Plants are a powerful way to offset a myriad of environmental concerns. Consider the following:

• Plants take in carbon dioxide and release clean, fresh oxygen for us to breathe.
• Plant material catches and holds most of the 12 million tons of pollutants such as dust, grit and cinders released into our atmosphere each year.
• One mature tree can produce the cooling effect of 10 room-size air conditioners running 20 hours per day.
• One tree can remove 26 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in one year.
• Living plants absorb up to 75% of an areas noise.
• Landscaping can add as much as 14% to the resale value of a building and speed its sale by as much as 6 weeks. Source: “Economic Benefits of Landscape”, Associated Landscape Contractors of America.
• By spending 5% of the value of your home on the installation of a quality low- maintenance landscape, you could boost the resale value by 15%, earning back 150% or more of your landscape investment. Source: Taylor, C. 2003. “Fertile Ground”. Smart Money, March 2003
• Properly selected and placed plants can lower home heating and cooling costs by as much as 20%. Source: “Economic Benefits of Landscape”, Associated Landscape Contractors of America.