Sources

BY BLOG PAGE

WELCOME TO THE TOOLKIT / PLANT JOURNEYS THROUGH HISTORY

  • Geniusz, Mary Siisip. Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings. Edited by Wendy Makoons Geniusz. Illustrated by Annmarie Geniusz. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
  • Dumiak, Michael. “The Kew and the Cure.” Landscape Architecture Magazine 11, no. 4 (April 2024): 72.
  • Fry, Chris. The Plant Hunters: The Adventures of the World’s Greatest Botanical Explorers. Carlton Books, 2017.
  • Mancuso, Stefano. “Stefano Mancuso.” TED, 2010.
  • Quave, Cassandra Leah. The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines. Penguin Books, 2022.
  • Turner, Nancy J., Douglas Deur, and Dana Lepofsky. “Plant Management Systems of British Columbia’s First Peoples.” BC Studies 179 (2013): 23–54. DOI: 10.14288/bcs.v0i179.184112.
  • PlantExplorers. “Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930).” 2024.
  • Joseph, Leigh. “Research.” Leigh Joseph (Styawat), n.d.

WHO IS INVOLVED IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

  • Turner, Nancy J. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014.
  • Geniusz, Mary Siisip. Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings. 2015.
  • Hester, Randolph T. Design for Ecological Democracy. MIT Press, 2010.
  • Linn, Karl. Building Commons and Community. New Village Press, 2007.

PLANTING CONDITIONS

ABOVE-GROUND

  • Richmond, Jodi. “How Plants Use Water.” West Virginia University Extension, 2021.
  • University of Minnesota. “Lighting for Indoor Plants and Starting Seeds.” Yard and Garden Extension, 2024.

BELOW-GROUND

  • Urban, James. Up by Roots: Healthy Soils and Trees in the Built Environment. International Society of Arboriculture, 2008.
  • Iqbal, Rashid, et al. “Potential Agricultural and Environmental Benefits of Mulches—A Review.” Bulletin of the National Research Centre 44 (2022): article 75.
  • Cue, Kathleen. “Mulch Volcanoes: A Harmful Practice for Trees.” Nebraska Extension in Dodge County, 2024.
  • Delahaut, Karen. “Mycorrhizae.” Wisconsin Master Gardener Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2015.

GREEN WALLS, FAÇADES, AND ROOFS

  • Tong, Jialin. Living Wall Jungle the Concrete 2. Design Media Publishing, 2017.
  • Lambertini, Anna. Vertical Gardens: Bringing the City to Life. Thames & Hudson, 2008.
  • Roehr, Daniel, and Yuewei Kong. “Runoff Reduction Effects of Green Roofs in Vancouver, BC, Kelowna, BC, and Shanghai, P.R. China.” Canadian Water Resources Journal 35, no. 1 (2010): 53–68. DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3501053.
  • greenroofs.com. “Vancouver Convention Centre West/Expansion Project.” 2024.

RESOURCES FOR THE VANCOUVER REGION / CLASSIFYING A SITE FOR PLANTING

  • University of British Columbia. Vancouver Soil Map. Virtual Science Learning Resources, 2013.
  • Natural Resources Canada. Plant Hardiness Zones Canada Poster. Government of Canada, 2024.
  • British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. 2016.
  • Forest Service British Columbia Research Branch. “Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification Program: How BEC Works.” n.d.
  • University of British Columbia. “About BEC and BGC Units.” Center for Forest Conservation Genetics, n.d.
  • Metro Vancouver. Urban Tree List for Metro Vancouver in a Changing Climate. 2017.
  • Spittlehouse, David Leslie. Climate Change, Impacts and Adaptation Scenarios: Climate Change and Forest and Range Management in British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range, Forest Science Program, 2008.

PLANTING SELECTION AND MAINTENANCE

BASICS OF PLANTING SELECTION

  • Robinson, Nick. The Planting Design Handbook. 3rd ed. Routledge, 2016. DOI: 10.4324/9781003074953.
  • Mooney, Patrick. Planting Design: Connecting People and Place. Routledge, 2019/2020.

