Healing Gardens for Mental Health/ Behavioral Health
By: Christina Hughey One in four people will be affected by mental illness in their lifetime. Mental illness has an attached stigma, therefore some people suffering with mental illness…
Cold Weather is the Perfect Time to Get Outside
By Christina Hughey Cabin fever? Want to get outside but its winter? Go outside anyways. There is lots of research out there on the benefits of nature about De-…
Rhythm in the Landscape
By Brad Priest, Landscape Designer Repetition, patterns, movement – these words help describe the concept of rhythm, which can exist at all sorts of scales and via many different…
Autism and Nature
By: Christina Hughey “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with Autism” (source) No two people with autism are exactly alike. Autism or Autism…
Building a Sensory Garden
By: Christina Hughey A sensory garden is designed to stimulate the senses. This stimulation occurs from plants and other things found in the garden. Sensory gardens are wonderful for…
A Farm That May Prevent Cancer
My Review on: The Garden of Hope By: Christina Hughey The Garden of Hope is a 261-acre farm located on Ohio State Universities main campus. The farm’s main goal is…
A Look Under the Hood at the Design Process
By Brad Priest All projects are unique in one way or another, and each poses its own set of opportunities and constraints for design. To create the most successful result…
The Practice of Shinrin-Yoku
By Christina Hughey Shinrin-yoku otherwise known as forest-bathing (meaning to bathe the mind, you don’t need your swimsuit!), was developed in Japan during the 1980’s. Shinrin-yoku is an activity…
A Review Over Project Chemotherapy Outside
By: Christina Hughey Tergooi Hospital Project Chemotherapy Outside is an interesting concept. Located in Hilversum, Netherlands designed by Architect Bart Van Der Salm. This project has allowed patients…
We’re Hiring!
We are currently looking for a dynamic, motivated and personable Landscape Architect/Designer – with 0-2 years experience to join our team at the Eureka office. This position will support and strengthen our existing capabilities…
Labyrinths in Healing
By Christina Hughey, horticultural specialist Labyrinths are found worldwide dating back to Ancient Egypt as well as Ancient Greece. Today, they are popular in numerous places including healthcare settings…
Friday Fact: Stress and Your Surroundings
By Christina Hughey, Horticulture Therapy Specialist (source) Since the beginning of mankind, we developed fight or flight response. An example is, if man encountered a mountain lion, he would have…
Horticultural Therapy Gardens/ Healing Gardens
By: Christina Hughey A healing garden is a garden designed for a specific population, place, and intended for positive health outcome. With plenty of research to prove, access to nature…
The Reason to Expand Urban Forests: Our Health – an ASLA Dirt blog post by Jared Green
Article Review by Jordan Wilkinson, PLA This article by Jared Green, of ASLA’s The Dirt blog, shares some of the benefits of having and maintaining trees in our urban…
Friday Fact: Horticultural Therapy
An important part of landscape architecture is not just design, but how the design makes a person feel. Christina Hughey, our Horticulture Therapy specialist, is here to provide information regarding…
Welcome Christina Hughey!
DG2 Design welcomes Christina Hughey to help develop our expertise in Horticultural Therapy. Christina began her career in nursing school and since then developed a passion for the healing…
ECOTONES + DESIGNING FOR BIODIVERSITY
By Brad Priest, Landscape Designer Whenever possible, we attempt to promote the health of the environment through our landscape architectural projects. One way that we can accomplish this goal…
Last Hurrah with Gravois Greenway Trail
Attention Gravois Greenway Trail users. There will be a “Last Hurrah” morning on Saturday, September 23rd from 8-11am at the Orlando’s Event and Conference Center trail head. Coffee will be…
We’re HIRING!
We are currently looking for a dynamic, motivated and personable Landscape Architect/Designer – with 1-3 years experience to join our team at the Eureka office. This position will support and strengthen our existing capabilities…
Field Trip Friday: Maggie Daley Park, Chicago
By Jordan Wilkinson, PLA My wife and I recently took a weekend trip to Chicago. We made an effort to do as much and see as much as we…
Moon Gardens
By Landscape Designer, Brad Priest The great solar eclipse of 2017 is causing quite a stir around St. Louis. No doubt it will be a sight to remember, not…
Walkable Communities
It’s getting closer to back to school here in Missouri and my favorite thing about the kids going back is the fact that we can walk to and from school….
The Daily Tools of a Landscape Architect
By: Jordan Wilkinson, PLA As Landscape Architects and Designers, we utilize many different tools and techniques to complete our daily tasks. Some of these are advanced technological innovations, while…
Smart Stormwater Solutions: A look at Forest Park in St. Louis
By: Jordan Wilkinson, PLA This week, DG2 attended The Shaw Series Forest Park Stormwater Salon – a continuing education bus tour and discussion that highlighted several recent and ongoing…
The Man Who Planted Trees
By Brad Priest, Landscape Designer at DG2 Design As Landscape Architects we generally maintain a reverence for the natural world – one that is not only necessary in order…
Field Trip Friday: NYC High Line
By Stephanie Hornickel, designer with DG2Home Recently my husband and I took a grand tour of the New England area. Three of those days were spent in NYC doing…
CONCRETE RUBBLE : USE IT, DON’T LOSE IT
By Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Concrete makes up a large percentage of construction and demolition debris worldwide, and is often ultimately buried in landfills or generally treated…
Cracks and Joints: Controlling Concrete Pavements
By: Jordan Wilkinson, PLA, Landscape Architect at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture (Figure 1 Cracked Concrete Sidewalk – Source: troweltrades.com) Concrete will always crack, it’s inevitable. As Landscape Architects…
EXCEPTIONAL SPECIES FOR SPECIMEN TREES
By Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design The beauty of trees is often under-appreciated, and those few trees who are indeed valued for their aesthetic beauty are frequently over-used…
Making the Most of Project Budgets
Article by Brad Priest, designer at DG2 Design Like so many other decisions in life, budget constraints are often the ultimate factors that influence design choices on our…