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…
Gravois Greenway
With timing of yesterday’s blog post about using your greenway, exciting news of the first phase of a $13 million expansion of Grant’s Trail, is scheduled to be completed by…
Go Use Your Greenways
By Jordan Wilkinson, Landscape Architect for DG2 Design Great Rivers Greenway The St. Louis region is lucky enough to have passed a ballot proposition in 2000 which created…
ENVIRONMENTAL ART: THE WORK OF GOLDSWORTHY + CHRISTO
By Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Implemented in many different ways and in a variety of media, Environmental Art in the most rudimentary sense can be any work of…
A Review of Stamford’s Mill River Park
By: Jordan Wilkinson, PLA, Landscape Architect at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture Mill River Park in Stamford, CT is a shining example of how a Park Collaborative can guide a…
Design Guidelines: Exterior Stairs
By: Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture DESIGNING SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL OUTDOOR STAIRS (source) (source) Exterior stairs require a set of design guidelines that differs…
Designing Parks for Today
By Jordan Wilkinson, Landscape Architect at DG2 Design Designing parks can be one of the most exciting and challenging parts of a Landscape Architect’s job. Many parks (at…
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our team member Jordan Wilkinson for recently obtaining his license in Landscape Architecture in the state of Missouri. The landscape architects are regulated through licensure to recognize…
It PAYS to work with DG2!
From municipal parks to urban streets and greenways, DG2 Design enjoys working with our clients to write and apply for grants or non-repayable funds. Most of these grants are to fund a…
DESIGNING BEYOND THE CONCRETE
By: Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture One of the more abstract aspects of designing outdoor spaces is also typically the thing that makes them most memorable and…
The GUM Wall
By: Sara Runge, Project Manager at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) offers the following definition and application of the profession of landscape architecture: “Landscape…
SEEDED NATIVE LANDSCAPES
By: Jordan Wilkinson, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture Generations ago, most of the American Midwest was dominated by a prairie landscape full of tall grasses and colorful wildflowers. This…
Welcome our new designer Stephanie to the team!
By: DG2 Design Landscape Architecture DG2 Design is happy to welcome Stephanie Hornickel to the team as our new residential project manager! Stephanie graduated in 2004 from Kansas State University…
I really love my job.
By: Sara Runge, Project Manager at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture I really love my job. Not everyone can say that, but I can. I am in a place I never…
Native Plants Matter
By: Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture The idea of sustainability and “green” living has become commonplace over the past several years – so much so that it…
Bringing Nature Back into the Built Environment
By: Garrett Slezak, Summer Intern at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture The idea of bringing nature back into our built environments via native plants is one that is really interesting to…
The Value of a Tree: A Brief look into I-Tree and Consideration of How Trees Benefit Our Lives
By: Jordan Wilkinson, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture As landscape architects and designers, trees are one of the many ‘colors in our palette’ available to help us shape spaces…
The Need for Walkable Neighborhoods
By: Garrett Slezak, Summer Intern at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture The idea of a walkable and bikeable neighborhood is becoming a major desire in our world today. Author and city…
Wild Lawns
By: Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson A “Wild Lawn” is…
Stormwater Management: How Can I Help?
By: Jordan Wilkinson, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture By now it is likely that you have noticed some new-fangled green solutions to stormwater management in your daily life. Whether…
Summertime
By: Sara Runge, Project Manager at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture Summertime is great. Hot, humid St. Louis weather that changes every time you look at your weather app, long days,…