by Ronnit Bendavid-Val As parks and gardens get more and more use by the public especially in our urban areas, many places are seeing increasing effects of this heavier use…
Landscape Maintenance
Designing with Maintenance in Mind
As we come to the end of a long season of garden maintenance, we’ve asked three ELA members to share three recommendations they want to keep in mind when they start designing for…
Five Reasons the Use of Synthetics Is No Longer a Best Practice
by Chip Osborne All industries eventually arrive at best practices that represent the most productive and efficient method to deliver desired results while at the same time minimizing negative impact….
Reawakening a Natural Pool
by Trevor Smith Natural pools offer year-round outdoor enjoyment with surprisingly little upkeep. After its third, and very tough, winter, I recently opened a large natural pool and its associated…
Plant Material Issues in This Kind of Winter
by John Rice I think early January of 2015 was one of the harshest periods for plant material in our part of Massachusetts. The January 5-11 period is a perfect…
Keep Winter Gardens Working with Permaculture Strategies
by Lauren Chase Rowell I was asked to come up with five permaculture suggestions as to what could be done with the spaces in our gardens that remain empty after…
Taking it to the Extremes
by Sandy Vorce “How do you plan for Climate Change and all the wild weather?” This was a question recently posed by several college students who came to help out…
Drip It!
by John Swaringen We’ve heard it all before, haven’t we? Drip lines clog and stop working. They take too much time and labor to install. It’s harder to complete bed…
Living with Leaves: Transform your practice so your business is not “Picking Up”
by Tim Downey What? That might be your first thought upon reading the title. Don’t we all want to grow our businesses? Why wouldn’t I want my business to pick…
Reducing Tick-Borne Diseases in New England Using Integrated Pest Management
by Candace Brassard Public awareness of ticks and the pathogens they may carry has increased in the past 10 years. This article provides information specific to New England on tick…
Are Rain Gardens Mini Toxic Cleanup Sites?
by Lisa Stiffler Originally posted on Sightline Daily, January 22, 2013, by Sightline Fellow Lisa Stiffler, this post is part of the research project: Stormwater Solutions: Curbing Toxic Runoff. If…
Mill Brook Restoration – Strategies for Success Part 2
Maintaining and Monitoring the Project by Lisa Cowan, PLA, ASLA At a recent meeting with fellow landscape architects, there was a lengthy discussion and agreement about the importance of maintenance…
