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AIANY: Cloudbursts and NYC: Strategies for Design, Mitigation, and Implementation
AIANY: Cloudbursts and NYC: Strategies for Design, Mitigation, and Implementation
In August and September 2021, Hurricanes Henri and Ida showed us the havoc intense rainfall can create across New York City’s five boroughs. More than 40 deaths occurred, caused by flooding basement apartments and occupied vehicles swept away in the floods. New York City had already been planning for the major climate threat of cloudbursts …
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ASLANY 4CEUs & a Beer: The Landscape Above: Design, Implementation and Maintenance of Green Roofs
ASLANY 4CEUs & a Beer: The Landscape Above: Design, Implementation and Maintenance of Green Roofs
Vegetated roof systems, or green roofs, offer an array of environmental and economic benefits. These include rainwater management, urban heat island reduction, and habitat creation, while principal economic benefits include creation of additional usable space, and increased real estate value. Local Law 92 and 94 were passed by the New York City Council in 2019 …
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The Garden Conservancy: The Well-Gardened Mind at The New York Botanical Garden
The Garden Conservancy: The Well-Gardened Mind at The New York Botanical Garden
For the lecture at New York Botanical Garden Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith will be joined by her husband Tom Stuart-Smith. This is a special joint event with Tom Stuart-Smith on Sue Stuart-Smith's speaking tour. Tom and Sue Stuart-Smith are one of the most distinguished and influential couples in the world of gardens and horticulture. Tom’s awarding-winning garden designs have …
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The Native Plant Center: Sources and Solutions to Restoring Our Landscapes
The Native Plant Center: Sources and Solutions to Restoring Our Landscapes
Online registration is now open for The Native Plant Center's 2023 Spring Landscape Conference, Sources and Solutions: Essential Native Plant Partnerships, March 13. The event will take place virtually. Whether in a forest, meadow, or yard, ecological restoration takes a big-picture approach and the cooperation of many people. Discover strategies being used to confront challenges such as invasive …
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TCLF: Race & Space
TCLF: Race & Space
How do cultural landscapes shape our public memory, and how do design decisions affect that process of commemoration? When creating or conserving memorial landscapes, what aesthetic, historical, cultural, social, and political issues are artists, designers, activists, communities, and other stakeholders navigating? In this Race & Space Conversation, moderator and journalist James Russell will speak with …
OHNY: Public Policy Talks: Learning from Streetscapes for Wellness
OHNY: Public Policy Talks: Learning from Streetscapes for Wellness
This event has been postponed due to weather. We will update this event once a new date has been confirmed. How can new approaches to streetscapes improve quality of place and quality of life? Streets make up over a quarter of New York City's land area, serving as public corridors that define how we navigate …
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ASLA-NY Plant Research Group Winter Tree ID Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park
ASLA-NY Plant Research Group Winter Tree ID Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park
ASLA-NY is continuing the plant research initiative for professionals to collectively expand and share our knowledge of NYC plants. The research group, led by Wendy Andringa and co-led by Nancy Seaton, Morgan Mangelsen, and Michael Spina, will meet for walks at different locations in NYC. Brooklyn Bridge Park, meet at the Parking Lot between Piers …
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ASLANY & Central Park Conservancy: The Olmsted in All of Us
ASLANY & Central Park Conservancy: The Olmsted in All of Us
Join ASLA-NY, TCLF and Central Park Conservancy for: The Olmsted in All of Us - Presented by Charles Birnbaum This past April marked the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.’s birth. Although many still do not know that there is no “A” in his name, and that there were actually three Olmsteds (news flash: he …
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NYBG – Contemporary Gardens of the Hamptons: Christopher LaGuardia
NYBG – Contemporary Gardens of the Hamptons: Christopher LaGuardia
Water is a crucial design factor in Christopher LaGuardia's elegant landscapes-both its serene beauty and its surging power. Dotted with wetlands and encircled by waterfront, the Hamptons are impacted by reduced water quality, erosion, and colonies of invasive species. LaGuardia discusses the challenges of developing waterfront properties while also looking to protect and enhance the …
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Barnard College – The Inaugural Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture presented by Sara Zewde
Barnard College – The Inaugural Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture presented by Sara Zewde
Sara Zewde of Harlem-based Studio Zewde will give the inaugural Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture at Barnard College on Wednesday, March 29. The Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture honors Barnard alumna Norma Sklarek, one of the first Black women architects in the US, by inviting current groundbreaking and influential designers to campus to be in dialogue with our community. …
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Grace Farms: 2023 Design for Freedom Summit
Grace Farms: 2023 Design for Freedom Summit
Join Grace Farms to design a more humane future at the Design for Freedom 2023 Summit at Grace Farms on March 30, 2023, as we come together for a day of action and awareness. Accelerate the movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain with industry leaders in architecture, interior design, manufacturing, engineering, and …
NYBG – Harris Bugg Studio: Respecting the Spirit of Place
NYBG – Harris Bugg Studio: Respecting the Spirit of Place
Dubbed "pioneering design talents of their generation" by the Royal Horticultural Society, Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg believe both the landscapes they design and the business they run must be respectful, inclusive, and ethically responsible. The duo will highlight their progressive ethos as they discuss Kitchen Garden at RHS Bridgewater, which includes an edible forest …
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