The design of urban yards is key to reducing natural resource consumption in cities. However, going from turf lawns and ornamental plants to more native vegetation with structural complexity is contingent on public acceptance. Addressing social/cultural values is important and landscape designers frequently point to the need for yards to be designed with human intent, or ‘cues to care’. Cues to care studies have explored what kinds of designs and maintenance practices indicate that a landscape meets cultural expectations of standards for maintenance. The intent is to create more ecological landscapes, but research on cues to care has been sparse and results are often misinterpreted. In this perspective essay, I review past empirical studies in the U.S. and Canada, discuss the evolution of cues to care concept, and provide future synergies between landscapes that are aesthetically appealing and provide ecological benefit.

城市院子的设计是减少城市自然资源消耗的关键。然而，从草皮草坪和观赏植物到结构复杂的更多本地植被，取决于公众的接受程度。强调社会/文化价值很重要，景观设计师经常指出需要以人为本或“照顾线索”来设计庭院。对护理的提示研究已经探究了哪种设计和维护实践表明景观符合维护标准的文化期望。目的是创建更多的生态景观，但是有关护理提示的研究很少，结果常常被误解。在这篇观点文章中，我回顾了过去在美国和加拿大进行的经验研究，讨论了对护理概念的暗示的演变，