What is a High-Performing Landscape?

We consider a landscape “high-performing” when it does three things: improves your own well-being, supports nature, and builds regional resilience. There are countless ways a landscape can contribute to each of those categories.

Explore the map below to learn more about the interconnected benefits that a high-performing landscape can provide.

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Strengthens Regional Resilience
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Strengthens Community Resilience
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Encourages Shared Resources
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Strengthens Social Connections
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Increases Community Health Outcomes
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Beautifies Shared Spaces
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Builds Environmental Resilience
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Reduces Carbon Impacts
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Strengthens Your Watershed
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Reduces Waste
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Protects Against Risks
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Supports Nature
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Uses the Right Plants
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Manages Water Wisely
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Increases Biodiversity
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Builds Habitat
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Protects Soil
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Increases Your Well-Being
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Facilitate social connection
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Cultivates mindfulness
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Boosts creative expression
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Encourages movement
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Encourage healthy eating
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Improves mood
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Reduces stress
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Details

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  • (Milk) Goats
  • Boulders
  • Breeze
  • Chickens/Ducks (Egg laying)
  • Clay Brick
  • Compost
  • Compost bin
  • Concrete
  • Concrete pavers
  • Contemporary Style
  • Paths-and-Social-Spaces-Deck
    Deck & Patio
  • Drainage
  • Fencing
  • Flagstone
  • Plants-and-Garden-Types-Fruit-Trees-and-Shrubs
    Fruit Trees & Shrubs
  • Gabion
  • Plants-and-Garden-Types-Habitat-Garden
    Habitat
  • Hardscape materials
  • Honeybees
  • Lighting
  • Lumber
  • Meadow Gardens
  • Measuring and Layout
  • Meditation Garden
  • Mulch
  • Mulch for planting beds
  • Native
  • Naturalistic Style
  • Paths-and-Social-Spaces-Path3-Breeze
    Paths
  • Permeable Surfaces
  • Paths-and-Social-Spaces-Play-Areas
    Play Areas
  • Plants-and-Garden-Types-Swale-and-Rain-Garden
    Rain Gardens and Bioswales
  • Rain Gardens and Swales
  • Rainwater Catchment System
  • Recycled and repurposed
  • Regionally-adapted
  • Features-Retaining-Wall
    Retaining walls
  • Rock and Crevice
  • Rock Garden
  • Safety
  • Sandstone Slabs
  • Sandstone Strip Stone
  • Features-Sauna
    Sauna and Hot-tubs
  • Sensory Garden
  • Shade Structures
  • Site Preparation and Demolition
  • Features-Art-Shed
    Small Structures
  • Paths-and-Social-Spaces-Patio
    Social Areas
  • Tools and Equipment
  • Plants-and-Garden-Types-Trees-and-Shrubs
    Trees and Shrubs
  • Plants-and-Garden-Types-Turf
    Turf
  • Plants-and-Garden-Types-Vegetable-Garden
    Vegetable Gardens
  • Water feature
  • Water Garden
  • Xeric Garden