First Silva Cell Installation in France
We had our first installation in France in the City of Troyes in mid-September, along Quai de Dampierre. The project was overseen start-to-finish by our Dutch partners, Greenmax.
We had our first installation in France in the City of Troyes in mid-September, along Quai de Dampierre. The project was overseen start-to-finish by our Dutch partners, Greenmax.
Many readers of this blog may already be aware that the Environmental Protection Agency recently started a national rulemaking process with the goal of creating a new program to reduce stormwater runoff. To prepare for this process, they put out a request for information about projects utilizing green infrastructure design techniques that mimic natural stormwater processes (evapotranspiration, infiltration,… More
Want to tour a sustainable sidewalk in Toronto? Now you can. It may not look like much from the street, but this is one of our most exciting Silva Cell projects — a pilot proof-of-concept demonstration along The Queensway that is analyzing green infrastructure at work. Join us for the free tour on Thursday, October 6th, from 3 –… More
We want to know more about you! (I guess that makes us the Caterpillar, and you Alice.)
Landscape Architects, like many other professions, have a variety of specialties. Some focus on site planning, others on urban landscape design, and some get down and dirty in residential design/build. It really runs the gamut. I have been trying to learn more about trees.
We’ve got two new Silva Cell case studies!
Come visit us next week on June 3rd and 4th in Booth #703 at the FCM Conference and Municipal Expo!
We’ve been talking about doing it forever, and now we finally have: a lifecycle analysis that examines the investment vs. returns of street trees planted using traditional methods (4′ x 4′ cutouts) and in a suspended pavement (Silva Cell) treatment. Before we go any further, thanks are due to the Kestrel Design Group, in particular Nathalie Shanstrom,… More
March: In like a lion and out like a lamb, right? Or, in the case of the Bay Area, in like a burrito and out like a shawarma (what?). Either way, here is what we have in our date book for March.
Switching gears here for a sec — it being Friday and all — I really need advice about getting birds to come to my window-mounted bird feeder.