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Plant that glows when thirstyStudents at Singapore Polytechnic have genetically modified a plant using a green fluorescent marker gene from jellyfish, so that it "lights up" when it is stressed as a result of dehydration.
Site of Reversible DestinyPruned delves into Yoro Park - an 'experience park' conceived on the theme of encountering the unexpected. Designed by the artist Shusaku Arakawa and poet Madeline Gins.
Reclamating altered landscapesHeather Ring digs up (ha) info on Alan Berger's landscape studio at GSD that is examining the mining town turned resort of Breckenridge, Colorado. Dig in.... (too much, I know).
Returning to Its Roots"With a new block-size park by Herbert Dreiseitl, Portland restores a piece of its natural environment."
Podcast from "The Gulf Coast: Restoring the Landscape" panel discussionThe ASLA has posted links for 2 podcast files from last week's panel discussion on the Gulf Coast held at the National Building Museum in Washington DC.
Lawrence Halprin's Skyline Park 1973-2003An article in the Rocky Mountain News reflects on the now demolished Skyline Park designed by landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, and discusses what ISN'T happening with the proposal that was supposed to replace it.
Put down the hedge shears... the LA Times says it's OK"There is way too much thoughtless shearing done in Southern California landscapes." A little hedge planning 101 from various LA area landscape designers and gardeners, including the venerated Jay Griffith.
Landscaped Beyond all RecognitionTMN Contributing Writer Jessica Francis Kane writes about the American suburban yard. "We bemoan the rise of the McMansion, the slash-and-burn path of the strip mall—but the real problem may be lurking in the shrubbery."
The world framed by a bagelLandscape architect Martha Schwartz and her "big art" profiled. "I suck ideas, I just love ideas." An entertaining read.
Snapshot - Alluvial FanA gorgeous landscape image from the USGS Landsat Project of a vast alluvial fan in China's XinJiang Province.
Rain gardens 'cut city pollution'A study suggests that 'rain gardens,' shallow depression in a garden containing bark mulch and shrubs, can help control runoff in urban areas and remove up to 99% of toxins.
Landscape Architect Ken Smith under a microscopeFrom his childhood on a one-cow farm to New York City and the Orange County Great Park... the encapsulated Ken Smith.
Roadside(memorial)america.comAlexander Trevi has an interesting piece about the proliferation of memorials which continually spring up along America's highways, adding a new dimension to the built landscape of the great American road.
Interview: Isabelle GreeneI've had the pleasure of meeting California landscape architect Isabelle Greene, but not the chance to interview her. Our good friends at The Dirt point us to an interview Garden Design.
Great Park will test Smith's management skillKen Smith in the O.C. spotlight... details about why he was awarded the Great Park project in Orange County California, as well as reservations...
The High Line: it's gonna happenThe Gothamist says (and other news sources report) that construction on the High Line is going to begin in two weeks. Get there quick to check it out before, and keep eyes peeled for developments (and let us know about 'em... that new Soapbox thing).
YAGPA (Yet another Great Park Article)In case you haven't had enough "Great Park" news, here's yet one more article about the park over at MSNBC.
Heed the call of nature"Landscape architecture is an old and noble art and not to be used as a verb." Elizabeth Farrelly profiles the profession, from world history to the present in Australia.
Fruit, please - The Edible Estate Los AngelesGardenlab is seeking Los Angeles citizens who are brave enough to break the toxic uniformity of the typical front lawn. L.A. is the next regional prototype in the Edible Estates series for spring 2006.
Zen Garden SinkCast concrete sinks with a spot to grow your grass... or whatever... by Montreal designer Jean-Michel Gauvreau, Gau Designs & Concepts.
Residential Modernism in CaliforniaThe San Marin Independent Journal writes about the history of California modernism (including Eichler and Thomas Church) as part of an article about an upcoming seminar on modern landscapes.
Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi RiverPruned features fascinating maps from Harold N. Fisk's 1944 Report of the everchanging landscape (but not if the Army Corps of Engineers has anything to say about it) Mississippi River.
Landscape designer Ruth Shellhorn profiledThe LA Times profiles the now 95 year old landscape designer who's designs helped shape two quintessentially Californian places -- the shopping mall and Disneyland.
Mark Rios on a rollLA Times Magazine profiles the Los Angeles based Architect/Landscape Architect and the wide range of work with which Rios Clementi Hale Studios is involved.
New Work by Martha Schwartz opens in U.K.Landscape architect Martha Schwartz designed a new public space, one of eleven projects that make up The Castleford Project regeneration scheme.
The Cult of the CycadsThe NYT Magazine profiles these rare prehistoric subtropical plants often called palms but which are actually closer cousins to conifers. "What is it about a strange, squat plant that gives rise to smugglers and obsessive collectors?"
Before the High Line there was the Promenade PlantéeWho knew there was already an elevated park in this world in the same vain as New York's proposed High Line? Well, I'm sure someone other than the Parisians knew... but I didn't.
Review of the Rotterdam Architecture BiennaleCurated by Landscape Architect Adriaan Geuze of the Dutch firm, West 8, the Biennale - entitled The Flood - was structured to give an overview of how water has historically influenced the Netherlands's architectural and civil engineering traditions.
Horticultural MythsDr. Linda Chalker-Scott straightens out some horticultural misconceptions. Bottom line: plants are complicated, simple "one-size-fits-all" thinking does not apply.
Marchesi Antinori WineryA Weekly Dose of Architecture features a design for a subterranean wine cellar in Italy by Studio Archea. Landscape and architecture merge with planted roof-scapes and flowing organic forms.