grasses
lets start with getting some smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora maybe can be found here: http://www.grownativemass.org/resources/nurseries here is a very interesting description of hte birth of a salt marsh “A salt marsh is “born” by the arrival of a seed or the rafting of a plant of the cord grass Spartina alterniflora. The grass spreads asexually […]
flotant (flow tawnt=)
Flotant: Floating marsh suspended in the water and found in Louisiana. It consists of tightly entangled plants and their roots, mixed with peat; typically there is water flowing below it. “When Hurricane Andrew blew through south Louisiana, it passed over some of the best flotant marsh zones in the state. In some areas, terrible damage […]
Floating Salt Marsh Proposal already in the making
UMass Boston professor, Anamarija Frankic: researcher & founder of the Green Boston Harbor Project. “The Green Boston Harbor Project (GBH) is the core of my multidisciplinary research. My premise is that the environment sets the limits for sustainable development. The GBH methodology is derived from a 1500 year old Native Hawaiian Ahupua’a approach. This approach […]
salt marsh
“Such mutualism is a pronounced feature of plants and animals at the edge.” –Globe article about the Great Salt Marsh at Crane’s beach Boston’s last salt marsh: Belle Island (Suffolk Downs stop on blue line) closest to my house: Neponset Saltmarsh saltmeadow cordgrass Umass Boston student researching salt marsh restoration in Boston Harbor
inspiration: speculative fictions
one way to describe imagining possibility: from RMIT University School of Architecture and Design in Melbourne, Speculative Stories: Narratives in Landscape Architecture. Speculative narrative and the potential of imagination are important factors in creative production. It is considered that a multitude of small stories are the “quintessential form of imaginative invention”. Speculation through narrative […]
Recording ON
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