More Bees, Please! What’s All the Buzz about Bees in Urban Areas?

By: Deirdre Smith, Associate Director of Landscape & Sustainability of Ox Hill Companies- LEED GA, WELL AP Bees need better PR.  Really.  Everyone always focuses on the stinging part but bees, in fact, are amazing little creatures.   Incredibly, 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90% of the world’s food are pollinated by […]

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Burgeoning Sustainability Trends Shaping Northern Virginia’s Building Industry

By: Deirdre Smith, Associate Director of Landscape & Sustainability of Ox Hill Companies- LEED GA, WELL AP   April is earth month. With that in mind, it’s a great opportunity to examine the emerging ideas and sustainability trends impacting building development in Northern Virginia and beyond.   Last year went down in the record books […]

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