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| depending on neighbourhood and site constraints and landscape ideals identified during market research | | depending on neighbourhood and site constraints and landscape ideals identified during market research |
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| This chapter will provide examples of residential landscape
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| program. For a good “how to” resource for homeowner
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| LID installation, see TRCA’s Greening Your Grounds: A
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| Homeowners Guide to Stormwater Landscaping Projects,
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| available for purchase at TRCA.on.ca.
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| For more technical information and design guidance on LID
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| practices, see the Low Impact Development Stormwater
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| Management Planning and Design Guide, available at bealeader.ca
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| <h3>'''[[Landscape alternatives]]'''</h3>[[File:Example9.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.55| Landscape alternatives can be established in any green space. They are most frequently established in front yards. (Source: Region of Peel)]] | | <h3>'''[[Landscape alternatives]]'''</h3>[[File:Example9.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.55| Landscape alternatives can be established in any green space. They are most frequently established in front yards. (Source: Region of Peel)]] |