by Scott Steinfeldt Chanticleer is a public garden located in Wayne, Pennsylvania. It is a garden of pleasure and learning, relaxing yet filled with ideas to take home. As the…
Maintaining and Increasing Carbon in the Managed Landscape
Conference Session Review by Alexis Doshas Garden designs that not only fulfill the desires of the client but also support and maintain optimal soil health translate into improved carbon sequestration…
Practical Tips for Fertilizers and Amendments
Feeding the Soil While Stabilizing and Sequestering Carbon by M.L. Altobelli My goal, always, is to develop healthy soils that can persist beyond the current owner and landscaper – soils…
Jump-starting the Season
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,…