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Pros and Cons of Using Aggregate to Store Stormwater

Most designers are probably already familiar with the practice of using aggregate or gravel as a form of underground stormwater storage.  For those who aren’t designers, the principle is simple: aggregate (gravel) is full of small voids – macropores – that can fill with water, acting as on-site stormwater storage. The aggregate is strong enough… More

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The Landscape of My Childhood

There are many physical markers of the long process of growing up: the improbably tiny clothes we once fit in to, the toys and gadgets that occupy us, the notches on the door jamb that record our height year over year. The metaphors for these changes, that signify the growth, transition and development of human… More

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Is The 10-20-30 Rule for Tree Diversity Adequate?

Today’s post is by Dr. Bert Cregg, Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. It was originally published on The Garden Professors and is reprinted with the author’s permission. -LM We’ve been having an interesting discussion over on the Urban Forestry group on LinkedIn on the origins and… More

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Ask Jim Urban: “Aren’t Silva Cells proprietary?”

Today I’m very excited to introduce a new feature on the blog called Ask Jim Urban. Jim Urban, FASLA is an expert on urban trees and soils and his recent book, Up By Roots, is the industry bible on these topics. Jim was also involved in the development and design of the Silva Cell system…. More

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Why Public Art Should Make Us Rethink Trees

For the last two weeks of December I’ll be reprinting some of our favorite blog posts instead of putting up new ones. Today is the last one. Goodbye 2012, hello 2013! -LM Trees are effortlessly artful. This artfulness may be part of why they have such a calming and restorative effect on people and can elicit such powerful… More

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Municipalities With Soil Volume Minimums for Trees

This post is now out of date! Please see the updated post here. For the last two weeks of December I’ll be reprinting some of our favorite blog posts instead of putting up new ones. These will be on those evergreen topics that we can always revisit and apply to current projects. As this year… More

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