Landscaping

Landscaping guidance

This environmental guidance is for businesses that design, build and maintain gardens and landscapes. Landscaping activities include grassing, planting, hard landscaping, fencing, ground maintenance and chemical weed control.

Landscaping includes the planting, care and maintenance of:

private and public parks and gardens, eg houses, schools, hospitals, municipal parks and green areas
sports grounds, play grounds and lawns, eg football fields, golf courses and recreational parks
interior and exterior landscapes, eg roof gardens, façade greenery and indoor gardens
greenery along highways and waterways, eg roads, train lines, waterways, ponds, ditches and watercourses.

Preventing air pollution

Reducing vehicle emissions

Buying environmentally friendly goods and services

Cutting your carbon emissions

Environmental tax obligations and breaks

Generate renewable energy

Savings calculator

Manage flood risk

Pollution incident response planning

Environmental damage

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and environmental reports

Management toolkit for SMEs - Northern Ireland

Management toolkit for SMEs - Scotland

Manage and improve your environmental performance

Adapt to Climate Change

Contaminated land

Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and other invasive weeds

Nature conservation

Actions to help pollinators on farms

Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH)

Chemical storage

Oil storage

Pesticides and biocides

Fertiliser for landscaping

Noise, odour and other nuisances

Dust from construction sites

Noise from construction sites

Permits and licences - An overview

Waste exemptions for landscaping

Landscaping trade associations

Car parking

Vehicle cleaning (including wheel washing)

Vehicle emissions

Duty of care - Your waste responsibilities

Hazardous / special waste

Storage & transport of waste

WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Composting

Fly-tipped rubbish

Sewage sludge - Landspreading

Disposing of waste by landspreading

Waste from forest management

Preventing water pollution

Septic tanks

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

Water use and abstraction

Working close to water for landscaping businesses

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https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/waste-duty-care-responsibilities
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http://www.netregs.org.uk/environmental-topics/environmental-management/first-steps-guidance-for-new-starts-projects-and-charities/