NURSERY AND STOCK SELECTION

  • Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. Canadian Nursery Stock Standard. 9th ed. 2015.
  • Urban Tree Foundation. Planting Details and Specifications. International Society of Arboriculture, 2014.
  • University of Washington. “Collecting, Storing, and Installing Live Stakes.” n.d.
  • Evans, J. “Bringing a New Tree to Market” [graphic]. Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, 2019.
  • Keenan, Michael. “Time to Grow Up: The Landscape Architect-Nursery Grower Relationship.” The Field: ASLA Professional Practice Network Blog, 2019.

MATCHING PLANT TO SITE

  • City of Vancouver. Recommended Plant List. n.d.
  • Port, Lisa. “Plants for Rain Gardens.” City of Seattle, 2011.
  • Metro Vancouver. Urban Tree List for Metro Vancouver in a Changing Climate. 2017.
  • McMahen, Linda. “Northwest Native Plants for the Streamside Garden.” Oregon State University Extension, 2018.
  • Native Plants PNW. Pacific Northwest Native Plants for Erosion Control. 2015.
  • Pojar, Jim, and Andy MacKinnon. Plants of Coastal British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.
  • Beck, Alison, and Marianne Binetti. Tree and Shrub Gardening for British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing, 2001.
  • Beck, Alison, and Marianne Binetti. Perennials for British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing, 2000.
  • Kruckeberg, Arthur R., and Linda Chalker-Scott. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest. 2019.

PLANTING SITE PREP AND INSTALLATION

  • Urban Tree Foundation. Planting Details and Specifications. 2014.
  • Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. Canadian Nursery Stock Standard. 2015.
  • Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Canadian Landscape Standard. 2nd ed. 2024.
  • Reed, Sue. Energy-Wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for Your Home and Garden. 2010.

PLANTING A MEADOW

  • Reed, Sue. Energy-Wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for Your Home and Garden. 2010.
  • Pokorny, Kym. “The Debate over Native Plants and Their Cultivars Gathers Steam.” Oregon State University Extension, 2023.
  • City of Vancouver. Pollinator Meadows. Parks, Gardens, and Beaches, 2024.

BEST MAINTENANCE PRACTICES

  • Mastnak, Tomaz, and Julia Elyachar. “Botanical Decolonization: Rethinking Native Plants.” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 32 (2014): 363–80.
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada. Alien and Invasive Alien Species. 2017.
  • Sotello, Gabriella. “What Is the Difference Between Native, Non-Native, and Invasive Plants?” National Audubon Society, 2022.
  • United States Forest Service. “What Are Native Plant Materials?” n.d.
  • Government of British Columbia. Integrated Pest Management. 2016.
  • Invasive Species Council of British Columbia. Emerald Ash Borer. 2023.
  • Government of British Columbia. Western Hemlock Looper. 2024.
  • Invasive Species Council of British Columbia. European Chafer Beetle. 2023.
  • Government of Canada. Mountain Pine Beetle. 2024.
  • Invasive Species Council of British Columbia. Japanese Beetle. 2023.
  • Iqbal, Rashid, et al. “Potential Agricultural and Environmental Benefits of Mulches—A Review.” 2022.
  • Reed, Sue. Energy-Wise Landscape Design. 2010.
  • Cue, Kathleen. “Mulch Volcanoes.” 2024.
  • Capital Regional District. A Homeowner’s Guide to Outdoor Water Use. n.d.
  • Urban, James. Up by Roots. 2008.

