Land8 | Katherine Jacobs | Activity https://land8.com/members/katherinejacobs/activity/ Activity feed for Katherine Jacobs. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:32:47 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c55bd09f05f3250615d7ade163149cc3 Katherine Jacobs started the topic Public Rain Garden Design in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/public-rain-garden-design/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:12:17 +0000 I work for a city park department. One of our nonprofit partners is working on a rain garden in a public right of way, which is a great project. However, they treated the rain garden planting design like a restoration project– there are upwards of 65 species. I expressed my appreciation for biodiversity and explained that our maintenance staff is…[Read more]

]]> 0 7d4174e8ef34b21101f2e50ce8caaf8c Katherine Jacobs's profile was updated https://land8.com/activity/p/60165/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:34:01 +0000 0 e910165e464405da67e5dcc473a9f9ad Katherine Jacobs started the topic Low Lying Parks in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/low-lying-parks/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:33:24 +0000 As in many cities, a lot of our park land is in low-lying, periodically flooded areas. This is great to the extent that when we have serious flooding, our mostly impervious parks can absorb a decent amount of the water.

However, over the years these low-lying parks have been developed with amenities such as tennis courts and soccer fields that…[Read more]

]]> 0 c1542b015f6ad836e35883c0ce4f6245 Katherine Jacobs started the topic Plaza to Playspace Precedent in the forum PLACES & SPACES https://land8.com/forums/topic/plaza-to-playspace-precedent/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:24:07 +0000 We have an underutilized plaza in our downtown area attached to some municipal buildings. The downtown area is increasingly home to families and people of different ages, but we’re short on recreational amenities to meet these new demographics. So we’re interested in revamping this underutilized plaza with a playground, a performance space, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b422b3788a946497e98215dd9951a52 Katherine Jacobs started the topic Specifying Soil Mycorrizae in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/specifying-soil-mycorrizae/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:19:08 +0000 Does anybody out there specify soil mycorrizae? There is sufficient research supporting the idea that supplementing mycorrizae will help plant establishment and growth, but I haven’t been able to find any information on how to specify it. I don’t know if any of the products on the market are worthwhile, or how much I should tell contractors to…[Read more]

]]> 0 b2aa1770960c65e7e1d62e26708b1949 Katherine Jacobs joined the group Therapeutic Landscapes Network https://land8.com/activity/p/56620/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:14:40 +0000 0 6129ca41cd1ec1189c4b00f49f78cca1 Katherine Jacobs joined the group LEED in Landscape Architecture https://land8.com/activity/p/56619/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:14:37 +0000 0 52e770d9f813d531190261860ef47b37 Katherine Jacobs joined the group Habitat Restoration and Mitigation https://land8.com/activity/p/56618/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:14:12 +0000 0 d29409315b51342d042ad1f324eabba9 Katherine Jacobs joined the group Design Implementation https://land8.com/activity/p/56617/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:12:51 +0000 0 b48fef045c2aa9b1e14f4270f0807db7 Katherine Jacobs replied to the topic lightweight fill for sod lawn in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/lightweight-fill-for-sod-lawn/#post-153287 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:05:40 +0000 Thanks for your response, Andrew!

There are 8-10 steps going up to the property. Our crew typically puts a piece of plywood over the stairs to create a ramp, which avoids the back injury issue. It’s still a big pain in the butt and takes more time, which increases costs.

We need to raise the level 6″-12″ in different places, so typically we…[Read more]

]]> 0 733edce5a6ea8401e2d6967afc431d11 Katherine Jacobs replied to the topic what to render beyond edge of site? in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-to-render-beyond-edge-of-site/page/2/#post-154326 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:05:41 +0000 I appreciate hearing your feedback, but you are responding to an image rather than a full presentation- of course the design doesn’t make sense without having all the information!

If you are interested:
It’s a “food forest”/edible landscape, which makes access by wheelbarrows extremely important to the design– I think that’s why you read the…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4e7aec16d40909bd8f5414061bbd139 Katherine Jacobs replied to the topic what to render beyond edge of site? in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-to-render-beyond-edge-of-site/page/2/#post-154331 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 22:01:26 +0000 Thanks, both of you! I’ve used aerial images with the opacity reduced before, but I’m having trouble getting an image that is high enough resolution to make a cutting edge along the tree line that isn’t pixelated. When the site edge is straight, along a property line or a building, the quality of the images I got from google earth hasn’t been as…[Read more]

]]> 0 667e592fe9aa3fe3a0900502a70b01f3 Katherine Jacobs replied to the topic name-style in AutoCAD? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/name-style-in-autocad/#post-154430 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 03:39:02 +0000 Hah, I knew those existed but didn’t know what they were called. Thanks!

]]> 0 2e6f297df4b8cebcf2c59ff045d02d8e Katherine Jacobs replied to the topic IS IT TIME FOR A MASTERS? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-it-time-for-a-masters/#post-159836 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:48:00 +0000 I am finishing my MLA this year. While I deeply value everything I have gained from my education, I do wonder if I might have been able to pursue an equally satisfying career in a similar field that has more funding available for graduate students. If your disposition is amenable to linear thinking, I encourage you to explore some of the sciences…[Read more]

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