Greening Croasdaile Retirement Community
Abstract
Croasdaile Village (CV) is a 100 acre retirement community located within the Croasdaile
Farm area of Durham, North Carolina. CV strives to create beautiful and sustainable
outdoor spaces for its residents, and would like to follow the example of several
sustainable landscaping initiatives in North Carolina. The facility has partnered
with Duke University to identify areas in need of improvement and obtain recommendations
that, when implemented, would help achieve their goal. A set of criteria allowed
for the evaluation of CV’s current landscaping and maintenance practices. Further
research on sustainable landscaping methods and best management practices (BMPs) aided
in the development of recommendations for the campus. Review of other local and national
initiatives ensured that CV was in line with universal standards on sustainable landscaping.
Results provide a comprehensive set of water use, maintenance and erosion control
recommendations.
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Thompson, Taryn (2011). Greening Croasdaile Retirement Community. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4652.Collections
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