Our Tool Shed is a resource library designed for professionals working within all aspects of park maintenance. We continually research best maintenance practices from all industries to gather videos, articles, templates, and websites and store them in one place for our members. We spend the time to sift through the noise and provide you with valuable information when you need it, so you can focus on developing solutions. If there is something you need but cannot find, reach out and share your specific needs.
Conservation Landscaping Guidelines
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, 2013
Engaging in the conservation landscaping practices described here can make an important difference in helping preserve the region’s plants, habitats, and animals, all critical elements in the complex web of life that characterizes a watershed.
Basic Principles of Watershed Restoration and Stormwater Management
University of Maryland Extension, 2020
The objective of this document is to provide an overview of the most relevant urban stormwater management and watershed restoration issues, common mitigating practices, and regulations relevant to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Habitat Gardening for Wildlife
Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2015
If we provide consistent, clear messagesand simple guidance about how to improve or restore habitat in our communities, then the resulting actionsby the public should help to slow—and ultimately, one hopes, to reverse—the trend of declining wildlife species.
Invasive Plants and Their Native Look-alikes
Delaware Department of Agriculture, 2008
This guide fills a need for a regional photographic guide to a broad selection of invasive plants that are often confused with similar native look-alikes.
Asset Management Levels of Service Guide
Northwest Territories Association of Communities, 2018
The Guide is designed to help communities use the Levels of Service Template to create documents thatare tailored to their local context.
Tracking Performance Accomplishments and Writing Self‐Assessments
US Dept. of Agriculture, 2022
Tool designed to assist supervisors with evaluation process / performance reviews that may be more impactful and engage staff.
Motor Vehicle and Fleet Management Best Practice Guidelines
Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, 2022
This guide contains the basic elements that should be addressed by each university concerning the safe and legal use of vehicles operated by the university, whether they are university owned, rented, or privately owned.
Facilities Management Good Practice Guide
Facility Management Association of Australia, 2012
The purpose of the Guide is to provide a common understanding of issues and good practice requirements involved in running an efficientbuilding, helping to bridge knowledge gaps between the various stakeholders involved in the development, construction, operations, maintenance, management and administration of multi-unit residential buildings.
Why Mulch Volcanoes are Bad
University of Missouri, 2001
Brief article describing the effects of a common landscaping mistake.
Landscaping Near Black Walnut Trees
K-State Research and Extension, 2015
Selecting juglone-tolerant plants
Guide to Restoring Native Plants in NYC
Madison Square Park Conservancy, 2021
This guide was designed for New York City residents, professional land managers, and gardeners to choose the plants with the greatest ecological impact on our city.
Madison Square Park Tree Conservation Plan
Madison Square Park Conservancy, 2017
This tree plan, not only comprises a history of trees that once stood in the Park and catalogues the trees currently standing, but also directs the succession and maintenance of the tree canopy that future generations of Park users will enjoy.
SAMPLE - Sustainability Plan 2008 - 2015
City of Sacremento, CA - 2008
Sample sustainability plan from a US city. This plan is broken down into 38 objectives to achieve over 7 years.
SAMPLE - Urban Agriculture Activity Plan
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, 2014
The Urban Agriculture activity plan is a strategy to further sustainability as a core value and promotethe vision and goals of the MPRB Comprehensive Plan. This plan is to be used as a baseline for theMPRB to increase integration of urban agriculture in the parks and guide the investment necessary tosustainably support related activities.
SAMPLE - Sustainability Report
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, 2009
"This sustainability report, is intended to serve as 1) a review of the challenges and opportunities with existing resources and personnel
