Naturescapes

About Naturescapes

Naturescapes has been providing tranquility right outside peoples’ doors for over 35 years. They specialize in creating environmentally sensitive gardens using many native plants, rejuvenating old landscapes and creating site restorations and habitats. Watch as your yard comes alive with healthy trees, evergreens, shrubs as well as perennials and bulbs. As experts in landscaping and horticulture, they will design and install trees and shrubs that will thrive in this climate.  they also install ponds and waterfalls, patios, pathways and stepways using natural materials.

The values advanced by B Lab and B Corporations are ones that are important to us and also to our stakeholders. By becoming a B Corporation, we are better able to broadcast our commitment to those values and hopefully set an example of social and environmental responsibility in our community.

Whether you believe it or not, the first thing visitors notice when they approach your home are your grounds. A dull, uninspired landscape doesn’t cast the best reflection on your home (or business). Naturescapes designs and creates that specially distinctive look presently missing in your yard. Located in Paoli, Pa, these professional landscapers have an unlimited number of ideas to create a well designed environmentally sensitive, low maintenance garden that creates a space to balance your needs with the natural world.

The Change We Seek®

Our goal is to provide a well-designed, environmentally sensitive and low maintenance garden that creates a space that balances your needs with the natural world. We accomplish this by:

• Recycling existing plants if feasible

• Procuring plants with larger root systems for better appearance, adaptability and longevity

• Selecting site-specific plants according to the motto: right plant - right place

• Choosing plants with multi-season ornamental qualities and habitat value

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Summary:

Certified: July 2009
  Points Earned % Points Available
Accountability » 14.5 86%
Employees » 36.4 69%
Consumers » 28 58%
Community » 33.2 53%
Environment » 14.6 76%
Composite B Score 126.7
  • >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
  • >60% points available = Area of excellence

Highlights:

From B Impact Assessment

Environment: >51% of office supplies come from recycled materials; Policy to increase energy efficiency; % of renewable energy use increased annually

Employees: 100% of employees reimbursed for Continuing Education; All employees paid a living wage; 100% of individual health insurance premiums covered

Community: >75% of employees take time off for community service; 900 hours of volunteer service donated; >10% of net profits given to charitable organizations; >10% of employees from low-income communities; >60% of suppliers are local

Projects

• Naturespaces Project Gallery Go»