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 only for those of us that managed to grab a pair of eclipse glasses in time, but...
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. When my husband I decided on the neighborhood we are in now, sense of community, curb...
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 others are more simplistic. Here is a look at some of the tools, objects, and programs we...
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 stormwater solutions throughout Forest Park. If you are not familiar with the Shaw Series for Stormwater, these...
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 to find success in the field, but also seemingly innate in many of us. However, the hustle...
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...