Musings on garden design, natural landscapes, vertical greening, sustainability and biophilia
This is the third in a four-part series. In previous articles (links at bottom) I talked about the spontaneous regeneration
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In part one of this four-part series, I discussed the colonization of brownfield sites in the UAE’s cities with a
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This is the first of a four-part article, links to the others are at the end. These articles are all
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Gravel gardens have been around a long time yet with a few well-known exceptions (Denmans, Beth Chatto and more recently,
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If you work in the realm of landscapes, you cannot ignore the huge rise in the use of artificial plants,
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Landscapes are all about creating micro-climate, or would be, if designed for that goal. Why is this important and what
Posted in Adaptive Planting, Arboriculture, Biophilia, Climate Change, Design, design principles, Dubai, UAE, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Garden Design, Landscape Futurism, landscapes, Middle-East, Planting Design, Sustainability, Trees, Treescapes, Urban Landscapes Tagged with: arboriculture, climate change, eco-system services, ecological landscapes, ecology, microclimate, shade, trans-migrational landscapes, trees, treescapes, urban greening, urban landscapes
The other side of work I undertake in the Middle-East region (other than tree consultancy) is planting design, for creating
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The world is finally, at the last minute, waking up to the impending effects and consequences of climate change. In
Posted in Adaptive Planting, Biophilia, Climate Change, Design, Ecosystem Services, Edible Planting, Environment, Garden Design, green roof, Green walls, Landscape Futurism, landscapes, living walls, Natural Landscapes, Planting Design, rain gardens, Regenerative Planting, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Trees, Urban Landscapes, Vertical Greening Tagged with: eco-system services, ecological landscapes, environmental horticulture, green walls, living walls, novel ecosystems, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, regenerative landscapes, Resilient Planting, trans-migrational landscapes
Concrete is a wonderfully versatile material, which has been in use since Roman times and with it we can build
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The safety of children and water is potentially a controversial issue and I want to make it clear from the
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