FRI-B06: Taking a Critical Lens to Urban Planting: Explore Design Challenges and Strategies

Friday, October 27, 2023

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, ISA, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Gentry K. Lock, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Principal, Landscape Architect
Stantec
New York, New York

Speaker(s)

Claudia West, ASLA

Principal
Phyto Studio
Arlington, Virginia
Nancy Prince, FASLA

Chief of Landscape Architecture
NYC Parks
New York, New York

How do we create thriving green spaces with ecological benefits in harsh urban environments? What challenges do cities face in creating these spaces? This session will discuss challenges and strategies—from both a public agency perspective and a design perspective—associated with creating thriving planting in harsh urban environments.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the importance of new ideas for providing green space and shade in urban settings.
Understand the technical requirements for producing sustainable plant systems in cities.
Understand the relationship between soil volumes and tree health.
Understand challenges to planting systems of dynamic stormwater flows, i.e. green infrastructure.