What are you doing to get ready for the season that’s just taking off? ELA asked a few members to share their favorite tips for getting the season off to…
Ergonomics: What’s the Right Tool for You?
by Liz Brensinger Ergonomics, principle #1: If a tool is labeled as ergonomic but no one can tell you what makes it so, it probably isn’t. Ergonomics, principle #2: If…
Sharpest Tool in the Shed
How I Avoided Career-ending Back Surgery Through Nutrition by Trevor L. Smith “I know that walk,” joked an industry friend as I stiffly jumped down from my truck and walked…
Mobile Apps for Outdoor Work
by Rie Macchiarolo The advances we’ve made in technology, and especially in mobile apps, over the last decade have been huge. Before we relied solely on searching for information in…
Book Review: Whitewash – The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science
Written by Carey Gillam Published by Island Press, October 2017 Reviewed by Kerry O’Kelly Is the EPA actually working to protect the public from the potential dangers of Roundup®? Carey…
Musings on Ecology, Art and Music in the Landscape
by Darrel Morrison Increasingly, I am intrigued by the value of linking ecology and ecological processes with art and music in the design of landscapes that might be considered “ecological…
Exploring Rogue Territories
by David Seiter The following excerpt from Spontaneous Urban Plants: Weeds in NYC is reprinted with permission of the author. Whenever travelling to a new city, I always want to…
A Walk Through the Woods
by Lauren Stimson Originally published in the Boston Society of Landscape Architects Fieldbook, Spring 2018. It began with a walk through the woods in Western Massachusetts. It was the fall…
Landscaping with a Purpose – What’s Diversity Got To Do with It?
by Dr. Randi Eckel In the fragmented ecosystems where we live and work, the importance of diversity in our landscapes cannot be over emphasized. Diversity of native plants, insects, mammals,…
Book Review: Native Plants for New England Gardens
Written by Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe Published by Globe Pequot Press, March 1, 2018 Reviewed by Angela Tanner As a landscape designer, my clients request low-maintenance gardens more than…
Gardening, Healthy Soil, and Carbon Sequestration
by Adrian Ayres Fisher Starting right now, we, all us humans on the planet, have a short window of opportunity to solve global warming, keep global average temperature rise below…
Watershed Restoration
by Tao Orion This excerpt is adapted from Tao Orion’s book Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration (Chelsea Green, 2015) and is printed with permission…