1. BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING AND GARDENING
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING AND GARDENING
7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainability & Program Resources
Today we are asking _____________ agency/city to sign the declaration of support for the 7 principles of Bay-Friendly Landscaping. The declaration is non-binding but it demonstrates that local agencies throughout the Bay Area wish to move toward a sustainable approach to designing, constructing and maintaining landscapes in order to conserves resources, reduce pollution and improve the health of the community.

2. BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING IS…
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING IS…
A whole systems approach to the
design, construction & maintenance
of the landscape.
What is Bay-Friendly? It is a whole systems approach to the design, construction and maintenance of the landscape.
It is modeled on natural systems.
Bay-Friendly is not new – it’s pulling together the best management practices across multiple environmental concerns.

3. BENEFITS OF BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
BENEFITS OF BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING
Helps local agencies meet their goals to :
Reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions
Conserve Water
Reduce Stormwater Runoff
Reduce Air pollution
Reduce Waste & increase Recycling
Create Healthier Communities
Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening supports many initiatives that local agencies are already committed to implementing. It helps to meet goals that
Reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions
Conserve Water
Reduce Stormwater Runoff
Reduce Air pollution
Reduce Waste & increase Recycling
Create Healthier Communities

4. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH -
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH -
Puts individual messages of waste reduction, pollution prevention and water conservation in a broader context of environmental practices
Has wider appeal
Can affect more behavior change
Provides partnering possibilities
Multiple types of programs appeal to diverse audiences.
Participants may be drawn in to the program for a variety of reasons.
Media campaigns, trainings, workshops, conferences and grant proposals are possible joint projects.

5. 7 PRINCIPLES of BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
7 PRINCIPLES of BAY-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING
Landscape Locally
Landscape for Less to the Landfill
Nurture the Soil
Conserve Water
Conserve Energy
Protect Water & Air Quality
Create Wildlife Habitat
Bay-Friendly Landscaping offers a menu of practices under these 7 guiding principles. It is not expected that each landscape should or can encompass all practices. Rather Bay-Friendly allows landscapes to raise the bar and apply the best practices for that site.
The quick overview here will describe the types of practices recommeded under each principle.

6. 1. LANDSCAPE LOCALLY Evaluate climate, exposure & topography
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
1. LANDSCAPE LOCALLY
Evaluate climate, exposure & topography
Assess the soil & test drainage
Consider the potential for fire
Use local plant communities as models
Analyze the natural features of the site to inform the design
Landscape Locally; recognizes that built landscapes are a part of the larger ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay watershed and that they can contribute to it’s health if designed and maintained using sustainable practices. Practices that relate to this principle are:

7. 2. LANDSCAPE FOR LESS TO THE LANDFILL
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
2. LANDSCAPE FOR LESS TO THE LANDFILL
Select appropriate plants, avoid overcrowding and invasive plants, no sheared hedges.
Water & fertilize judiciously
Use recycled content, sustainably harvested or salvaged materials
Reuse plant debris through composting, mulching and grasscycling.
Reduce and recycle construction debris
Landscape for Less to the Landfill; means not generating it in the first place by selecting the right plants, not overplanting, not overwatering or fertilizing, selecting materials with recycled content or that are sustainalby harveste. And to compost, much and grasscycle plant debris.

8. 3. NURTURE THE SOIL Remove & store topsoil during construction
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
3. NURTURE THE SOIL
Remove & store topsoil during construction
Protect soil from compaction
Defend against erosion
Aerate compacted soils
Amend soil with compost
Mulch
Nurture the Soil; soils are living ecosystems and when landscape practices allow the soil food web to thrive it can filter pollution, store water, provide plant nutrients, and help plants resist pests naturally.
Practices that build soil health are:

9. 4. CONSERVE WATER Create drought-resistant soils with compost & mulch
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
4. CONSERVE WATER
Create drought-resistant soils with compost & mulch
Grow CA natives or Mediterranean plants
Minimize the lawn
Group plants by water needs (hydrozoning)
Install high -efficiency irrigation systems
Install separate water meter for irrigation
Design for recycled water, on-site rainwater collection & graywater use
Conserve Water; means using a holistic approach of creating drought resistant soils with compost and mulch, selecting plants naturally adapted to summer-dry climates, using stormwater, graywater and recycled water in the landscape as much as possible and using efficient irrigation systems that include self adjusting, weather-based controllers.

10. 5. CONSERVE ENERGY Reduce the need for mowing & Shearing
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
5. CONSERVE ENERGY
Reduce the need for mowing & Shearing
Plant trees to moderate building temperatures
Reduce the heat island effect: shade paved areas
Shade air conditioners
Design lighting carefully
Specify local products & suppliers
Conserve Energy; by reducing the need for mowing and shearing, by shading buildings and paved areas, using efficient outdoor lighting, and buying local landscape products.

