Design matters. Nature matters. Humanity matters. April Philips Design Works, Inc (APDW) is excited to announce the opening of a new office in Medford, Oregon in collaboration with Terrain Landscape Architecture. With staff residing in both Northern California & Oregon, APDW is spreading our roots to serve all of our valued clients on the West…
What do you do when you are stuck at home because of Sheltering in Place? The stores are closed, and you cannot go out for meals. How about growing your OWN food? In an effort to slow COVID-19 most households stayed home, and one of the key concerns was the anxiety over food. However, instead of…
Today, thousands of young protesters were out in the streets to alert the severity of climate change to send a strong message to global leaders headed to the U.N. Climate Action Summit, which begins tomorrow. We were very inspired and pleased to meet and hear the passionate young voices demanding rights for immediate action, right…
Our Miller Creek Edible Garden project was featured in Landscape Architect + Specifier News in the June 2019 issue on the stewardship page. We enjoyed reading about our story during our Friday Sharing. The article confirmed how APDW’s design has reached its goals: Creating an interactive learning space for students to build healthy habits as…
Our newest project, Agriculture Institute of Marin’s (AIM) Center for Food + Agriculture at the Marin Farmers Market was granted 2 million dollars from the state to seed the design process. The project will provide a new permanent home for the Farmers Market and create a Center for Food + Agriculture, a world class community gathering…
Can you believe it? We raised $170,926 in the fight against cancer, AIDS/HIV and diabetes last Friday! Bike to Hope was a “sore-ing” success. Our Alameda Point Partners Team came in 3rd place for fundraising and we were all so happy to ride for this cause. City of Hope put on a wonderful event that concluded…
At APDW we love bikes. We specifically design for bicycles to maneuver and settle in our landscapes. We applaud bikes as a clean form of transportation that connects people to the urban realm. We also believe bikes are a critical ingredient to the overall health of communities.This week we are taking our dedication to bikes…
Get your bidding paddles ready to be the proud owner of an April Philips original artwork. We are honored to announce April’s invitation to contribute to The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s fourteenth annual silent auction of the ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The auction features one-of-a-kind works by noted landscape architects, artists, photographers,…
Earlier this week APDW’s very own Erika Mayer traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona to learn about the top-secret recipe for those beautiful Kornegay pots. You won’t believe what’s in the mix! As part of the 2018 Landscape Forms Design Advisory board, Erika, along with Paul Kissinger of EDSA and Todd Kohli of JJR Smith Group, had…