At Moonstone Hotel Properties, our passion is gardening and taking care of the planet. Each of our hotels, resorts and inns feature a garden theme, and many offer extensive gardens and grounds that our guests can enjoy. Our love for the outdoors and the natural beauty of our locations inspire us to be stewards for the environment in which we live. Here are a few things we do at our hotels to ensure an eco-friendly experience for our guests and help preserve our planet and communities.
Toiletries
Many of our hotels use wall-mounted dispensers for shower gel, hair shampoo and conditioner. Dispensers reduce waste and minimize the number of containers sent to landfills. A 50-room hotel using dispensers can keep more than 1,000 packages from entering landfills each year.
Fresh, Local Ingredients
Our hotel restaurant menus feature many fresh, local ingredients grown on property or by local farmers. At Cambria Pines Lodge, we have organic kitchen gardens and at the Oregon Garden Resort, we utilize produce and herbs from The Oregon Garden's Silverton Market Garden. The delicious, healthy and seasonal vegetables, herbs and salad mixes grown in our gardens are harvested by hand and served fresh in our restaurants.
Water and Energy Conservation
Many of our hotels feature low-flow toilets, which use as low as 0.8 gallons of water per flush, and aerated shower heads, which use only 2 gallons of water per minute. We employ water conservation practices in our irrigation systems, and operate energy- and water-efficient laundry facilities in many of our hotels. Our guest rooms also include compact fluorescent light bulbs.
In addition, our Wetland habitat at The Oregon Garden is an innovative program in partnership with the City of Silverton, where the area's treated waste water is used to create a thriving habitat for a variety of wildlife and plants. The water travels at 300 gallons per minute in peak season through a series of terraced ponds, into a holding tank where it then flows into an irrigation system - a unique and attractive method of using treated water to irrigate the Garden. The Garden also promotes sustainability through green roofs, composting, edible landscaping and barley straw algae control.
Community Programs
Our hotels participate in Green Programs within the community, such as the Cottage Grove Green Power Community.
Laundry
The laundry facility at Cambria Pines Lodge, which handles all the laundry for all our Cambria Properties, uses Ozone technology and water reuse methods. This saves water, gas and electricity.
Construction
Whenever possible, we follow environmentally-friendly construction practices. For information on green building programs click the links below:
Eco Organization & Programs
Building Green
