The landscaping around your Sarasota, Florida, home can do so much more than add beauty and curb appeal. Landscaping can improve the efficiency of your home’s cooling system, which counteracts excess energy consumption that leads to high energy bills. To leverage landscaping as a way to achieve greater cooling efficiency, you must strategically position trees, shrubs, and flowers around your property and home. The goal is to add shade to certain parts of the house while reducing its exposure to wind.