Key Terms Landscaping (Dig Com)

naturalistic areas in urban environments. Public markets, shared-use areas for keeping and grazing domestic animals, and places for religious, governmental, and other celebrations all contributed to the concept of open spaces for public use.

• cul-de-sac

• City parks

the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.

• Restoring

• Environmental restoration

• Urban restoration

an area of grass, trees, or other vegetation set apart for recreational or aesthetic purposes in an otherwise urban environment.

• Play area

• not this one

• Green Spaces

the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.

• Horticulture

• Green Space

systems and practices that use or mimic natural processes that result in the infiltration, evapotranspiration or use of stormwater in order to protect water quality and associated aquatic habitat. 

• Evaporation

• Urban planning

• 'Low-impact development'

a fixed place of abode or a temporary dwelling, as in the case of an individual or family traveling on vacation

• Vacation hot spot

• Private residences

• Condemned building

the process of controlling the stormwater runoff that comes primarily from impervious surfaces like parking lots, driveways, and rooftops.

• Stormwater management

• Rain bucket

• Rain developer

the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.

• Statues

• Topography

• Hortoculture