At the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show, Temple University Landscape Architecture and Horticulture students and faculty were presented with a PHS Gold Medal, the Alfred M. Campbell Memorial Trophy and a PHS Gold Medal Plant Award.
When Philadelphia Flower Show preparation begins at Temple University Ambler each year, that’s where Temple Horticulture staff and students come in. Their mission is to “trick” the plants into thinking that late February/early March is a perfect time to put their best blooming face forward for the signature event’s 250,000 guests.
At the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show, Temple University Landscape Architecture and Horticulture students and faculty are inviting visitors to “start the evolution at home and reset your tack.” Temple’s exhibit, “Course of Action: A Radical Tack for Suburban Tracts,” will portray an “ungardened” suburban landscape that attracts wildlife, embraces chance, cultivates resilience through diversity, and appreciates restraint and the viability of repurposed building materials, said Kuper.
Landscape Architecture students are creating a vibrant vision of the future at the Ambler Campus, a vision made possible by the exceptional creativity of students given the tools to take the ideas in their heads and give them photo realistic three dimensionality.
In March and April, the Center for Sustainable Communities and its community partners will be seeking the direct input of Philadelphia residents during public design workshops to help envision Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) plans for three locations
Temple's Center for Sustainable Communities is using a $200,000 grant to develop recommendations for effectively implementing “Transportation Demand Management” policies along the Route 422 corridor.
In 2014, the Center for Sustainable Communities has received grants totaling more than $2.65 million to research and help implement a variety of beneficial projects.
Temple University's Certificate in Sustainability provides an opportunity for students to further their knowledge and skills to contribute to sustainable systems from the viewpoint of several different disciplines.
The Center for Sustainable Communities will soon begin a project to develop Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) plans for three locations in the Delaware Direct and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watersheds, thanks to a $60,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Community and Regional Planning students presented their findings of a comprehensive study of Norristown's food systems to municipal officials and civic leaders.
