by Heather McCargo A native hedge will bring beauty and vitality to your landscape. While a fence may be a great solution in a tight space, shrubs can be planted to create a “living fence” for enclosure, privacy, and beauty. Shrubs add three-dimensional diversity to a landscape and provide important year-round habitat for fauna such […]
by Maureen Sundberg ELA’s Native Plant Tours are an enjoyable way to see native plants in all kinds of landscapes – urban to rural. Hosts generously share their gardens for a few hours, but they also share invaluable lessons they’ve learned about incorporating natives into their landscapes. (more…)
by Laura Hansplant When I first started designing green roofs six years ago, my secret fear was that they’d be predictable and monotonous. Fortunately, they’re not. In fact, reflecting on climate resiliency, urban habitat, and access to nature in cities, we have only begun to dig into the potential of green roofs. And unexpectedly, green […]
Cultivating the Designer’s Mind: Principles and Process for Coherent Landscape Design Written by Walter Cudnohufsky with Mollie Babize Self-published by High Meadow Press, March 2019 Reviewed by Trevor Buckley and Emily Davis In Cultivating the Designer’s Mind: Principles and Process for Coherent Landscape Design, readers will find a window into the mind of Walter Cudnohufsky, […]
by Tovah Martin Spring sneaks in through a crack in the window. It steals in when you push the panes open for that whiff of fresh air you’ve anticipated for so long. You’ve almost forgotten what the mingling of indoors and outside feels like; it’s been an eternity since you bonded. But then the scent […]
by Amanda Sloan, RLA You’ve designed a nice ecological landscape, but the contractor hired to build it is not familiar with ecological practices. What to do? (more…)
by Karen Bussolini Reprinted with permission from Eco-Friendly News, Views, Clues and How-To’s. Winter and spring keep crashing into each other as the seasons sort themselves out. I’ve got a bit of everything – snow, ice, running water, mud, workable soil and dozens of early spring bulbs in bloom. Incredibly varied conditions – wet places […]
by Bryan Quinn Too often matters of convention hold back the creative process. In the landscape, where I primarily work, sometimes my best-intentioned clients initially cling to design clichés such as lawnscapes, overly simplified plant palettes, off-the-shelf garden ornaments, and other types of requests that come from a limited paradigm. In response, I use a […]
by Trevor Smith Water’s most amazing quality is that it is simultaneously part of the mystery of life and an essential element in the most mundane routines of life. We use it to cook, brush our teeth and wash our cars, but few can deny the majesty of a waterfall or resist watching waves crash […]
by Kerry O’Kelly and Darcy Paige There is a growing understanding that people need to make a connection between their food and its sources, but this is often difficult to achieve. When we think of food in the landscape, we most often think of the vegetable patch. That is a great place to start. However, […]
