Urban Landscape Collaborative

Here’s a good article about one of the projects that we’re fortunate enough to be working on.

Restoring the Sears, Roebuck & Company’s Sunken Garden Since Sears, Roebuck & Company left their 1906 headquarters in North Lawndale in 1987, buildings on the campus have been slowly and patiently adaptively reused. What’s next? The restoration of the Sears Sunken Garden.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/realestate/gardening-landscaping-ecological.html?trk_msg=0OASM2A1LK64R734MFK9B3AT68&trk_contact=D16COT1H4B3KRG55888AC100IC&trk_sid=OGPI1BB91I7H9EV14IJIIDTR00&trk_link=JCCVEB39SF14T90ESU9MQT6RQK&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=More+plants%2c+more+life%2c+more+pleasure%3a+What+sets+the+best+gardens+apart%26nbsp%3b(New+York+Times)+%26nbsp%3b&utm_campaign=Late+Edition+Midwest%3a+NYCHA+announces+plans+for+“complete+rebuilding”+of+Fulton+and+Elliott-Chelsea+

More Plants, More Life, More Pleasure: What Sets the Best Gardens Apart Having an ecologically responsible landscape doesn’t mean you need to get rid of your favorite plants: “It’s about letting things in.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/realestate/attract-birds-to-your-garden-bird-friendly-garden.html?utm_campaign=The%20Weekly%20Hubdate&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=89830341&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Z4G0fsNLtPf76gZyTfN5OwyEGfPy_NKCyqNRbGvVOeZbv8fgwbmf7npb1mxSeo6Z0byYI8XV24F2fqpjNMcxFzjh9_w&utm_content=89830110&utm_source=hs_email

Making a Garden That Welcomes the Birds Using native plant species helps, but there are two other things you can do to make birds feel at home — and they don’t involve any planting at all.

Looks like another interesting book to add to my reading list by Doug Tallamy.

Perspective | A native plant guru’s radical vision for the American yard Doug Tallamy wants us to rethink our relationship to plants and animals, particularly the idea that “nature” is something separate from our daily lives and something we go to visit.

http://www.votervoice.net/Shares/BinBcAM0ACRCRA5SJgV7FAA

The Park Gables perennial beds a year after planting.

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/newsandevents/news/title_720059_en.html

Research news - Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing Research - Research at Exeter - University of Exeter As a member of the Russell Group, our research has an outstanding foundation with world-class research in all subject areas

Users embrace The 606 amid gentrification, crime A diverse group of bicyclists, joggers and pedestrians share the commuter bridge that crosses four bustling Northwest Side neighborhoods along its 2.7-mile path. One moment, a brown-haired man on a bicycle zips past walkers, his speakers playing “Willkommen” from “Cabaret.” The next, a young...

Last Friday Night The Kelly Park Advisory Council held their annual fundraiser at which they presented their new Master Plan that they worked with Urban Landscape Collaborative to develop. Best of luck to the Kelly Park Advisory Council in perusing your next steps. It was a pleasure to work with you.

Stumped on what to plant on Arbor Day? These trees weathered winter. Many Chicago-area trees suffered through our harsh winter just fine and are weathering this spring’s temperatures, but some more exotic varieties may need replacing this Arbor Day, experts say.

Just 20 minutes of nature significantly lowers stress hormones A new study reveals that for urban dwellers, spending just 20 minutes with natural elements makes stress plummet.

Please help support landscape architects in the State of Illinois pass the Landscape Architecture Practice Act. You don’t need to be a Landscape architect to fill out a witness form slip. You do need to live in Illinois.

American Society of Landscape Architects, Illinois Chapter


Advocacy Update 3.18.19: Call for Witness Slips

Fellow ILASLA Members and Friends,

Big news! The proposed Landscape Architect Practice Act has been formally introduced and assigned to the Senate Licensed Activities Committee as SB1899 (Sponsor: Senator Terry Link).

Pertinent information such as the bill status, synopsis as introduced, legislative actions taken thus far, and the bill’s full text can all be reviewed on the Illinois General Assembly website here.

We ask that you show your support for the practice act by filing a witness slip in your name as a proponent.

Following are the steps we ask you to take NOW – DO NOT DELAY. Completing the witness form slip should take no more than 5 minutes:

Click on this link to arrive at the witness slip form for SB1899.
Identification: Complete your contact information.
Representation: American Society of Landscape Architects, Illinois Chapter. You may also add: Self, your company name, and any others you wish to include.
Position: Click the Proponent position.
Testimony: Click Record of Appearance Only
Terms of Agreement: check the tick box for terms of agreement.
Click ‘Create (Slip).
You will receive a confirmation.
You do not need to be a Registered Landscape Architect or a member of the ILASLA to file a witness slip. You only need to be a resident of Illinois, so please feel free to share with family, friends, or anyone that will support you and the profession!

Thank you for your continued support in this critical effort. We will continue to keep you updated throughout the ongoing process.

If you have not already reached out to your legislators and/or considered a donation to the advocacy fund but are interested in doing so, please contact Susan at [email protected] and/or Mark at [email protected].

Susan Ragaishis, Executive Director

Keven Graham, President

Bradley McCauley, Trustee

Mark Jirik, Advocacy Chair









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