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Residents urge Clifton to adopt natural-landscaping policy; Council to review proposed resolution
Summary
Residents and local advocates urged the Council to adopt a resolution applying natural (native) landscaping to town properties, citing benefits to birds, pollinators and water quality; the Council said it will review the proposed resolution before further action.
Several residents and local advocates submitted written comments and asked the Council to adopt a resolution supporting natural (native) landscaping on Town properties. Laura McDonald and Margaret Fisher provided materials and testimony, arguing native plants support pollinators, birds and water quality and are readily available to landscapers.
Margaret Fisher, representing the Wild About Clifton group, wrote that the town has “the opportunity to reverse the decline of the local songbird populations” by adopting native-plant landscaping. Laura McDonald noted the recent Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan amendment encouraging natural landscaping on county properties and asked whether the Town might follow that model and consider modest budget support for a bluebird trail.
The Council indicated it needed time to review the proposed resolution and attached communications. The minutes record that the Council will review the resolution before additional discussion; the Bluebird Trail funding request was considered separately and the Council authorized up to $600 for five nesting boxes.
The matter remains at the review stage; the Council did not adopt a final resolution on Aug. 4.
