Landscape architecture
A Finnish landscape architect tries to connect the broken pieces of Boston’s Emerald Necklace
Finnish landscape architect and visual artist Maria Jaakkola couldn’t wait to get to Boston to see its famed Emerald Necklace, a system of interconnected city parks designed in the 19th century by the great Frederick Law Olmsted. But when she got there she was dismayed to see the state it was in. So she made a film to try and change things.
New York City Gardens
An eleventh-hour deal to save some New York City community gardens from the auction block the future of other urban plots in question. WNYC’s Amy Eddings reports that Puerto Rican residents who frequent traditional garden plots known as “casitas” worry that these community gathering places will be demolished.
Planting Native Trees
There’s a new bumper stickers that says: “Trees are the Answer.” The idea is to make us all aware of how important planting trees is to the environment. But, commentator Andy Wasowski says that while the basic thought is right, the methods can be very wrong. Mr. Wasowski lives in northern New Mexico surrounded by […]
Desertscapes
In his famous dictionary, Noah Webster defined desert as “a desolate and forbidding area”. Too bad he never had a chance to visit the American Southwest. Commentator Andy Wasowski says, if he had, he might have defined it as a place of color, vitality and exciting landscaping possibilities: Andy Wasowski is a garden writer based […]