Mission LC Wins 2 Green Awards

Missions' sustainable approach has helped its client's receive LEED points which go towards achieving the United States Green Building Council's [USGBC] coveted LEED certification. Mission has never strayed from its roots, and will continue to instill and embed sustainable principals into its practices, designs, stakeholders, culture and community.

Tustin based Mission Landscape Company's Environmental Resource Center (www.missionlandscape.com) has earned the approval from the California Integrated Waste Management Board [CIWMB] making it the only intergrated landscape firm in California with a [CIWMB] approved Recycling Facility and Green-Waste Center. The Mission Landscape Companies are one of the largest full service integrated landscape providers in the United States and preeminent brands in California, serving San Diego to Sacramento and abroad.

With the end in mind, Mission's goal is to return all green waste back to its site of origin as nutrient-rich compost. As a result, the Mission Landscape Companies do not contribute to the local landfill spaces and leave a zero carbon footprint. All client plant debris is converted into United States Composting Council [USCC] Seal of Testing Assurance [STA] certified and environmentally clean compost, saving clients money while reducing the need for fertilizers, chemicals and water. There are only a select group of companies that have passed and received the USCC's STA certification.

Mission's compost has also been used successfully in wetland restoration and rebuilding slopes devastated by fire. This nutrient-rich compost has many additional benefits including suppressing weeds, reducing erosion and run-off, binding and degrading pollutants and enhancing plant health-care. Most exciting are undergoing experiments that are using compost as a source of renewable energy. Compost is also being used in bioremediation of petroleum contaminated soils. Also notable are the current experiments being conducted to recycle palm fronds into usable compost that act as a longer-lasting slope stabilization agent.

With an ecological, social and economical approach to landscaping, Mission integrates landscape architecture, water-management, development, tree-care and environmental resources with sustainable practices that benefit the natural environment, community and the client's investment. David DuBois, CEO of the Mission Landscape Company, said, ''If we don't carefully blend the ecological components with community culture and economics, we'll create a disruptive imbalance. If we successfully blend all three, everybody benefits.''