11. 6. PROTECT WATER & AIR QUALITY
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
6. PROTECT WATER & AIR QUALITY
Minimize impervious surfaces
Keep soil covered
Design a system to capture & treat water
Use IPM
Eliminate decorative lawns
Plant Trees
Protect Water & Air Quality; through maximizing impervious surfaces and minimizing stormwater runoff, using integrated pest management, minimizing the use of synthetic pesticides and avoiding overuse of fertilizers, reducing fossil fuel consumption, and planting trees to remove CO2 and absorb air pollutants.

12. 7. CREATE WILDLIFE HABITAT
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
7. CREATE WILDLIFE HABITAT
Diversify
Choose CA natives first
Provide water & shelter
Eliminate the use of synthetic pesticides
Conserve or restore natural areas & wildlife corridors
Create Wildlife Habitat; recognizes that biodiversity is crucial to the health of natural ecosystems and that by using native plants and increasing the diversity of plant palettes, our built landscape can provide food, water, shelter for birds, butterflies, beneficial insects and other creatures.

13. Benefits of a Regional Approach
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
Benefits of a Regional Approach
Provides a regional, consistent, unified message
Can create a local standard that facilitates participation from landscape professionals and their clients as well as home gardeners.
Provides opportunities to leverage resources such as publications, trainings and workshops.
Provides opportunity to influence the regional media market.
There are benefits to a regional approach to creating a similar message and standard for environmentally friendly landscaping and gardening. It :
Provides a regional, consistent, unified message
Can create a local standard that facilitates participation from landscape professionals and their clients as well as home gardeners.
Provides opportunities to leverage resources such as publications, trainings and workshops.
Provides opportunity to influence the regional media market.

14. BAY-FRIENDLY Resources
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
BAY-FRIENDLY Resources
Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines:
Sustainable Practices for the Landscape Professional
Bay-Friendly Gardening: from your backyard to the Bay for Residents
The 2 core publications that define Bay-Friendly are the Landscape Guidelines for Professionals and for residents the Bay-Friendly Gardening. The Guidelines for Landscape professionals was reviewed by a diverse panel of Landscape professionals in the public and private sectors and by small and large firms.
These materials were developed by StopWaste.Org a public agency overseeing waste and recycling planning and programs in Alameda County. They are being made available for broader distrubution and already approximately 35,000 Bay-Friendly pulbications have been printed by 42 agencies in 8 counties around the Bay Area.

15. BAY-FRIENDLY Resources
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
BAY-FRIENDLY Resources
Workshops & Training Programs
Workshop Series for residents
Landscaper Maintenance Training & Qualification Program
Design Professional Workshops
Bay-Friendly Conference
There is curriculum available for workshops and trainings that include: (See slide)
Workshop Series for residents
Landscaper Maintenance Training & Qualification Program
Design Professional Workshops
In addition Alameda County is hosting a regional Bay-Friendly Landsaping & Gardening Conference this year.

16. BAY-FRIENDLY Resources
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
BAY-FRIENDLY Resources
For the Residents
Bay-Friendly Garden Tour
Bay-Friendly Nursery Program
For Local Governments
Bay-Friendly Scorecard for Civic & Commercial Landscapes
Model landscape policies
Model specification language for construction documents and maintenance contracts
Other resources besides publications and trainings include:
For Residents
Bay-Friendly Garden Tour which demonstrates Bay-Friendly practices to the home gardener
Bay-Friendly Nursery Program which labels plants as Bay-Friendly in participating nurseries.
For Local Governments
Bay-Friendly Scorecard for Civic & Commercial Landscapes which gives new landscape designs an environmental rating.
Model landscape policies- which requires all new civic landscapes to meet a minimum score on the landscape scorecard and encourages the use of the Bay-Friendly guidelines and scorecard in the private sector.
Model specification language for construction documents and maintenance contracts

17. Make A Difference Sign the Declaration of Support for the
Bay-Friendly Landscaping: 7 Principles for Landscaping Sustainably - June 7, 2007
Make A Difference
Sign the
Declaration of Support for the
7 Bay-Friendly Landscape Principles
And be recognized at the
Bay-Friendly Conference
as a leader in sustainable landscaping
on February 29, 2008
Learn more about the
Bay-Friendly Coalition,
consider becoming a member.
Please take the time today to endorse the 7 Bay-Friendly Landscaping Principles and be recognized at the regional Bay-Friendly Landscaping conference as a leader in sustainable landscaping. The conference is expected to attract up to 500 people involved in the landscaping and gardening industry, from professional, public sector to motivated home gardeners.
Learn more about the Bay-Friendly Landscape coalition and consider becoming a member. Over 20 organizations - Water Districts, Stormwater Districts, Waste Management Authorities, Municipalities and NGO’s – have been meeting to form a Coalition to leverage resources and maximize benefits of the B-F program. You can contact Martha Berthelsen at the Watershed Project to find out more on how to become a member.