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Providing rural property owners with the necessary information to make informed decisions when developing, and managing their land. Serving the Pacific Northwest since 1987.
 Greenbelt Consulting is an environmental assessment and consulting service designed to help property owners make informed decisions concerning their land. Landowners can minimize the degradation inherent in land clearing, road grading, and homesite construction by becoming more knowledgeable about the natural landscape of their property. Development and long-term maintenance costs can be reduced, and property value increased through coordinated planning and careful consideration of homesite, solar potential, septic systems, and access. Through assessment of your land's topography and existing natural elements, Greenbelt Consulting can suggest practical ways to maintain ecological integrity while blending comfort, safety, and utility.
The wooded and pastoral nature of the Pacific Northwest landscape is rapidly changing due to the influx of people. The very peace and beauty that has attracted people is in danger of disappearing as a result.
Greenbelt Consulting endeavors to
Prevent Tomorrow's Problems Today.
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Upcoming
Projects
The City of
Langley
is pleased
to sponsor a
four hour
seminar on
shoreline
bluffs on
May 29th,
2013 from
12pm to 4pm
at
Fellowship
Hall in the Methodist Church
at
301 Anthes
Ave.
The seminar
will include
several
speakers and
a beach walk
and bluff
tour from
2:45 to 4
pm. We are
fortunate to
have Terry
Swanson from
the
University
of
Washington
and Elliott
Menashe from
Greenbelt
Consulting
as the
primary
speakers for
the event.
The event
will be
particularly
valuable for
shoreline
bluff
property
owners, but
anyone
interested
in issues
associated
with
shoreline
bluffs is
encouraged
to attend.
Please see
the attached
flyer for
more details
on the
event.
If you have
any
questions
regarding
the event
please
contact Jeff
Arango, AICP
– Director
of Community
Planning at
360.221.4246
x26 or via
email at
jarango@langleywa.org
Menashe
Presents,
“Living on
the Edge;
Vegetation
Management
for
Shoreline
Property
Owners”
Elliott
Menashe will
provide
marine bluff
and
lake-shoreline
property
owners,
ravine
dwellers,
and other
topographically-challenged
homeowners
with helpful
information
about view
management,
reducing
stormwater
run-off and
averting
flooding,
erosion, and
landslides.
Learn about
zonal
landscaping,
bluff-top
buffers, and
the joys of
using
beautiful,
eco-friendly,
sustainable,
and hardy
native
plants in
your
landscape
designs.
Through
enlightened
view-management
choices,
discriminating
drainage
management,
inspired
invasive
plant
control, and
informed
vegetation
management,
you can
start
solving
tomorrow’s
crisis
today. An
ounce of
prevention
is worth a
ton of
riprap.
So, whether
you live on
a small city
lot or in
the
picturesque
secluded
hinterlands
of the Salish
Sea,
come learn
some crucial
management
tips that
almost
anyone can
employ to
reduce
hazards and
anxiety
about their
steep-slope
property –
before
disaster
strikes. You
can
(probably)
live on the
edge with
élan … and
peace of
mind.
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Recent
Projects
Trees,
Views, and
Slope
Stability
Presented by
Elliott
Menashe
5th
Annual Urban
Forest
Symposium:
Trees and
Views
May 13,
Monday from
9 am to 4 pm
University
of
Washington
Botanic
Gardens,
Center for
Urban
Horticulture,3501
NE 41st,
Street,
Seattle, WA
98105
Cost:
$75 per
person.
Lunches are
available at
a cost of
$15. Free
lunch for
the first
100
registrants.
Contact:
Jessica
Farmer at
urbhort@uw.edu
or
206.685.8033.
Hosted by:
UW Botanic
Gardens and
PlantAmnesty
TREES AND
VIEWS
The issue
of trees vs.
views is a
contentious
one, pitting
view seekers
against tree
lovers on
hillsides
facing
mountains
and water,
up and down
both coasts.
This
symposium,
the first of
its kind, is
entirely
devoted to
an in-depth
look at the
issue.
Topics
include: The
Aesthetics
of Views;
Municipal
View
Policies;
View
Covenants
and
Ordinances;
Trees,
Views, and
Slope
Stability;
How View and
Tree Values
Are
Determined;
View
Pruning; as
well as case
studies from
the
trenches.
This
symposium
will be of
interest to
communities,
HOAs,
municipalities,
arborists,
lawyers and
prosecutors,
planners,
developers,
tree
advocates,
and
individuals
dealing with
this complex
issue.
Speakers
include
landscape
architect
Kathleen
Day, tree
law experts
Barri
Bonapart of
Bonapart &
Associates
and
attorney/certified
arborist
Randall
Stamen,
Elliott
Menashe of
Greenbelt
Consulting,
Seattle
Parks Senior
Arborist
Mark Mead,
Bellevue
Natural
Resource
Manager Dan
DeWald, King
County Tax
Assessor,
Windermere
Real Estate
Agent,
I-tree
spokeswoman
and others.
