What Is Fire-Resistant Landscaping?
Fire-resistant landscaping involves creating “defensible space,” or selecting, placing, and maintaining plants and other landscape features around your home in a way that helps make your home less vulnerable to damage or loss from a wildfire.
This new publication, “Fire-Resistant Landscaping in North Carolina,” goes over how to reduce your risk of damage from a wildfire. Along with the basics of fire-resistant landscaping, this publication introduces you to plant selection, placement, and maintenances for this type of landscaping, with some North Carolina native plants highlighted.
