Sustainable Design & Development in Landscape Architecture

My Journey Begins…

What Will the Plant Palette for the Santa Clara River Park Be???

As I near the end of the process of designing the new Santa Clara River Park in Fillmore, I am challenged with designing a plant palette that will suit the ecology of the region and make visitors feel welcome. The topic of planting design is another key issue in the broader discussion of sustainable landscapes,…

A Look Inside: The Materials Being Used to Construct Fillmore’s New Park

There is a strong push in the field of Landscape Architecture to use sustainable materials in our designs, and there are three main reasons why. First, there is a huge, foreboding, giant, ultra-scary and very real climate crisis currently inflicting the planet… we all know that. Second, using recycled and sustainably sourced materials reduces the…


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