Supporting Watershed Nature Center
By: Christina Hughey The Watershed Nature Center in Edwardsville, Illinois is home to over 40 acres of prairie, forest, and wetland habitats. The center features paved walking trails, a raised…
10 Tips for Trail Design
There is a lot that goes into trail design. In previous blogs I have talked about the importance of trails in communities and designing for trail sustainability but there is…
Rooftop Vegetable Gardens
By: Christina Hughey Wholefoods Rooftop Garden in Lynnfield With mass population growth, and the demand of city living it may soon be a challenge to get everyone food….
Trails are Changing Communities for the Better
By: Christina Hughey Whenever a trail is installed it affects the whole community. Impacting the lives of individuals in many ways, this includes giving individuals another option of commuting to…
Designing for Trail Sustainability
By: Christina Hughey Figure 1: Trail Sustainablity Trails provide much more than hours of fun, trails help protect our environment. A trail built for sustainability reduces damage to…
Tower Grove Park + the Gardenesque Style (Part 2)
Figure 1: Master plan for Tower Grove Park in the 1870’s Tower Grove Park was originally designed by its founder, Henry Shaw, in the 1860’s. Shaw envisioned the park as…
Tower Grove Park + the Gardenesque Style (Part 1)
An icon of modern day St. Louis, Tower Grove Park was first opened over a century ago, during the heyday of the Victorian era when much of American culture was…
Natural Surface Trails
By: Christina Hughey (source) There is no right or wrong trail, just the right trail for the project. Soft surface trails are a natural alternative to paved trails….
A Visit to Shaw Nature Reserve
By: Christina Hughey I recently visited Shaw Nature Reserve located on the Meramec River, in Gray Summit. Although not everything was green yet, it was still quite beautiful! Shaw has…
Healing gardens for Veterans
By: Christina Hughey When returning from war, soldiers will have to adapt back to regular civilian life, it might be hard for some to adjust right away. In addition to…
Kids Grow in the Garden
By: Christina Hughey It’s finally that time of year again. Spring! Everything is starting to grow and new life begins. Just the other week I arrived at a friend’s house…
Go Green Go Native for Saint Patrick’s Day
By: Christina Hughey Perhaps one of the best ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s day this year is to go eco green! By helping the environment around St. Patrick’s day…
Outside Play Becoming Non Existent
By: Christina Hughey (source) Maybe one of the biggest concerns for children of this generation is the lack of time spent outdoors. Perhaps you have heard of the term Nature…
JOIN our TEAM!
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…
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…