The text of this post was originally published on the website of UBC Botanical Garden. This past summer, as part … More
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The art of propagation
The big news this year is that I am the Artist in Residence at UBC Botanical Garden. The (somewhat loose) … More
On living the urban good life, elsewhere. Or, what bikes and plants can do.
We moved to Glasgow from Los Angeles, which many people imagine must have been a difficult move. We did (and … More
Writing about trees
A new planning application has been submitted by New City Vision, who want to build 100 “owner-occupied units” on what … More
collective gardening in an age of social media
The snowdrops and crocuses are up here in Glasgow which means that true spring is somewhere not too far around the … More
Valuing neglected and unregulated landscapes part 4
This post has been a long time coming, and some things have happened in the meantime that have caused me … More
Valuing neglected and unregulated landscapes part 3
The value I want to describe in this post (in a very preliminary fashion), is that associated with the quality or effect of … More
A footnote on landscape ‘values’
As I work through this train of thought (see previous posts on “valuing neglected and unregulated landscapes”), I realize some … More
Valuing neglected and unregulated landscapes part 2
I promised in the last post to write about some of the more ephemeral, hard-to-specify values of landscapes such as … More
Valuing unregulated and neglected landscapes, part 1
Activists and community members who campaigned to have the North Kelvin Meadow officially recognized as a community greenspace were disappointed … More
Communicative Landscapes 