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MVLA Turns Up the Light at Missouri Botanical Garden

The institution’s deep plant collection and conservation mission stand out in a new visitor center landscape. By Timothy A. Schuler | Photography by Sahar Coston-Hardy, Affiliate ASLA  “This is one of...

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Dying Trees at Flight 93 Memorial Prompt Rehabilitation Project

More than 70 of the 1,600 trees died and many more are suffering or missing. A multidisciplinary team is seeking solutions. By Timothy A. Schuler Signs that the trees were struggling at the Flight 93...

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Backstory: A Sensitive Redesign for a Sacred Space

“These are lighter because they represent the four elms, and we didn’t want to completely screen out the building, so we have this transparency through those trees. Even before, even from our drawings,...

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Public Gardens Are Bringing Bugs Back

Patience, and the use of native plants, are a big boost to wildlife biodiversity. By Lisa Casey, ASLA The carpenter bee is one of many insects thriving through biodiversity-friendly practices at the...

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Texas Has a New Desert Wildflower

Ovicula biradiata, a new genus in the sunflower family, was found in Big Bend National Park in Texas. Photo by James Bailey. By Timothy A. Schuler | PLANTS |  It’s not every day that park rangers...

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Putting Down Roots

Only one obstacle stood in the way of a Long Island retreat: a grove of 100-year-old cedars. By Andrea Timpano A diagram of the property, which also includes a tidal wetland. Image by Laguardia Design...

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The Greening of Pompeii

The ancient site has a new master plan by Studio Bellesi Giuntoli. By Monica Shenouda The green ring encompasses 42 acres of land and includes 11 zones of focus. Image by Studio Bellesi Giuntoli....

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One for the Books

Studio Campo master plans the Rocky Mountain Land Library. By Sarah Chase Shaw Several vernacular ranch buildings have been repurposed at the residential library campus. Photo by Ben Sherrill. About 10...

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An Airport Park by Supermass Studio

A bird’s-eye view of the indoor park space that Supermass Studio created at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Photo by Supermass Studio. “The [drawing] is for multi-trunk, like serviceberries and birch...

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Burle Marx, Reconstructed

By Jared Brey Roberto Burle Marx once concluded a lecture “with a word of praise to the element of the inexplicable, which allows us to create free of formulas.” That’s good fun when you’re designing...

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Book Review: A Monstrous Anthem

Shrouded in Light: Naturalistic Planting Inspired by Wild Shrublands By Kevin Philip Williams and Michael Guidi; London: Filbert Press, 2024; 240 pages, $55. Reviewed by Danielle VonLehe The garden...

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Horticulture and High Water

Nursery growers in western North Carolina are persevering in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. By Bradford McKee Plants at Botanical Treasures, a perennials wholesaler in Fletcher, North Carolina, in...

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Awards Focus: Talking to Communities about Wildfire

Effecting Change to Avoid Disaster: Communicating Effective Wildfire Planning Strategies, by Design Workshop, Professional Communications Honor Award. Prepared by Design Workshop, Inc., for CPAW. “We...

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Wonderland of Weeds

 In a delicately illustrated book, two Harvard University students make the case for the humble weed. Americans spend more time weeding their gardens than the 100 largest cities spend on their parks....

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Experiments in Practice

Practice Landscape seek novel solutions to navigate tricky regulations. By Timothy A. Schuler The “pond” in Lake County, Illinois, shown in May 2021, is subject to a complex legal and regulatory...

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Where the Sidewalk Cracks

 A University of Guelph student makes the case for spontaneous pavement vegetation in urban areas. The volunteer vegetation that grows up in the cracks and edges of city streets is both ubiquitous and...

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Putting Down Roots

Only one obstacle stood in the way of a Long Island retreat: a grove of 100-year-old cedars. By Andrea Timpano A diagram of the property, which also includes a tidal wetland. Image by Laguardia Design...

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Lot Logic

An applied research project in Buenos Aires brings fresh eyes to urban vacancy. By Jimena Martignoni Custom bird feeders are one of the few designed additions in the lot. During “open” days, visitors...

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Whose Trees? Our Trees?

30 Trees: And Why Landscape Architects Love Them Edited by Ron Henderson; Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser, 2024; 232 pages, $53.99. Reviewed by Pollyanna Rhee A mention of John Evelyn’s Sylva, or, a...

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Putting Down Roots

Only one obstacle stood in the way of a Long Island retreat: a grove of 100-year-old cedars. By Andrea Timpano A diagram of the property, which also includes a tidal wetland.Laguardia Design Group When...

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