Some say eat, pray, love – we say eat, plant, drawdown! As part of Colorado State University’s LA days lecture series March 3, 2021 | 5pm MST (4pm PST) , April Phillips will be presenting her research: Eat – plant – drawdown: why designing for climate matters. This is a free event open to all. https://scasla.agsci.colostate.edu/home/aprilphilips/…
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…
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…
APDW was happy to host Professor Corry Gallo from the Department of Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State University (MSU) as he tours the United States studying urban agriculture. April and Corry shared experiences on the implementation and impact of urban farms and discussed several of the case studies from April’s book – Designing Urban Agriculture. Professor Gallo was…
We are thrilled to announce the official grand opening of the Elan Mountain View this coming Wednesday, 02/13/2019! It’s been a pleasure working with the Greystar team and Seidel Architects in creating a new gateway project for urban living just steps from downtown Mountain View. The mixed-use project represents a conversation of nature and innovation….
We were thrilled to learn this week, that three APDW projects are highlighted in “Sustainable Landscapes in Alameda County, 2005 – 2017″ and ranked as among the most sustainable projects in Alameda County by Stop Waste, a public agency with the express goal of reducing waste in Alameda County. The projects are: Harbor Bay Medians, Bay Street Plaza,…
Join April at the TOM TOM FOUNDERS SUMMIT April will be on a panel to discuss “Innovations in Urban Agriculture” and creating local food economies. Tom Tom Founder’s Festival is a summit uniting entrepreneurs, innovators, executives and investors shaping the future of industry in small cities. Click here for to learn more about the TOM TOM…
April is the World Landscape Architecture Month and we are happy to celebrate it with this publication on Vegetable Gardens! #WLAM2017 #thisislandscapearchitecture Check out this new article about APDW’s project, published by Your Land… Your Land is a one-time publication produced by Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) to introduce the profession of landscape architecture to students from grade school…