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(Not) Down with English ivy.
How you can help petition to add English Ivy to the WSDA Prohibited Plants and Seeds list! We feel sheepish to admit that until last...

kristi park
Apr 25, 20234 min read
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Youth Minecraft Urban Design Challenge!
Calling all future Urban Designers, Architects, Engineers, Designers, Artists, Ecologists, and Landscape Architects! Do you love...

kristi park
May 23, 20223 min read
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City of Kirkland Greenway Art Series, entitled Biophilia
Biophilia. 2021 The sculpture series, entitled Biophilia, located on Kirkland’s 128th Ave NE greenway, reflects the expressed ideas,...

kristi park
Dec 13, 20213 min read
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Cultivating Creativity, author, Iain M. Robertson
Looking for a great present this holiday season? If you are (or know) an educator, are a business leader seeking to boost the creative...

kristi park
Nov 25, 20211 min read
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Downtown Bellingham Waterfront District Pop-Up Container Market: Developing an Inclusive Waterfront
In November 2019, the Whatcom Community Foundation issued a grant to landscape architects/urban designers Kristi M. Park and Katy M....

kristi park
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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reWild 125
The Unravel As a landscape architect, I possess a strong tendency to marvel at the wonders of nature. After all, I have dedicated my...

kristi park
May 27, 20204 min read
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Coast Salish Indigenous Plants + Lushootseed
BioDesign's founder Kristi M. Park. PLA, ASLA worked with University of Washington students to create a poster featuring a sampling of...

kristi park
May 8, 20201 min read
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Pandemic Resilient Cities
As we re-think pretty much every angle of our personal and professional lives while sitting at home trying to avoid the spread of Covid-19..

kristi park
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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Happy People, Happy Cities?
In 2019, several themes emerged in our work centered around human and ecological health. One unexpected theme was focused on the idea of...

kristi park
Jan 2, 20202 min read
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Landscape Architecture + Activism
Ekologi's Principal Landscape Architect Kristi Park, PLA, ASLA and her University of Washington LA 300 students were recently featured in...

kristi park
Nov 26, 20191 min read
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Your next prescription = spending time in parks?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends only 7% of their entire life outdoors. In contrast,...

kristi park
Sep 22, 20195 min read
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Buy Local Flowers
Have you ever contemplated the carbon footprint of cut flowers? What about flower growing methods or harvesting ethics? Thanks to the...

kristi park
Aug 26, 20191 min read
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Pop-up solutions for a Bellingham Waterfront in Waiting
What’s happening on the Belligham Waterfront? The history of Bellingham’s waterfront is long, complex, and fascinating. It is one of the...

kristi park
Aug 23, 20191 min read
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Nutritious Landscapes
This is the one of the best times of the year, harvest season! At Ekologi Design and Planning, we encourage adding food productivity to...

kristi park
Aug 16, 20191 min read
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Western Red Cedar - the latest climate change victim?
It happened rather quickly from a biological perspective, a 100’ tall Western Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata) started to turn brown/red in the...

kristi park
Aug 14, 20194 min read
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Greening Communities
According to the EPA, the average American spends 87% of their lives indoors and 6% inside a vehicle. Ouch! After exploring numerous...

kristi park
Jul 18, 20191 min read
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A Pop Up Park Near You?
Follow us as we collaborate with communities to realize exciting new projects!

kristi park
Jul 3, 20191 min read
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