Author Archives: @alexialandarch

Parkway Possibilities

This is an urban parkway in a residential neighborhood in Chicago. The plantings are native, except the Clematis and the tulips. There are several boulders that make great seats on a hot summer evening. Weeding a couple times a year is all this type of landscape needs, as long as the Norway Maples are trimmedContinue reading “Parkway Possibilities”

shifting the paradigm…. bridging the gap

There is a gap in our landscape and land managing industry today between conventional landscapes and ecological landscapes.  My work bridges the gap, integrating native plant communities-based landscapes into the built environment. Our immediate environs can be designed to support Nature, by making beautiful, legible, designed landscapes, that people consider to be an amenity, notContinue reading “shifting the paradigm…. bridging the gap”

Winter Beauty, and the Corporate Landscape

I love winter. We love how our plants perform. I love how nature has designed them to stand up awhile, despite the falling rain, the heavy icy slushy stuff, despite the nearly one foot of snow and slush earlier this year. I love these plants. I stop by fairly often just to check. We wantContinue reading “Winter Beauty, and the Corporate Landscape”

Re-Ecology. I made up a word.

It is true. I made up a word. Re-Ecology.   I used to dream of oceans of nature surrounding corporate buildings and parking lots in the suburban phenomenon called The Office Park.  Park? If it is a Park, it must be healthy for birds, bees, and butterflies, right?  Well, not so in the typical situation. Really? Really. Continue reading “Re-Ecology. I made up a word.”