Native Planting
Native tree and shrub planting; supports biodiversity, low maintenance, and climate-appropriate.
Carbon and evidence
Carbon Sink & Ecosystem Services
A living landscape element — a carbon sink and provider of ecosystem services, not a manufactured product. Its value is measured by sequestration and biodiversity, not embodied carbon, and it must never be netted against a product’s A1–A3.
Carbon Sequestration
Not sequestration-led
The primary value here is biodiversity and/or water function, not carbon storage.
Biodiversity Net Gain
native species-rich planting; supports pollinators & habitat
Source: Defra Biodiversity Metric 4.0
England requires a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain; distinctiveness is one input to the habitat unit calculation.
Ecosystem Services
Establishment & Maintenance
planting and establishment watering carry a small upfront carbon cost
Read This Honestly
- •Carbon value is modest — biodiversity is the primary benefit.
- •Not equivalent to avoiding an emission; never offset embodied product carbon with it.
Reference Sources
Products in this category
No manufacturer products are listed in this category yet. You can specify native planting generically and carry it through to a render and specification as normal.
Specification
- Finish
- Mixed native species
- Service life
- 30 years