We are working on a large multifamily housing project that is incorporating community gardens throughout a previously developed site and we would like to determine whether the gardens can considered and "ecologically appropriate" amenity that contributes towards habitat. Is there a precedent for either including gardens in the total area that is counted as "native/adaptive and ecologically appropriate" or excluding them from the denominator (total site area) of this calculation?
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Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
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June 4, 2012 - 8:16 pm
Narada,You must plant with native or adapted species, but if you do that I think the gardens could count.Has anyone attempted this approach?