionals

Site Info:

• Soils
• Soil testing
• Flood maps

Efficiency/Irrigation:

• The U.S. EPA: WaterSense program
• Low Impact Development Center
• Irrigation Association
• American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
• Guide to Estimating Irrigation Water Needs (CA)

Raingardens:

• New Rochelle Demonstration Project
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Rain Garden Plants