- April to speak on Eat Plant Drawdown: Why Designing for Climate Matters at the 2020 ASLA Oregon Annual Design Symposium at Oregon Zoo: Saturday, September 12th
- April and Gary to attend an environmental forum BUILDING TO COOL THE PLANET – BEYOND ‘GREEN BUILDING’ at Marin Health and Wellness Campus: Wednesday, February 27th @6:30pm
- April to speak on Sustainability at Different Scales at PPN LIVE during the 2018 ASLA ANNUAL MEETING in Philadelphia: Saturday, October 20th @ 9:15am
- April to present an Educational Session Regarding SITES® Materials Credits for Project Life Cycle, at the 2018 ASLA ANNUAL MEETING in Philadelphia: Saturday, October 20th @ 11:00am
Do you need a gorgeous filler plant that performs well in a wide range of conditions? Get to know Lomandra longifolia ‘Breeze’. This perennial grass known as Dwarf Mat Rush is a trustworthy plant that performs wondrously in most soil conditions. It has become one of our studio’s favorite plants, which is artfully incorporated into…
At APDW, we seek to explore the best material options for our projects based on site specific conditions. We constantly research and set up meetings with vendors to keep up and educate ourselves, to practice sustainable/ regenerative landscape. In regards to what we’ve learned, just a little peek, we’d like to introduce you a great…
Compost is not just recycled clippings, it’ more. It has become the go to panacea for landscapes. It is an organic amendment you add to provide nutrients to plants. In fact, compost provides a wide range of unexpected solutions for designers. Have percolation issues? Add compost. Need to increase water holding capacity of soils? Add…
Sea level is not a fixed point. Imagine, that you were asked to define a typical day. Most people would respond with the two extremes, sunrise and sunset. But what if you lived by the sea? Sea level behaves like a typical day, it has a range. There are low tides and high tides, which…
Beautiful Canary Island Date Palms (Phoenix canariensis) arrived at our Union Flats project site in Union City, CA. These large palms will provide instant visual impact and shade to the adjacent promenade. Being able to procure matching palms at this size can be challenging and costly. We were glad the team was able to obtain…