Earth Friendly Home, La Salle, Illinois Next Design > Description The owner’s of this dream home are clearly thinking of their future as well as the Earth’s. The home boasts solar power and geo-thermal heating/cooling. The landscape design compliment’s the client’s forward thinking by using a low maintenance lawn mix as well as native perennials, trees and shrubs. Exterior grading schemes at primary entrances eliminated steps so the home would be accessible to older family members as well as perhaps themselves someday. An accessible pathway leads from the main house, past the raised garden beds, to the lower design studio. Image Gallery