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Landscape Architecture Magazine

Contributors

The End Is Just the Beginning

Vision and Vibes

FOREGROUND

A Pool Marks the Spot

A Floor Fit to Flood

3 LANDSCAPES • Which three designed landscapes have most influenced your work?

Boston’s Vision Statement

Meet Ovicula biradiata, Texas’s Newest Desert Wildflower

A Garden On Glass

Bringing Bugs Back • Success comes from a patient approach in Midwestern public gardens.

Hard Reckonings • An effort to improve a “dismal” landscape for a youth facility included a sensitive design shaped by trauma-informed design principles.

Blooming Colorful • Embrace the season with new plants and planters.

FEATURES

ON Shifting GROUND • Eight practitioners on finding level and running a business in a time of uncertainty.

THE BACK

BEFORE NEW YORK

The Ravages of Time

Books of Interest

Meet the Candidates • The election for the 2026–27 ASLA president will open on May 6. ASLA members have until June 6 to cast their vote. Here the candidates tell us more about themselves and what they would like to do to move the profession and organization forward.

BACKSTORY • FAITH TAKES THE SHAPE OF AN ELM IN A COLUMBARIUM GARDEN.

Green Equals Green

Site Visit Success • Based on their work on the Hyde Park Labs Phase II project, Adam De Foor‑White, ASLA, and Eric Kopinski, both of Greenprint Partners, offer advice for maximizing site visits.

Rethinking My Relationship with the Land • Anita Bueno, ASLA, shares how an influential book and an eye-opening course in Portugal changed the way she looks at landscape architecture.

BENCHMARKS • Member news & notes

2025 CSI Research Fellows

ASLA’s Legacy Project Shapes Anacostia’s Future

Turning Vacant Lots into Green Gathering Spaces • Kimberlee Douglas, ASLA, shares how the Park in a Truck program she started in 2017 is transforming neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

How to Create Connected, Walkable Communities • Hannah D’Amico, ASLA, discusses how creative thinking and partnering with a contractor is helping to create a low-maintenance, aesthetically pleasing build-for-rent project in a growing central Texas community.

QA Reimagining City Hall • Discover how the construction of a new civic center campus brought sustainability and community to the forefront.

How Do You Balance Aesthetics and Functionality in Your Designs?