It's April; Let's Celebrate Rain

By Eliza Pennypacker, Stuart Echols / On April 4th, 2016
April is the month of rain.  At least it is in our world: the mid-Atlantic U.S. With sincere apologies to readers who live in current drought, here in Pennsylvania we typically have reminded ourselves that “April showers bring May flowers,” and so we would endure—endure the puddles, the gloomy skies, the downpours, the temporary flooding of streets.

Designing Your Own Landscape: Tips from Margie Ruddick

By Margie Ruddick / On March 21st, 2016
Many years ago, when I was first pegged as a "sustainable landscape designer," I gave a talk to a group of students enrolled in one of the world's first sustainable design courses at Schumacher College in England. I was surprised during the question and answer period that almost all the students' questions were not about their work, but revolved around how they could address issues of sustainability in their personal lives. How they could conserve energy and water in their households, for example—it was these questions that started me on the path to writing and publishing my book,

#ForewordFriday: Wild by Design Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On March 18th, 2016
In 2005, following two decades of professional accolades, Margie Ruddick created a new kind of garden that landed her in court. Through selective mowing, planting, pruning, and frequently doing no maintenance, the internationally renowned landscape designer, a winner of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, created a wild landscape that—while beautiful—was unlike any front yard her neighbors had ever seen.

#ForewordFriday: Singin' in the Rain Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On May 15th, 2015
This urban rain garden two blocks from the Island Press office doesn't just help the city manage rainwater, it's also educates urbanites about rain, serves as wildlife habitat and is a lovely place to enjoy a frozen yogurt afternoon snack.  
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#ForewordFriday: It's Complicated Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On November 21st, 2014
This bear is excited to learn about landscape architecture this weekend from its den outside the Colorado Convention Center.

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