ReScape Rated provides a
clear and quantifiable path to regenerate a landscape.

A landscape rated by ReScape certifies the regenerative, nature-based benefits in the design and build of a landscape.

The rating system process, done on-site, applies to new construction or major renovations of civic, commercial, institutional and multifamily property landscapes. It provides property owners and landscape professionals with a systematic framework for creating healthy, drought-tolerant and environmentally sound landscapes.

The ReScape Rating System is based on ReScape’s Eight Principles and Landscaping Guidelines practices. Trained Raters use the Rated Landscape Scorecard, a tool to help project teams evaluate eligible landscapes and plan, track and verify the practices they implement to improve their landscapes. To qualify as ReScape Rated a landscape must earn at least 60 of 200 possible points in 14 required practices.

Growing numbers of property owners, tenants, and concerned citizens are becoming aware of the unintended consequences of conventional landscaping practices. These include excessive irrigation, overuse of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and the noise, energy, labor and waste involved in mowing, blowing, trimming, and disposing of plant debris.

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Benefits to incorporating ReScape practices
into your landscapes include:

50-90%

water savings

30-70%

maintenance labor savings

85-95%

non-toxic weed suppression

70-80%

reduced runoff

117 tons

greenhouse gas reduction
(per acre)

ReScape Rated Projects

There are 134 completed ReScape Rated Landscape projects with 20 more in various stages of planning, design or construction. Ranging in size from 2500 square feet to 30 acres, and from new developments to major renovations, projects include multi-family housing, large commercial developments, streetscapes, and public parks and facilities.

ReScape Rated Landscape projects at a glance: