Gardens & Landscapes

urban greening

These words are interesting because of what so many of them represent—they are ‘do-over’ words, words that indicate another opportunity, a second chance. They suggest alternate endings and outcomes.[read more]

urban farming

With the continuing onset of urbanization, urban poverty continues to grow and so does the importance of food security. The subsequent response to this has been the emergence of community gardening and locally produced foods.[read more]

urban biodiversity

I would like to invite you to join me in the following thought experiment. Let’s walk through a day in our life, consciously ensuring that we maintain a biodiversity view of biodiversity at all, if not, most times of the day.[read more]

urban interventions

There’s a limit to the amount of physical change one person or a small group of people can initiate in a city, but what if hundreds of citizens united, each putting in place the projects and changes they want to see all in one day?[read more]

cities and green space

Over the last decade, but particularly over the last five years, the concepts of sustainable design and its sub-genre, green infrastructure, have entered into the design, construction, and renovation of urban parks.[read more]

urban farming and community

What started as an effort to bring public art and more green space to the community is now a thriving vegetable farm run by volunteers who donate all of their harvest, about 10-15 lbs per week, to local families in need.[read more]

green roofs

The proven benefits of green roofs increase along with our ability to design and integrate them. Some of the most well-documented benefits are the creation of ecosystem networks, and storm water runoff management.[read more]

aquaponics

 

Such systems, if properly managed, can produce very high yields relative to conventional farming – especially precious when land is limited. They must have a role in local production within cities, too.[read more]

urban agriculture

San Agustín, a parish in Caracas is known for open plots of land where the hillside is too steep for habitation. A group of activists has started building garden plots to help reduce the burden of an extremely high cost of living.[read more]

city parks governance

The most important element of business model innovation for parks right now is around governance. Park visitors want so much more from their experience than one public agency can manage.[read more]

green cities

The essential elements of green cities on display in a fast-moving cartoon video, created in conjunction with the Vancouver 2020 “Greenest City” planning process.[read more]

greenway in Oahu, HI

Can landscape architecture ameliorate public-private conflicts? How can these buffers protect landowners’ privacy without encumbering public access to shared spaces?[read more]