I got to see a ton of beautiful plants and even some that will do well here in high and dry Central Oregon. But what really was exciting was the workshop I took on Sustainable Landscape Practices for a Sustainable Landscape Business. The focus was not on business practices so much but rather on landscape practices and an 8 fold path that Doug Spiro had come up with to guide himself to ensure sustainable practices. Mark Hadley of WH Pacific also shared information and slides of some of their Sustainable Stormwater management projects making vegetative swales, flow through planters, eco-roofs, rain gardens and much more.
The principles of the 8 fold path are:
- Respect what is already there
- Reduce input/optimize output (reduce resources necessary to create and maintain)
- Nurture the soil
- Protect the air and water quality
- Conserve water
- Conserve energy
- Create wildlife habitat
- Create healthy human habitat
Below are some of the photos I took during the show and at the zoo.
Water fountain with solar light, sorry I didn't catch the name of the company. I think children would love this fountain and I'm recommending it to a client.
Picea procumbens 'Nana' trained exquisitely.
This was hanging on the ceiling of the convention center's foyer...
Love the living walls!
Lili and Peter spent almost half an hour in the tractor booth, she loved it!
Peter and Lili at the zoo. Those fish are about as big as Lili is!
Little orange frog at the zoo. Wonder what he is looking at...
