The developers of the Orange County Great Park, Lennar et al., impatient with the pace of the park’s development, is negotiating with the city of Irvine, through its FivePoint Communities Management group, to take over the building of the park. The entry Palm Court (pictured) is one of the few manifestations of build development at the Great Park.
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Under Washington state’s new stormwater permitting regulations, cities like Ferndale (pictured) will pay $7,721 a year for water sampling and evaluations, which the city’s stormwater specialist said are unlikely to be useful. The permit requires the payments to begin in August 2014.
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Adjacent to the western edge of the green roof atop the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Visitor Center, the building’s south-facing meadow (foreground) separates a ramped promenade linking the overlook at the top of the berm and the ginkgo terrace (left). The meadow landscape offers ‘Winter King’ green hawthorn trees, ‘Regent’ serviceberry, grasses, perennials (‘Starlight Prairie Blues’ wild indigo, New England blazing star) and ‘Pagoda’ trout lily bulbs.
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Chicago officials are planning a six block expansion of the city’s central riverwalk, as the next phase in a multimillion dollar state and local effort to clean up and rebrand the eponymous river.
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Central Delaware River Waterfront master plan for Philadelphia was developed by Cooper Robertson, OLIN, and Kieran Timberlake. The plan is a blueprint for transforming the waterfront over the next 25 years or so into a more vibrant, green waterfront that is better connected to the city.
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Over 50 years in the making, Innisfree was largely the work of landscape architect Lester Collins (1914–1993). He combined Modernist ideas with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles. This distinctive strolling garden on 185-acres surrounds a large glacial lake. While Innisfree’s short-term legacy is secure, challenges remain. Patron: Walter and Marion Beck
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One of only two SITES projects to be certified with three stars, “Cleveland’s Public Garden: Modeling Sustainability in the Rustbelt” is the highest-rated project of the eight announced the week of Sept. 17. Located at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, sustainable techniques include a low-maintenance lawn; a rain garden with native plantings; permeable asphalt; a green roof; and production of onsite food crops that are given away to the public to foster interest in sustainable practices.
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The Irrigation Association (IA) met with the California Department of Water Resources (CA DWR) in September to discuss important water initiatives, one of which directly affects landscape contractors - AB 1881.
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LASN headed out to the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Exposition, Oct. 16-17 in Anaheim, Calif., appropriately enough just across the street from that playground for children and adults, Disneyland.
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