Written by Annie Martin Published by Timber Press, 2015 Reviewed by Amanda Sloan No matter whether you are a landscape professional, a designer, a home gardener, a naturalist, an ecologist,…
Landscape Design
Observations from the Minneapolis St. Paul Season
by Daniel Peterson What a fantastic season for landscapes. The weather has been exceptionally cooperative in the Minneapolis St. Paul area. Pollinators have had a busy year from early April…
A Year of Drought-tolerant and Xeriscape Landscapes
by Benjamin Crouch 2015 has been a year of terrible drought in many parts of the country. Even Massachusetts suffered from extreme heat and long periods without rain late in…
Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love
The following excerpt is from Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love by Julie Moir Messervy (The Taunton Press, 2009), pages 171-173. Auditing Energy It may sound strange, but the…
Twelve Years Later: Update on a Lakeside Restoration Project
In 2002 landscape architect Amanda Sloan began a five-year project working with the town of Sharon, MA to restore the worn landscape at Memorial Park Beach, Lake Massapoag. The project…
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…
Mass-produced Materials and the Garden…or What I Found Across the Street
by Benjamin Crouch Here in Massachusetts we fondly use the abbreviated form of our state name – Mass. A common trait among all peoples seems to be fidelity to and…
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Diversity in the Home Garden
by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy Taken from The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden (c) Copyright 2014 by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy. Published…
Preserving Trees Through Collaboration
by CJ Lammers
Preserving large trees in a new or renovated landscape is a complex task that requires the collaboration of many different professionals to be successful. The problem is that not all of these professionals will take the time to learn about trees, so it’s the landscape designer’s job to understand all aspects of the other professions, their vision for the project, and how they will conduct their work on a site, to ensure that the trees can survive and thrive.
LandscapePerformance.org: Resources to Demonstrate Impact
by Heather Whitlow The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is pleased to announce the launch of its new LandscapePerformance.org website. With 90 Case Study Briefs, over 100 Fast Facts, and dozens…
Transforming a Beachfront Landscape
by Laura Kuhn At ELA’s 2014 Season’s End Summit, Laura shared the transformation of a barrier beach landscape from open turf and over-sized driveway to a private and protected retreat….
Making Magic with Mosses
by Annie Martin aka Mossin’ Annie Moss landscapes offer a magical appeal with verdant expanses that seem to encapsulate our spirits with a sense of serenity. Yet, the environmental advantages…