Project Evergreen issues fact sheets on benefits of green spaces

NEW PRAGUE, MN — Project EverGreen recently released three fact sheets that can help landscapers and lawn care professionals communicate the value of well-maintained turf and landscape to the public and policy makers.

All three fact sheets can be downloaded from the Project EverGreen Web site.

Economic Fact Sheet: The Financial Benefits of Green Spaces (PDF, 136k)

Environmental Fact Sheet: How Green Spaces Benefit the Environment (PDF, 136k)

Lifestyle Fact Sheet: How Green Spaces Benefit Lifestyles (PDF, 136k)

"It’s important for homeowners to realize that green is much more than just a pleasing color," says Den Gardner, executive director of Project EverGreen. “In looking at university and government research we found strong support for the practical advantages of maintaining and enhancing green spaces."

Some of the benefits documented include:

• Landscaping can increase home value by as much as 11.3 percent.
• Trees can reduce attic temperatures by as much as 40 degrees resulting in lower energy costs
• Proper landscape maintenance can protect water supplies by reducing runoff and preventing leaching into the soil.

Readers can also put links to HTML versions of these fact sheets on their companies' own Web sites. Visit these links below:

Economic Fact Sheet

Environmental Fact Sheet

Lifestyle Fact Sheet

Project EverGreen is a national non-profit organization representing green industry service providers, associations, suppliers/distributors, media companies and other organizations. Project EverGreen’s mission is to raise the awareness of the environmental, economic and lifestyle benefits of landscapes and promote the significance of those who preserve and enhance green spaces at home, work and play.