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Executive Summary and Introduction <br /> Great River Greening <br /> Our mission at Great River Greening is to lead and support community-based <br /> restoration of natural areas. Since its beginning in 1985, Greening has involved more <br /> than 15,000 volunteers, planted over 40,000 native trees and shrubs and 165 acres of <br /> prairie grasses and wildflowers, and cut nearly 350 acres of invasive non-native <br /> buckthorn. Greening has worked on both public and private lands, including more <br /> than 80 commercial business properties. Our professional staff provide natural <br /> resource management planning and ecological landscape design services to support <br /> our nonprofit mission. <br /> MI <br /> J <br /> =s. h ., r <br /> I E 1 1 <br /> ■ram 1 <br /> t <br /> b R. <br /> , ` <br /> 1 <br /> � nl <br /> - <br /> Planting Design <br /> by Meg Arnosti of16 <br /> Windsor Companies <br /> Executive Summary <br /> As part of our educational goals at Great River Greening, we have developed this <br /> guidebook for designers, developers, landscapers and the general public to demon- <br /> strate how native plants can be used effectively in planned landscapes. This document <br /> provides information about the important role native plantings serve in renewing our <br /> landscape, and also includes successful strategies for native planting design. <br /> 6 <br />