Your Yard
Protecting the Local Ecosystem
Your lawn can be part of the solution. Our yards and open spaces have the potential to capture and store greenhouse gas emissions — or act as “carbon sinks” – and can serve as critical ecosystem connectors for birds and wildlife.
Take a holistic approach to lawn care by incorporating native plants and trees, leaving your leaves, switching to electric landscape equipment, and more!
Sustainable Princeton maintains a Resource List of Landscaping Businesses to make hiring a business that provides sustainable landscaping services easier.
Discover the benefits of native plants, learn to tell the difference between native and invasive plants, and where to purchase them locally.
Green infrastructure practices help to restore the natural water cycle which reduces droughts and prevents flooding.