LAND
DEVELOPMENT
PERMITS AND
PRACTICES:
THE GOOD,
THE BAD AND
THE UGLY
Friday,
April 26th,
9:30am - 2pm
at the San
Juan Island
Grange
Low Impact
Development
Techniques
for the San
Juans—Best
Management
Practices to
Reduce
Stormwater
and Erosion
Presented by
Elliott
Menashe,
Greenbelt
Consulting
To Sign Up:
Call Katie
at FRIENDS
of the San
Juans
at 378-2319
or email:
katie@sanjuans.org
Registration
Required
A Brief
History of
the Salish
Sea: How We
Got to Where
We're Going
Elliott
Menashe,
Greenbelt
Consulting,
www.greenbeltconsulting.com
April 21st,
2013
3 pm,
free
admission
Langley
Methodist
Church, 301
Anthes
Avenue,
Langley
(360)
321-4145 for
more
information
Brought
to you by
the Whidbey
Earth and
Ocean Month
Committee
Forest
ecologist
Elliott
Menashe will
explore the
history of
the Salish
Sea and
Puget Sound,
offering a
series of
geologic,
climatologic,
ecologic,
environmental,
geopolitical,
and cultural
vignettes to
help us
understand
our place in
the restless
and unruly
landscape we
call home.
In exploring
the history
of the
Salish Sea &
Puget Sound,
we can learn
simple land
management
practices to
help
preserve
this
remarkable
region.
Past
Projects
2013
Northwest
Flower &
Garden Show
Celebrating
their Silver
Anniversary
with
"The Silver
Screen Takes
Root:
Gardens Go Hollywood"
Elliott
will present
The
Killer View:
Disaster in
Paradise!
Management
Tips to
Avoid
Floods,
Erosion &
Landslides
Sat, Feb 23,
2013 at 7:00
pm / Hood Room
Washington
State Convention Center, Seattle WA
In this nod
to
Hollywood
disaster
films,
Elliott
Menashe will
provide
marine bluff
and lake
shoreline
property
owners,
ravine
dwellers,
and other
topographically-challenged
homeowners
with helpful
information
about
averting
flooding,
erosion, and
landslides.
Learn about
zonal
landscaping,
bluff-top
buffers, and
the joys of
using
beautiful,
eco-friendly,
sustainable,
and hardy
native
plants in
your garden
designs.
Through
enlightened
view-management
choices,
drainage
control, and
vegetation
management,
you can stop
creating
tomorrow’s
crisis
today. An
ounce of
prevention
is worth a
ton of
riprap. So,
whether you
live on a
small city
lot or in
the
picturesque
secluded
hinterlands
of the
Salish Sea,
come learn
the ‘four
basic boons
for
bluff-dwellers’—four
crucial
management
tips that
almost
anyone can
employ to
reduce
anxiety
about their
steep-slope
property–before
disaster
strikes. You
can
live on the
edge with
élan…..and
peace of
mind.
For More
Info:
http://www.gardenshow.com/seminars/
Elliott Menashe has been invited to serve as chairman
for the
conference
session:
Applied
aspects
– the
Practitioner’s
Point of
View
at the
3rd
International
Conference
on
Soil Bio-
and
Eco-engineering;
The Use of Vegetation to
Improve
Slope
Stability
to be held at the Dept of Forest Science,
UBC, in
Vancouver, Canada, 23-27
July 2012.
Menashe
will also be
presenting
his paper,
Large Woody
Material on
Marine
Shorelines:
Implications
for
Shoreline
Restoration
and
Stabilization,
at the
conference.
See
link to
abstract
below:
Large Woody
Material on
Marine
Shorelines
February
4th, 2012 @
Sound Waters
Conference
http://beachwatchers.net/sw_2012/
Northwest
Flower and
Garden Show
- Washington
State
Convention
Center -
www.gardenshow.com
I presented
the
following
seminar:
Native
Plants for
Shoreline
Landscapes
Guide for
Beautiful &
Effective
Erosion
Control
Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 7:00 PM in the Hood Room
Natural resource manager Elliott Menashe is often called upon to consult with homeowners living on shorelines after it's too late - the property has eroded and damage has been done. Now you can discover which native plants are not only ornamental and beautiful, but also highly effective for erosion control. These plants can also provide valuable habitat for native wildlife, bringing extra beauty to your garden.
Where the
Water Begins
- Land
Management
Practices
for Marine
Shoreline
and Bluff
Properties
Announcement
Agenda
for
Discovery
Park
April 25th,
2009 -
Discovery
Park ELC
May 23rd,
2009 -
Normandy
Park City
Hall
June 6th,
2009 -
Vashon Maury
Island Land
Trust
Land
Development
: An Ounce
of
Prevention
versus a
Pound of
Mitigation
A
Presentation
in
Clallam
County
targeted
at Code
Officials,
Tribal
Agencies
and
Equipment
Operators
Feb. 4th,
2009 -
Announcement
for
Equipment
Operators
Agenda
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