About Carolina Green Industry NetworkCarolina Green Industry Network (CGIN) promotes sustainable practices. We believe that we have an obligation to provide leadership in the environment as it pertains to Landscape Practices. This includes: Water Conservation, Low Emission Equipment, Smart Practices in regard to applications, and Smart Streams. If you believe what we believe, please Join us here.
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We support: no or low idle time with equipment
We support: recycling of landscape material
We support and Partner with: the Mecklenburg County Recycle Center
We do not support: Bagging and disposal of grass clippings
Purchasing and planting the wrong trees, shrubs, grasses, etc. costs money in the short and the long term. Landscaping in a way that does not conserve and that is not environmentally friendly, saps your time throughout the process in terms of planting, maintaining, pruning, and eventually, replacing. Misplanted trees and shrubs are destructive. Their root structures elevate sidewalks and foundations. They, also, can scratch windows and cause erosion of topsoil. Poorly chosen plants overgrow, requiring more maintenance, requiring more man-hours, more wear and tear on equipment, and more fuel. More time is needed to manage this type of design, which takes time away from more important things that affect our lives. We have less control over the quality of the landscape, over the quality of our time, and, ultimately, over the quality of our lives. All of this ends up being compromised by poor landscaping design.
We support: recycling of landscape material
We support and Partner with: the Mecklenburg County Recycle Center
We do not support: Bagging and disposal of grass clippings
Purchasing and planting the wrong trees, shrubs, grasses, etc. costs money in the short and the long term. Landscaping in a way that does not conserve and that is not environmentally friendly, saps your time throughout the process in terms of planting, maintaining, pruning, and eventually, replacing. Misplanted trees and shrubs are destructive. Their root structures elevate sidewalks and foundations. They, also, can scratch windows and cause erosion of topsoil. Poorly chosen plants overgrow, requiring more maintenance, requiring more man-hours, more wear and tear on equipment, and more fuel. More time is needed to manage this type of design, which takes time away from more important things that affect our lives. We have less control over the quality of the landscape, over the quality of our time, and, ultimately, over the quality of our lives. All of this ends up being compromised by poor landscaping design.
