In Washington, D.C. landscape architects work to protect a fragile urban forest designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr from the ruinous effects of climate change.

Olmsted completed his second and final plan for the Cathedral Close in 1924. He worried that the buildup of the surrounding area would challenge the health of the forest and its streams over time, a ...

Getting to Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center is a pedestrian nightmare, but a plan to expand the National Mall could ...

A trail at the Cathedral Close, the 57 acres surrounding the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Andropogon. “The main Woods…are disastrous,” Carol Kelleher wrote in an annual ...

In 1993, Pollocksville, North Carolina, Mayor Jay Bender, who’s run the small town for more than 40 years, worked “like crazy” to convince the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow him to build on the ...

In 1993, Pollocksville, North Carolina, Mayor Jay Bender, who’s run the small town for more than 40 years, worked “like crazy” to convince the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow him to build on the ...

An aerial rendering of the National Capital Planning Commission’s design vision. Courtesy of Dariushwatercolors.com.

Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee, provides respite while reflecting on the long history of racial injustice. Once a city dump on the Mississippi waterfront, Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee, is ...

An aerial rendering of the National Capital Planning Commission’s design vision. Image courtesy Dariushwatercolors.com.

The African Ancestors Memorial Garden in Charleston, South Carolina, honors the labor and legacy of enslaved people. The ecology of both the South Carolina low country and the African diaspora feature ...