Always a good investment, landscaping can increase your property value by 15 percent.

• Trees can save up to 25 percent of a typical household's heating and cooling bill.
  
• Nationally, over 70 million pounds of pesticides are applied to lawns each year.
  
• Lawn irrigation uses as much as 30 percent of the water consumption on the East Coast.
  
• Remember, water plants will need at least five to eight hours of sunlight a day.