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    Coming Events:

    - We are excited to announce that April will be one of the 8 virtual speakers for CSU's 28th annual LA Days spring lecture series! Her talk, EAT-PLANT-DRAWDOWN, will feature APDW's climate positive projects on the west coast on March 3. Talks are free- register here: https://scasla.agsci.colostate.edu/

    - We are so honored that April Phillips Design Works has been awarded the 2020 Small Green Business of the year! Thank you San Rafael Chamber of Commerce.

    - 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

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APDW Project Featured in “Your Land” Publication

April 4, 2017 by Chinmayi Suri

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April is the World Landscape Architecture Month and we are happy to celebrate it with this publication on Vegetable Gardens! #WLAM2017  

Check out this new article about APDW’s project, published by Your Land…

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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 through high school.

Sized_Miller Creek_Planting DayThe article talks about the increasing prevalence of vegetable gardens in public places, and emphasizes the important role of landscape architects like April Philips in designing community food gardens in urban environments. Using the case study of Miller Creek Edible Garden, the article highlights the community involvement, attention to organic food production, and “major bounty” of the garden, despite its small size.

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Click here to view the publication, and be sure to visit pages 22-23 for the article about APDW!

Here are a few other relevant links about APDW’s urban agriculture projects: