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The Sustainable Sites InitiativeTM (SITESTM) has selected pilot projects to test a national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance.The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward Sustainable Infrastructure Project and the Indianapolis Super Bowl Village join more than 150 others that include educational centers, transportation […]
PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM STATE HISTORIC PARK REOPENS NEWLY RENOVATED ITALIAN GARDEN JUNE 18th The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announces the special ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the re-opening of the Italian Garden at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York. The ceremony takes place in the Italian Garden […]
Summer has arrived and for many gardeners it means heat, drought and watering bans. Help your gardens thrive despite limited time and these seasonal challenges, explains gardening expert, author and TV host Melinda Myers. Myers recommends the following tips to help summer gardens flourish: Put your yard waste to work in your garden. Its good […]
Take a guided tour through the the Sacred Seeds Sanctuary, a garden showcasing Native American medicinal plants in their natural habitat. Your guide, a curator of ethnobotany at Missouri Botanical Garden, will explain the rich cultural history of Native Americans in the Missouri region, their traditions of medicinal plant use, and the legacy that these cultres […]
rhs.org.uk – Royal Horticultural Society www.bbcgardenersworldlive.com/show-highlights/show-gardens NS&I www.nsandi.com/about/ourstory ‘Calm and centred’ Designer: Lauren Davis Lauren Davis wants to show others how gardening can be simple and accessible and she did just that with her “Calm and Centered” designed garden, winner of the NS&I Growing Gardens Today Competition 2010. A passionate gardener with a post graduate […]
Turenscape, China and Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture Client: The 2010 Shanghai Expo Bureau, China American Society of Landscape Architects www.asla.org The site plan of Houtan Park (top) and a bird’s-eye view from the southwest (bottom). Photo: Kongjian Yu The water-cleaning mechanism of man-made wetlands. Photo: Kongjian Yu The linear wetland in the middle of […]
