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The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) and PHS will host the conference, Civic Horticulture, Friday May 17 at the University of the Arts, Gershman Hall, Levitt Auditorium in Philadelphia. Nationally recognized speakers will examine how the concept of civic horticulture–which bridges aesthetics and economics along with natural, cultural, and ecological systems–has been successfully used as part […]
The NOFA Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC) will hold its first accreditation course in the Philadelphia region, co-sponsored by PHS. The course, taking place January 14-17, 2013 at PHS headquarters, invites landscaping professionals, horticulturists, business owners, environmental educators and others to participate in this expert course, which teaches the principles of organic land care design […]
December is the season of giving, so PHS wanted to give something special to the city of Philadelphia, its residents, and its visitors. The PHS Public Landscapes Design & Management team (you may remember PLDM from this blog post) collaborated with students from PennDesign to come up with a gift that would add holiday cheer […]
PLDM doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? But at PHS it is part of daily conversation as it is the initialism for our Public Landscapes Design & Management team. This talented group works to make open spaces accessible, attractive, and inviting to users while staying mindful of environmental concerns—and they do a tremendous […]
Nancy and Linda are back from Venice and are on cloud nine about their experience at the Biennale. In earlier posts we shared their impressions of the American Pavilion of this citywide event (which happened to win a Special Mention Award). Today’s post focuses on other countries’ contributions. Enjoy! The U.S. pavilion was so large […]
Last week we brought you part one of PHS’s epic adventure in Venice for the Biennale. This exhibition uplifting progressive thinking in urban design has allowed staffers Nancy O’Donnell and Linda Walczak to spread the PHS message far and wide. Read on! Our next day at the Biennale proved just as interesting as the first […]
March 29, 2013 by Barb
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