What Would Olmsted Do? Landscape Architecture in the Age of Climate Collapse
When people ask me why I became a landscape architect, I usually say something about my love for green space or how parks bring people together. But the truth is, I was chasing the ghost of Frederick Law Olmsted. The man behind Central Park, the Emerald Necklace in Boston, and countless other green spaces, Olmsted […]
Rooftop Jungles and Skyward Swamps: A Love Letter to the Vertical Wilderness
Most people think of nature as something horizontal—meadows stretching across a hillside, forests crawling over the earth, wetlands pooling in low places. But lately, I’ve been looking up. And what I’ve seen has changed the way I think about urban nature entirely. I’ve fallen in love with a new kind of wilderness: the one growing […]