100 Years of Parks – #NPS100
Happy Birthday, National Parks! Today, the National Park Service celebrates 100 years since its founding on August 25, 1916. People all across the nation are taking advantage of this birthday year to...
View ArticleSubmit a Speed Session Idea for NRPA
The 2017 National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Annual Conference is coming to New Orleans this September, and NRPA is now accepting applications for Speed Sessions—a great way for new...
View ArticleSmarter Parks, Smarter Cities
by Kelsey Jessup Today, there are increasingly more cities, parks departments, and real estate developers asking designers to create smart parks. The definition of what makes a park “smart” is still...
View ArticleWarm Winter Memories—Cool Neighborhood Park
by Tom Mortensen, PLA, ASLA People say the memories of certain smells stay with you for a lifetime. Corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day, the sterile smell of a dentist’s office, athletic socks...
View ArticleEco Parks for Learning and Play
by Chris Roberts, ASLA “Play is the highest form of research.” – attributed to Albert Einstein An Unfulfilled Need In the 1950s I loved exploring nature in an unstructured setting. Nearby windrows,...
View ArticleA Park Lover’s Tour of Houston
by Tomás Herrera-Mishler, ASLA A tour of extraordinary park experiences, made possible through public/private partnerships. During a recent visit to some of Houston’s premier parks, the city revealed a...
View ArticleCreating an Everyone-Wins Playground Partnership
by Lawrence Raffel, PLA, ASLA Some say two heads are better than one. The Wheeling Park District discovered this concept applies to public agencies, too. It makes sense. When agencies establish...
View ArticleHigh Performance Public Spaces: A Tool for Building More Resilient and...
by David Barth, PhD, ASLA, RLA, AICP, CPRP Most design firms and communities are embracing the concepts of sustainability and resiliency. However, as with all ambitious initiatives, implementation is...
View ArticleADA Access: Project Retrofits and Upgrades
by Nate Lowry, ASLA Providing access and inclusion, to accommodate people of all abilities, continues to be a challenging proposition with many previously developed spaces. In 2013, the United States...
View ArticleShare Your Point of View: Urban Wilds and Unclaimed Landscapes
by John Gibbs, ASLA, Jill Desimini, ASLA, and Susan Moffat In anticipation of the upcoming panel Urban Wild! Making the Case for Our Unclaimed Landscapes with Jill Desimini and Susan Moffat,...
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Running Wild
by Matt Boehner, ASLA The intensity of the starting line captured during the Gans Creek Classic. / image: John Kelly Photos, LLC Running is one of the most popular and practiced sports worldwide. In...
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ICYMI: A Virtual Forum on the Future of Parks and Play
Circles in a London park mark appropriate social distance. / image: Winniepix licensed under CC BY 2.0 On July 15, right in the middle of Park and Recreation Month, three of ASLA’s Professional...
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A New Approach to Parks and Recreation System Planning to Create More Livable...
by David Barth, PhD, ASLA, AICP, CPRP David Barth is the author of the new book Parks and Recreation System Planning: A New Approach for Creating Sustainable, Resilient Communities. Over the past three...
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Recreating (or Recreating!) World Landscape Architecture Month
by Steph Sanders, PLA, ASLA RiverLakes Ranch Community Park, phase 1 completed playground. / image: Steph Sanders As we cross the year-threshold of a topsy-turvy life-changing event, recreation and...
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Recreating (or Recreating!) World Landscape Architecture Month
by Steph Sanders, PLA, ASLA RiverLakes Ranch Community Park, phase 1 completed playground. / image: Steph Sanders As we cross the year-threshold of a topsy-turvy life-changing event, recreation and...
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Virtual Community Outreach Meetings May Be Here to Stay
by Kalle Maggio, ASLA, David Barth, PhD, ASLA, Emily Paskewicz, ASLA, and Lauren Schmitt, ASLA image: Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Over the past year and a half, and as we all continue to...
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Tools for Equitable Park Planning and Design: Digital Workflows to Enhance...
by Matthew Wilkins, PLA, ASLA, APA Rio Hondo Park Concept / image: KTUA Landscape Architecture and Planning This last year has provided an awakening on issues of equality and our environment. One issue...
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PPN Roundtable: Climate Change’s Impacts on Parks and Recreation
images: Matt Boehner and courtesy of the 2022 NEWEA Annual Conference session “Effects of Sea Level Rise on Maine’s Wastewater Infrastructure” With World Landscape Architecture Month just two weeks...
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Par-laying Renovations into a Community Transformation
by Bob Hughes, ASLA Bobby Jones Golf Course before and after renovations / images: Bobby Jones Golf Course The Bobby Jones Golf Course—Atlanta’s first public golf course, opened in 1932—was previously...
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Connected Conservation
by Amy L. Schneckenburger, FASLA ASLA 2021 Professional General Design Honor Award. Inspiring Journeys For All, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. HDLA / image: Charlie Craighead The National Park...
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