RAS receives inaugural Trumbauer Award

Photos courtesy of ICAAThe Philadelphia Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) announced the winners of the inaugural Trumbauer Awards on Wednesday, November 9th, at a festive awards ceremony at The Union League of Philadelphia. The new...

Wilmington Hospital Healing Garden

Christiana Care CCHS Wilmington Hospital Atrium Courtyard GardenPhoto by CCHS, originally published in InTRUST Magazine Vol. 4 Issue 1 Winter 2015″Patients and visitors at Wilmington Hospital are enjoying the lush, green space of the Junior Board of Christiana...

Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots

Photograph by Jim RichardsonRRLA, Inc. provided exhibit design services for the upcoming “Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots” exhibition at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. From The Architect of the Capitol’s website:Plant roots...

Lewes Unleashed Dog Park

From Lewes Unleashed website: Where’s it gonna be? The number one question we get when we talk about the dog park in Lewes is, “Where’s it going to be?” Well, now that we have an agreement with the City of Lewes, we can tell you officially it...

Wilmington University files Concord Pike plans

Excerpt from article by Xerxes Wilson for The News Journal: The plans represent an eight to 10 year project that will likely be built in three phases. The timing of those phases will be dictated by the university’s growth, according to Wilmington University spokesman...

Mt. Cuba Center releases Heuchera trial report

From Mt. Cuba Center’s Press Release: The results are in! Mt. Cuba Center announces the results of three years of plant trial research in the 2014 Heuchera Research Report. Heuchera, commonly called coral bells or alum root, are one of the most popular native...

Rodney Robinson Joins Delaware Botanic Gardens Advisory Council

From the Delaware Botanic Gardens website: Renowned landscape architect, Rodney Robinson, has accepted the invitation to be a member of the Delaware Botanic Gardens (DBG) Advisory Council. The Advisory Council is a group of distinguished public and private sector...

Flowering partnership

Article by Robert Kalesse for the University of Delaware’s UDaily Nov. 21, 2014 — Nearly a year after University of Delaware Botanic Gardens (UDBG) partnered with the Woodburn Garden Project in Dover, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and first lady Carla Markell...

Nemours Hospital Rooftop Healing Garden

Article by Moira Sheridan for the News Journal At some point near the end of the construction design process for the expansion of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital, planners realized something was amiss. A long, narrow strip between the old and new buildings would...