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Sustainable planting

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Short description: Agricultural philosophy

Sustainable planting is an approach to planting design and landscaping-gardening.

Practical examples

  • When creating new roads or widening current roads, the Nevada Department of Transportation will reserve topsoil and native plants for donation.[1]
  • The Grain for Green Program in China pays farmers to convert their retired farmland back into forests or other natural landscapes.[2]

See also

References

  1. Guinn, Kenny C. (2002). Pattern and Palette of Place: A Landscape and Aesthetics Master Plan for the Nevada State Highway System. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada Department of Transportation. 
  2. Yuan, Zhen (2014). China's Grain for Green Program A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World. Cham : Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-11504-7. 




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