V excited to lead a deep-dive session at this year's @nationalasla.bsky.social conference on how to position your landscape architecture firm and hone your elevator pitch to make a lasting impression.
Plus a workshop on how to articulate your firm’s unique value & strengthen your messaging!

Today, on #WorldHabitatDay, we’re reminded that every space we shape plays a role in how people and nature coexist.

This year’s theme, “Urban Crisis Response,” challenges us to confront the pressing realities of climate disruption, biodiversity loss, displacement, and inequality. #ClimateAction

On Saturday October 11th at 11am at the @nationalasla.bsky.social annual conference, I'll be sharing a stage with Catherine McCullough of McCullough Landscape Architecture and Claire Agre of Unknown Studio to present 'THE FOUND-HERS: Professional Perspectives at Three Stages of Practice'.
Join us!

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the hugely successful PlanScapeArch last week, organized by the NY chapters of @nationalasla.bsky.social @aiaofficial.bsky.social & #APA.
Special thanks to sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social
#landscapearchitecture #landscapedesign #climateweek #urbanrealm

At PlanScapeArch 2025 "Beyond Human"
Kevin Corté of Alumni Planning Solutions
&
Robert Holbrook of Get Stuff Built and NYC Office of the Mayor will moderate "Beyond the Buzz: AI’s Real Impact on Planning, Design, and Development in NYC"
Sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social
www.aslany.org/event/plansc...

PlanScapeArch Opening Keynote: @glindsay.bsky.social -
Generalist, Urbanist, Speaker, Futurist

'BEYOND HUMAN: Leveraging the Power of Intelligence'
@nationalasla.bsky.social
@aiaofficial.bsky.social
APA

Sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social

Fri Sept 19 - 6 CEUs
www.aslany.org/event/plansc...

PlanScapeArch Closing Keynote: Afua V. Addo, MHC, Chief Program Officer at Perception Institute

'BEYOND HUMAN: Leveraging the Power of Intelligence'
@nationalasla.bsky.social
@aiaofficial.bsky.social
APA
Sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social

Fri Sept 19 - 6 CEUs

www.aslany.org/event/plansc...

On 17 Sept, I'll be on the jury for the @architecturetoday.bsky.social‬ Awards, recognizing “buildings that stand the test of time”.
As the first #LandscapeArchitecture professional to be included in the jury, I am very aware of the honor and responsibility.
architecturetoday.co.uk/at-awards/20...

PLANSCAPEARCH 2025!
Fri 19 Sep - NYC
6 CEUs
NY chapters of:
@nationalasla.bsky.social
@aiaofficial.bsky.social
APA

'BEYOND HUMAN: Leveraging the Power of Intelligence' will examine designing for wellbeing using AI and other tech.
Sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social

www.aslany.org/event/plansc...

On July 12, I attended “A Weekend with Fergus Garrett” at the Landcraft Garden Foundation in Mattituck, NY. Fergus shared the history of Great Dixter's transition from strictly ornamental considerations to become one of the most biodiverse landscapes in the UK, & one of @nytimes.com top 25 gardens.

Great @nytimes.com article "The 25 Essential Gardens You Must See" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/t...
The article is engaging for the discussions and the criteria used, as well as for the background stories on the gardens.
(Pics: my 2022 trip to #Kirstenbosch featured in the NYT list)
#landscapedesign

A wonderful time at Global Pride in Washington. But #Pride isn’t just a month - diversity isn’t just slapping a flag on a logo. Diversity is a way of thinking: especially in the creative disciplines. #Creativity requires #diversity for true #innovation and progress.
#DEI #landscapearchitecture

On 3 July I'll be speaking at @architecturetoday.bsky.social biz breakfast on the art of running a commercial creative practice. I'll describe how I helped build previous organizations into int'l success, and talk about my role as managing partner of new landscape architecture practice LILA Studio.

#Sustainability was at the heart of Hoskin & Beaudin's Pathway Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, featuring recycled/upcycled materials.
Recalling Doug Tallamy's call to US citizens to create a national park thro our front yards.
Imagine a world where we pool our resources to affect global change!

Such lovely aubergine poppies in the RHS and BBC Radio2 Dog Garden - a gorgeous new cultivar for the garden by gardening guru Monty Don
#rhschelseaflowershow #chelseafc #horticulture #gardendesign

Gabions have been a mainstay of landscape & water management since mitigating the Nile's annual flood in Ancient Egypt. The Addleshaw Goddard: Freedom to Flourish Garden by Carey Garden Design Studio at RHS #chelseaflowershow showed a gorgeous adaptation
#horticulture #landscapearchitecture #design

The Avanade Intelligent Garden by Tom Massey & Je Ahn at RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow included a structure of sustainable mushroom-based building material. Renewable and biodegradable, it can be grown competitively at $1/lb; mycelium-based building blocks can be 80x cheaper than cement and gypsum blocks.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a great place to learn about how healthy plant communities are entwined with design. Sustainable plant communities create thriving landscapes: places where plants will flourish over the long term to create spaces where people will flourish too. #urbandesign #placemaking

'Cha No Niwa,' by Kazuyuki Ishihara, is a Japanese Tea Garden in the midst of the bustling RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The merging of tea garden design and ikebana and a subdued plant palette results in a gentle re-interpretation that engenders quiet reflection, in the heart of the Chelsea chaos.

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a celebration of nature and creativity that offers a vibrant and inspiring experience, fosters community among plant enthusiasts, professionals and the public, and offers an opportunity to promote an appreciation of the natural world and the potential it represents.

“Landscape is history made visible.” J.B. Jackson

Fostering the appreciation of landscapes of historical, ecological, and design importance is one of the key reasons that I’m so proud to have joined the Stewardship Council of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

I want to honor Barry Benepe, who passed earlier this month, age 96. He was one of those who advocated for & established what is now the largest farmers’ market network in the country, and helped revive NYC's neighborhoods and preserve 000s of acres of regional farmland.
Pic: 79th Street Greenmarket

So excited to join the Editorial Advisory Committee of Landscape Architecture Magazine, the newsletter for members of American Society of Landscape Architects. I am truly honored to step into this role!
landscapearchitecturemagazine.org