This newly updated second edition of the landmark book further explores how to construct outdoor environments based on principles of sustainability. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most important developments in this landscape revolution, along with the latest scientific research in the field. It is also more expansive, providing more ideas for designing, building, and maintaining environmentally sensitive landscapes. It is essential reading for everyone with an interest in "green" landscape design.

Sustainable Landscape Construction is organized around principles that reflect the authors' desire to put environmental ethics into practice, with each chapter focusing on one over-arching idea. These principles of sustainability are clearly articulated and are developed through specific examples of projects from around the globe.