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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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