Winter 2023
Drawing it up from the ashes
After a devastating wildfire, Washington State University student landscape architects are re-envisioning a town’s future. » More ...
Landscape Architecture
Winter 2023
Designs for Malden by WSU student landscape architects
As the small Eastern Washington town of Malden builds back from a devastating 2020 wildfire, Washington State University landscape architecture students visited and helped with re-envisioning the town and its public spaces.
After talking with residents, the students looked to the future of the town while honoring its past. Their ideas, which you can see below, include a conceptual design for a new town square, a fire monument, updates to Malden’s park, and more.
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Fall 2017
Build your own rain garden
Learn how to design, install and maintain your rain garden with the free Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington (PDF).
You can find out more rain garden ideas and details from WSU Extension. If you have more questions, please contact your County Extension rain garden expert.
Be sure to check out where and where not to build your garden. Not every place is suitable.
Visit WSU Extension’s rain garden website.
Spring 2016
A grand gathering place
Cougar-owned landscape architecture and design firm Land Expressions in Spokane won a top national award in December for work on Spokane’s Huntington Park and the Spokane Tribal Gathering Place.
This project won over much larger design build projects from all over the country. The Grand Award from the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) “is the biggest award we can receive in our industry,” says Dave Nelson ’83, president and owner of the company.
The Land Expressions team—which includes senior landscape architect Clayton Varick ’00 and landscape architects Nicholas Hamad ’10 and Fernando Camargo ’10—had a very good year in 2015.
They won the … » More …