When most people see a beautifully landscaped urban park, promenade or walking trail amongst a grey, concrete city, they immediately assume that it must be a positive for the environment. While some green space is better than none, more often than not landscaping is not done...
Urban Planning for Healthy Cities Cities are often viewed as unhealthy and unwelcoming places. Many of the most famous works of English language literature are based in hellish Victorian city scapes and modern Science Fiction frequently references dystopian future cities. Despite this negative image, cities continue to...
Sponge cities: Revolutionising Surface Water Management in Urban Environments The world is a rapidly urbanising place. Since 1950, the number of people living in cities has ballooned from 751 million to 4.2 billion and Asia is the epicentre of this growth with 54 percent of all...
Explaining Sustainable Landscaping The buzz word of the moment is sustainability, but what does this really mean and how does it relate to the business of landscaping? On a basic level, sustainability can be defined as the ability to exist constantly. What this becomes on a practical level...
More Americans than ever live in urban areas - up to 82% according to World Bank statistics [1]. Big city living has a range of benefits, but residents need to be mindful of their health, as it is all too easy to lead a sedentary lifestyle...
There has never been a wider choice in paving materials on the market than what we have right now. With that said, the tried and true paving materials are still by far the most widely used across the country. The following materials make up a high...
Erosion control is a constant concern for landscape architects when designing new projects. Water is a powerful natural force and flowing water from rainfall or even irrigation can cause a number of problems. Without being properly controlled, water will flow down slopes, carving out gullies, washing away...
What are your options for pathway surface materials and how do they stack up? Organic-Lock™ is the result of more than 10 years of research with organic aggregate binders and their ability to create long-lasting surfaces that maintain a natural look and feel without continual maintenance. The...