The Uncertain Fate of a Better Market Street
Flickr credit: mk30 A couple of years ago, I wrote hopefully about the City of San Francisco’s plans to revamp our main thoroughfare, Market Street. The project, which began in…
Flickr credit: mk30 A couple of years ago, I wrote hopefully about the City of San Francisco’s plans to revamp our main thoroughfare, Market Street. The project, which began in…
How do you assemble DeepRoot Tree Root Barriers? The video below demonstrates the simple lock-together process, showing how the panels connect for installation. For product information and additional installation resources,…
Topped tree: The tree doesn’t need this. Photo: Larry Costello. What do trees really need? Sunlight, surely. Water, and nutrients from the soil. But do they need pruning? Some trees…
Prior to the abundant use of concrete as the standard material, curbs were made of local quarried or other mined stone materials. Granite, such as seen above, made an excellent…
A diagram of the cross-section through a stream channel and its adjacent components. This system, not just the stream channel itself, serves to process water from the surrounding landscape in…
The Derby Midland Station after the renovation The city of Derby has been in the midst of an ambitious urban regeneration project since 2003, a key aspect of which has…
A Silva Cell installation as the Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley was filmed over the course of several weeks during the winter of 2013. Today I am incredibly excited…
The Atlanta BeltLine is a comprehensive revitalization and mobility project powered by local citizens, civic leaders, and private partnerships that is transforming the city of Atlanta through the additions of…
Raingardens and bioretention facilities have much in common: both use soil and vegetation to collect, slow, and filter stormwater runoff. That is why the terms are frequently used interchangeably —…
New growth on a beech tree. Credit: crowdive Today’s post is by Alison O’Connor, Horticulture Agent with Colorado State University Extension in Larimer County. It originally appeared on her blog,…