The Silva Cell portion of the Project 180 (Oklahoma City) Streetscape – Phase 3 began a couple of weeks ago. Installation Coordinator Pat Greeley was on site to conduct a contractor training and oversee the initial phase.
By L. Peter MacDonagh, RLA, ISA, LEEP-AP I have a lot of discussions about the role of trees, soil and stormwater in the urban environment — particularly, about how much more effective than your average stormwater system that they can be at managing daily rainfall events. Sometimes I encounter disbelief that this could be the case,… More
I like the ASLA blog The Dirt quite a bit. They cover a variety of topics and showcase different voices and viewpoints (I especially liked Rene Bihan’s “Nature is Dead” piece and the “Landscape Architects Must Fight For Public Health” editorial). A recent entry, “Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Stormwater,” combines an article and a… More
One of the Silva Cell system’s most powerful selling points from a practical perspective is its modularity. The 2’ x 4’ x 1.5’ cell can be oriented to fit in almost any space, and our details provide guidance for all kinds of standard and non-standard site elements. As a result, the Silva Cell gets used on… More
Root Barrier and irrigation is currently being put in at our Aurora Avenue Silva Cell installation in Shoreline, WA by Out West Landscape. (And later, roasted cauliflower soup.)
Augusta, Georgia (beardenb) It’s raining and about 53 degrees Fahrenheit in San Francisco. Depending on where you are that may sound good or bad. But either way, we’re barely at winter’s halfway mark, and I don’t know about you, but Cheerful Things seem in order right about now. Today, rather than bellyaching over sad, stunted,… More
It’s not exactly news that urban detritus isn’t good for the environment, and a recent BuildingGreen.com newsbrief reviews another recent study demonstrating that urban runoff is bad for steam biodiversity.
At the end of last month, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the Better Market Street Project. Market Street, one of San Francisco’s largest thoroughfares, is at once both a main artery of the city and one of its biggest messes. Congested traffic and mass transit, confusing pedestrian and bike crossings, pathetic (PATHETIC) street trees… More
I lifted these hypothetical Before/After images of the Embankment and Parliament Square in London from the Trees and Design Action Group, a group of citizens, professionals and public and private businesses in the United Kingdom whose mission is to raise awareness of the importance of urban forests.
My, what nice trees you have. Yes yes, money doesn’t really grow on trees. But recent research from the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington points to the next best thing — that trees in business districts have a positive effect on consumer behavior.
The most recent version of Google Earth has added a nifty new 3D Trees feature!
In the first government-sponsored urban tree planting effort since the 1970s, Britain has committed £4.2m to plant one million trees by 2015. Declining rates of tree planting are the motivation for this new effort, which is being co-sponsored by Defra, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, Trees for Cities, Tree Council, and more.
Soil. Stormwater. Sustainable Infrastructure.
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