Response to commentary on “cues to care: future directions for ecological landscapes”

This commentary is in response to “Commentary on Cues to Care: future directions for ecological landscapes” (Nassauer 2020 ) that stated there were “errors and apparent misunderstanding” of Cues to Care (CTC) in a published perspectives article (Hostetler in Urban Ecosyst 24:11–19, 2021 ). This perspectives article reviewed CTC studies that explored landscaping designs and maintenance practices needed to meet aesthetic expectations for managed urban and rural landscapes. I write this commentary to state that there were no misunderstandings of CTC by (Hostetler in Urban Ecosyst 24:11–19, 2021 ) and reiterate ways to conduct future CTC studies in order to create more sustainable landscapes.