Want to incorporate them into your home or yard? Contact a licensed professional They were elemental in the midcentury modern design movement, but they’re making a major comeback in the new millennium: breeze blocks, the pierced cement blocks that circulate air, soften light, and offer structural security and patterned privacy.…
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Ideas for all ages make your yard more family-friendly Anytime’s an ideal time to get kids and teens outside, and the National Association of Landscape Professionals has ideas to engage all ages in backyard improvements your whole family will enjoy: Littlest helpers—Small hands can help welcome wildlife to your yard…
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VIDEO: Cars Put on a Diet to Pave the Way for Alternate Modes of Transportation
by Cheri Gyuroby Cheri GyuroHave you noticed green patches of paint popping up on California roads? How about parked cars in the middle of the street? Landscape architects and traffic engineers are making these changes by putting motorized vehicles on a “Road Diet.” It’s an effort to reduce single occupancy vehicles and accommodate bicycles,…
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Recipe for the Perfect Road Diet
by Cheri Gyuroby Cheri GyuroCalifornia’s surface streets have a few pounds to shed. From driverless cars to Uber, Lyft, three types of solid waste cans, electric scooters to bikes – busy urban roadways are over-crowded with new trends creating a challenge for road safety. Some communities are so over-burdened with clogged streets that traffic…
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Green is in again. This year’s tremendous rainstorms have brought back to life lawns, trees, flowers, and the like. With yards thriving again, what better time to celebrate lawn care and landscape architecture? April is National Lawn Care Month, which emphasizes the importance of natural grass’ environmental and health benefits.…