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Sep. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

“Surroundings” – Visual tributes to our landscape architects

It’s about time.  Vancouver is blessed with not only an extraordinary landscape but also with extraordinary landscape architects- and now…
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Aug. 01, 2013 / Gordon Price

Connections: "The road to hell is paved."

The provincial government has effectively announced that the Agricultural Land Reserve – the most important land-use decision in our history…
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Jul. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Old and New Fountains of Seattle

Water features in Seattle’s public spaces discovered on Pride weekend in July: . Old: The International Fountain at Seattle Centre…
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Jul. 08, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Country Lane in the City

The National Post did a nice piece on Vancouver’s first (and still rare) country-style treatment of our ubiquitous lanes: Forgotten…
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May. 01, 2013 / Gordon Price

What do you do with a dead greenwall?

Not everything is turning green and pink this spring: . Green, or ‘living’, walls became rather trendy a few years…
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Apr. 30, 2013 / Gordon Price

Pink Spring: Is it just me?

Walking home yesterday, I was noticing how pink this particular spring seems to be:   . Every year about this…
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Apr. 30, 2013 / Gordon Price

Playground rules for landscape architects and their friends

City Planner Michael Gordon was guest editor for Sitelines, the journal of the B.C. Society of Landscape Architects. Michael: The…
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Apr. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

Earth Images – 5

Extraordinary images of our home planet. . Hiller Lake in WesternAustralia with its pink color has never been properly explained…
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Apr. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

Earth Images – 4

Extraordinary images of our home planet. . The Elephant Rock in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, USA…
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Apr. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

Call for Nominations: The Land Awards

From the Real Estate Foundation of B.C.: Do you know an organization or individual doing great work in sustainable land…
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Apr. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

Earth Images – 3

Extraordinary images of our home planet – from Ardea/Caters News. . The Peculiar Pinnacles in Nambung National Park in Western…
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Apr. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

Low Tide at Stanley Park

We are, fortunately, getting little breaks of sunshine this spring, coinciding this weekend with a particularly low tide – as…
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Apr. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

Earth Images – 2

Extraordinary images of our home planet – photographers credited on bottom left. . The Moeraki Boulders in New Zealand are…
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Apr. 15, 2013 / Gordon Price

Earth Images – 1

This week, extraordinary images of our home planet – forwarded by Tom Durning.  Two a day.   The Wave in…

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