Sustainable Landscape Management certificate coming to Colorado Email
Written by ALCC   
Tuesday, May 07, 2019 04:00 AM

Earlier this year, Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC) announced their new Sustainable Landscape Management (SLM) initiative. It provides sustainable landscape management standards that protect and conserve water and reduce waste generation while maintaining the health of urban landscapes that consist of durable and mature plant material.

SLM is a certificate program in sustainable landscape management practices, but it is much more than that—its guidelines provide a blueprint that can be adopted by municipalities, water utility providers, property/HOA management companies, landscape companies, landscape and garden education organizations and Green Industry associations to incorporate proven sustainable practices in the landscapes they maintain. SLM guidelines are user-friendly and relate to the day-to-day basic practices of sustainable landscape management.

Sustainable Landscape Management Initiative

  • With the aridification of Colorado and the Western US, uniform Sustainable Landscape Management practices are needed immediately to conserve and protect water while maintaining healthy and sustainable urban landscapes.
  • The SLM initiative will create the standard for sustainable landscape management practices in Colorado that can be followed and adopted by all stakeholders concerned with or involved in landscape management.
  • The SLM certificate will be made available to employees of ALCC member organizations and companies including cities/municipalities, water utilities, parks and recreation districts and companies that maintain landscapes for HOAs, commercial properties and property management companies.
  • The SLM certificate will raise the level of professionalism among landscape management practitioners and increase consumer confidence with companies/organizations whose employees obtain the certificate.
  • The SLM certificate is the pathway to sustainable landscape management practices.
  • The SLM certificate creates the standard everyone can follow: the right maintenance practices at the right time.
  •  SLM is needed to educate professionals about water conservation measures that will result in increased drought protection and water system reliability.

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