by Sherry MacWilliam | Aug 18, 2022 | Gardening, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability
My last blog post, A Call for Contemporary Victory Gardens, gave a very brief history of Victory Gardens. As you read, victory gardens were an effective tool in fighting off the food shortage crisis during World War II. Propagandized as an act of patriotism, they...
by Sherry MacWilliam | Jul 28, 2022 | Gardening, Landscape Architecture
Victory Gardens may invoke feelings of nostalgia in those who lived through World War II. Because, Victory Gardens played an important role in the war effort to combat food shortages as the war raged on and food staples were being rationed. Millions of Victory...
by Sherry MacWilliam | Jul 14, 2022 | Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Sustainability
The tree lawn, otherwise described as the parkway, planting strip, or even the hell strip, is the space between the curb and the sidewalk. Generally, landscape architects specify turfgrass for these hostile environments. I can’t think of a single circumstance...
by Sherry MacWilliam | Dec 28, 2021 | Landscape Architecture
Horticultural Therapy is an alternative or a supplementation to traditional talk therapy, similar to Equine Therapy or Art Therapy. Therapeutic gardening is a time-proven and highly researched practice that can assist in the healing of a vast array of mental and...
by John W. Olson | Nov 14, 2021 | Business, Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism
The holidays are coming and today, I reflect back on the past two years of Urban Landscapes. Urban Landscapes, LLC was technically created as a business December 1, 2019. The idea and even somewhat of the name of the company has been in place since March, 2010. In the...
