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 all the tourist activities and sightseeing, while also enjoying details of gardens, fountains, pedestrian access and all...
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 as trash. While such treatment can sometimes be the most logical way to deal with concrete rubble,...
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 one of our primary focuses is the design of hardscapes, which often includes ridged pavements such as poured concrete....
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 in designed landscapes across America. The list below is meant to celebrate some of the lesser-used tree...
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 projects. While limited budgets can sometimes handcuff the design process to a certain extent, it is our job...
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 Spring of 2018. Grant's Trail is a partnership with Great Rivers Greenway, Saint Louis County Parks, Orlando’s...
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 a one tenth of one cent sales tax to fund the creation of new recreational trails and parks throughout...
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 art that interacts with its immediate surroundings. While it can have deep meaning – often pointing to...
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 City’s vision for a new park space and enhance an urban downtown area. The Mill River Park...
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 from typical interior stairs. They must function in all types of environmental conditions and provide safe routes for users to navigate comfortably...