Landscape Architecture Magazine

Some of the most engaging new playgrounds take their inspiration from nature but are also fantastical worlds of their own. Read more in "Spring Roundup: Playgrounds That Pop," now up at LAM Online: https://bit.ly/4bzjPYt ------- Image: Nature Play at City Park in Denver, designed by Dig Studio, Inc. Photo by Jess Blackwell Photography.

A moving thought- provoking interview about wildfire research in the profession with Jonah Susskind, SWA’s new Director of Climate Research.

Nursery growers in western North Carolina are persevering in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Read more on LAM Online: https://bit.ly/43tgQyu Images: 1. Botanical Treasures in July 2024, before Helene’s floods. Photo courtesy Justin Wisniewski/Must Have Perennials via Perennial Plant Association. 2. Plants at Botanical Treasures, a perennials wholesaler in Fletcher, North Carolina, in Helene’s aftermath. Photo courtesy Robert Stine/Botanical Treasures.

More than simply backdrops for cinematic action, landscapes carry narrative and visual weight. Martin Hogue, ASLA, explores how real locations, stylized sets, and imagined worlds influence the way films tell their stories. How do these spaces shape what we see—and what we believe? Read more on LAM Online: https://bit.ly/3QhjLCU Images: 1. The Truman Show (1998). Image by TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo. 2. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018). Image courtesy Cinema Guild. 3. Days of Heaven (1978). Image by Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo.

MARCH 2025: LITTLE ISLAND On the cover: A detail of a bloom calendar for Little Island by MNLA. Also in the issue: Photographer Elizabeth Felicella's legacy of landscapes; Alissa Walker on the gold rush in urban planning; California-based Jonah Susskind, ASLA, talks landscape architecture approaches to wildfire risk and what he and his SWA colleagues are thinking about now; Supermass Studio's "controversial" planting design for LaGuardia Airport; high-tech preservation at Longwood Gardens; and more~

As sustainable landscapes become the norm, maintenance isn’t keeping up. Learn how firms like Ecological Design Group are finding solutions for landscape care in a warming world in the latest LAM: https://bit.ly/431xKnJ Illustrations by Adrià Voltà #LandscapeArchitecture #LandscapeMaintenance

More than simply backdrops for cinematic action, landscapes carry narrative and visual weight. Martin Hogue, ASLA, explores how real locations, stylized sets, and imagined worlds influence the way films tell their stories. How do these spaces shape what we see—and what we believe? Read more on LAM Online: https://bit.ly/3QhjLCU Images: 1. The Truman Show (1998). Image by TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo. 2. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018). Image courtesy Cinema Guild. 3. Days of Heaven (1978). Image by Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo.

A review of "Shrouded in Light: Naturalistic Planting Inspired by Wild Shrublands" by Kevin Philip Williams and Michael Guidi. Read on LAM Online: A Monstrous Anthem by Danielle VonLehe https://bit.ly/4jMgUzi