By: Jordan Wilkinson, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture [caption id="attachment_57817" align="alignleft" width="391"] A 8" Caliper White Oak being planted at Raintree School in Town & Country, MO 2014, Photo by DG2 Design[/caption] As landscape architects and designers, trees are one of the many ‘colors in our...
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 planner Jeff Speck refers to this idea as “walkability” in his book “Walkable City: How...
By: Brad Priest, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture [caption id="attachment_57801" align="alignleft" width="650"] A wild lawn, Photo by DG2 Design[/caption] “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson A “Wild Lawn” is exactly what it sounds like – a...
By: Jordan Wilkinson, Designer at DG2 Design Landscape Architecture [caption id="attachment_57797" align="alignleft" width="346"] A Bio-Retention area designed by DG2 Design at the Muny Theatre in Forest Park, 2016, Photo by DG2 Design[/caption] By now it is likely that you have noticed some new-fangled green solutions to stormwater...
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, lightning bugs, mosquitos, swimming, reduced traffic since parents aren’t taking kids to school, and travel....