The first generation of sustainable gardens at the Chicago Botanic Garden were the victory gardens of World Wars I and II.
A sensory garden next to the Visitor Centre gives has plants selected for aroma and texture, and opposite it a sustainable garden is being built.
An additional 2 acres of land have been developed into a sustainable garden which is used to provide produce to the Winery's on-site dining establishments.
Mark Laurence, one of the UK's leading designers of sustainable gardens, says that all hard landscaping materials have an ecological price tag.
Many of the eco-friendly principles and ideas espoused by sustainable gardens, landscapes and sites perpetuate sustainable practices established as a reaction to resource-intensive industrial agriculture.
One major feature distinguishing the approach of sustainable gardens, landscapes and sites from other similar enterprises is the quantification of site sustainability by establishing performance benchmarks.
They have since started a local sustainable and organic garden and plan to sell subscriptions to local residents.
These tribes rely on natural growth within the forest as well as small sustainable gardens to produce enough food for a clan to survive on.
The college grounds include a sustainable garden, a football oval and soccer pitches.
The entire design as being organised around "two lush sustainable gardens" and the wing-like roofs helps collect rainwater and become part of the garden.