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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Anova Grant for Emerging Professionals 2019 5 years, 7 months ago

Anova Furnishings’ Grant Competition is back again this year, offering emerging professionals the opportunity to attend the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture (formerly known as the ASLA Annual M […]

Tim Daugherty wrote a new post, Drone Applications for Landscape Architecture 5 years, 8 months ago

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s or drones) have multiple applications for landscape architects, from early efforts like site analysis to creating awareness and excitement for a completed project. Although s […]

Tim Daugherty replied 5 years, 7 months ago

Hi Robert – thanks for your comments. I do state that “UAV technology can’t replace the skill and experience of an in-person site review”, so you’d get no argument from me. With regards to privacy I also point out multiple times the importance of FAA rules and regulations, which includes privacy concerns.

Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, 5 Top Planting Design Resources for New Landscape Architects 5 years, 9 months ago

Clients and employers often complain that landscape architects, particularly young designers, are failing at planting design. Previous articles on Land8 have identified planting design as a challenging area for […]

Jack Rossi replied 5 years, 8 months ago

Visiting local nurseries with plants tagged and identified is probably the most efficient way to familiarize yourself with regional plant material. Also, tending your own garden as well as getting out in nature at various times in the season will provide firsthand experience on plant growth and habit.

Planting design software and databases are very poor options for full understanding and make for the weak knowledge we’re now seeing.
Caleb Melchior replied 5 years, 8 months ago

Hi Jack: Thanks for your thoughtful response. Visiting regional nurseries is a fantastic way to figure out what’s commonly available in your area. It’s important to pair observation of nursery stock with observation of established plants – your public gardens are a great resource for this practice. And the more time you can spend physically dealing with plants, the better!

I agree that you can’t expect software and databases to be very useful for education about plants and how they grow – however they’re a fantastic tool for more effectively managing the design and documentation process.
Jerilyn Butler replied 5 years, 8 months ago

Very informative and useful article. Thank you so much for writing. This is a great idea.
Tim Daugherty replied 5 years, 8 months ago

Nice article with sound ideas. One tangent to Public Gardens are Cemeteries. It’s amazing how many of them function like a formal garden/park space.

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Restructuring for the Future City [Video] 5 years, 9 months ago

During the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Seattle, Julie Parrett began her presentation by asking the audience to consider our city’s public urban space – who owns it, how is it used, and is it accessible or clos […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Evolving Memory [Video] 5 years, 10 months ago

There are too few opportunities to share knowledge within the design profession. Formalized research is only starting to gain prevalence, while most rely on personal experience as a basis of their knowledge. […]

Win Phyo wrote a new post, Bangkok Is Sinking and Here Is the Solution 5 years, 11 months ago

Just as New York has Central Park, Bangkok has just received its lungs of the City – the Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, the first sizeable green infrastructure project, which has been designed for the city to face […]

Kristin Faurest wrote a new post, Fostering the Future 6 years ago

Low-maintenance is a sought-after quality in landscapes — as well as in architecture, vehicles, pets, hairstyles, flooring, the personalities of prospective mates, and pretty much everything else. We use the word […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Learn, Celebrate, and Connect: A Recap of the ASLA 2018 Annual Meeting and EXPO 6 years ago

Most people reading this article are likely familiar with the ASLA Annual Meeting – after all, it is the world’s largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students. And, with over 6,000 att […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Element of Chance [Video] 6 years ago

As landscape architects, we often find ourselves trying to tame nature into a designed form. What if, instead of working against natural systems, we invited them into our work, allowing our built work to be […]

Win Phyo wrote a new post, Why Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost 6 years, 1 month ago

There is a “Wandering Landscape Architect” currently making a splash in the Instagram scene. If there is a slight anonymity about the page, it is done so intentionally. The creator behind the page is landscape […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Landscape Stories as Catalysts of the Shared City [Video] 6 years, 2 months ago

The ways in which citizens engage the landscape reveal a community’s values and priorities. During the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Seattle, Nate Cormier, Principal at Rios Clementi Hale Stud […]

Kristin Faurest wrote a new post, The Divinity of Detail: Lessons from the Japanese Garden 6 years, 3 months ago

The phrase “God is in the details” is, with uncertainty, attributed to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. But whether it came from the Modernist great or someone else, there is something about the play of detail in the cre […]

Mark Di Lucido replied 6 years, 2 months ago

Leave it to Miles to cut to the chase of giving focus to the details. Seems like Thelonious Monk’s title, ‘Straight, No Chaser’ might be an apt metaphor too–although it would be to explain how ‘straightforwardness’ is not always obvious in garden design. Your article was so well written and informative that I didn’t even mind the little bit of promotion for the biz.

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Into the Weeds [Video] 6 years, 3 months ago

Imagine the world is at the edge of an apocalypse – that Earth’s life has been greatly damaged and resembles a disastrous wasteland. The grim images painted in science fiction films are generally understood to […]