Musings on tree care, natural landscapes, vertical greening, sustainability and biophilia
A problem, or an opportunity for a new landscape paradigm? I was recently working on a tree project in
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I’m pleased to have launched a new website and blog dedicated to this aspect of my work. Over time the
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On my most recent trip to Dubai, I enjoyed walking through some of the new landscapes that emerge as projects are completed. The UAE,
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The way in which we design, create, maintain and use urban landscapes is likely to change radically in the next
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This article first appeared in Pro Landscaper Gulf – a .PDF copy can be seen here on page 12. It is
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This review first appeared in Thinking Gardens in February 2016. This book represents a new wave of thinking about “natural”
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In my previous post I talked about a regenerative planting methodology for urban landscapes, in which I suggested you would
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Almost all urban landscapes are contrived and designed, due to their artificial nature and short timescales of development and use.
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We are now a decade into the explosion of living or green walls. There have been many successes and some
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There is something incredibly exciting about living walls. Stacking green plants on the vertical plane on buildings, where you’d think
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