PLANTING FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

FIRESMART PLANTING

  • Hirsch, Kelvin, Victor Kafka, Cordy Tymstra, Rob McAlpine, Brad Hawkes, Herman Stegehuis, Sherra Quintilio, Sylvie Gauthier, and Karl Peck. “Fire-Smart Forest Management: A Pragmatic Approach to Sustainable Forest Management in Fire-Dominated Ecosystems.” The Forestry Chronicle 77 (2001): 357–63.
  • Graham, J., and C. Riccitelli. Towards a More Ecological Version of FireSmart for Galiano Island. Galiano Conservancy, 2022.
  • British Columbia Forest Practices Board. Forest and Fire Management in BC: Toward Landscape Resilience. 2023.
  • Dickson-Hoyle, Sarah, et al. “Walking on Two Legs: A Pathway of Indigenous Restoration and Reconciliation in Fire-Adapted Landscapes.” Restoration Ecology 30, no. 4 (2021). DOI: 10.1111/rec.13566.
  • Reed, Sue. Energy-Wise Landscape Design. 2010.
  • FireSmart BC. “Fire-Resistant Plants.” 2023.
  • Kuhlmann, E. “Plant Adaptations and Fire.” Washington Native Plant Society, 2015.
  • Natural Resources Canada. “Fire Ecology.” 2024.

GREEN RAINWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

  • City of Vancouver. Green Rainwater Infrastructure: Sustainably Managing Our Rainwater. n.d.
  • City of Vancouver. Green Rainwater Infrastructure (GRI) Tools and Co-Benefits. n.d.
  • City of Vancouver. Green Rainwater Infrastructure Projects. n.d.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “What Is Green Infrastructure?” n.d.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Types of Green Infrastructure.” n.d.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Storm Water Management Model (SWMM).” n.d.

PLANTS AND REMEDIATION

  • Kennen, Kate, and Niall Kirkwood. Phyto: Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design. Routledge, 2015. DOI: 10.4324/9781315746661.
  • Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada. “Fact Sheet: Phytoremediation of Inorganic Compounds.” March 29, 2017.
  • Zheng, Xiaodi, and Niall G. Kirkwood. “Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Remediation.” In Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater, edited by Deyi Hou. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817982-6.00012-4.
  • Todd, Leila Fazel, Karen Landman, and Sean Kelly. “Phytoremediation: An Interim Landscape Architecture Strategy to Improve Accessibility of Contaminated Vacant Lands in Canadian Municipalities.” Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 18 (2016): 242–56. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.003.
  • Batty, Lesley C., and Colette Dolan. “The Potential Use of Phytoremediation for Sites with Mixed Organic and Inorganic Contamination.” Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 43, no. 3 (2013): 217–59. DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.604254.
  • Misrach, Richard, and Kate Orff. Petrochemical America. 1st paperback ed. Aperture, 2014.

CLIMATE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

  • Spittlehouse, David Leslie. Climate Change, Impacts and Adaptation Scenarios. 2008.
  • Burch, Sarah. “Transforming Barriers into Enablers of Action on Climate Change.” Global Environmental Change 20, no. 2 (2010): 287–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.11.009.
  • Diamond Head Consulting. Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Framework for Metro Vancouver Tree Species Selection, Planting and Management. 2017.
  • Roggema, Rob. Adaptation to Climate Change: A Spatial Challenge. Springer Netherlands, 2009. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9359-3.

FUNGI AND PLANT RELATIONSHIPS

  • Simões, Marta Filipa. “Impact of Climate Change on Fungi.” Life on a Changing Planet. Microbiology Society, 2021.
  • Brunetti, Cecilia, and Alessio Fini. “Fertilization in Urban Landscape.” In Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry, chap. 29. 2017.
  • Watkinson, Sarah. “Mutualistic Symbiosis Between Fungi and Autotrophs.” In The Fungi. 3rd ed., 2016.
  • Merckx, Vincent, Martin Bidartondo, and Nicole Hynson. “Myco-Heterotrophy: When Fungi Host Plants.” Annals of Botany 104 (2009): 1255–65. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp235.
  • Boddy, Lynne. “Fungal Community Ecology and Wood Decomposition Processes in Angiosperms.” 2001.
  • Raupp, Michael, and Paolo Gonthier. “Biotic Factors: Pests and Diseases.” 2017.
  • Hopkins, Francesca, Margaret Torn, and Susan Trumbore. “Warming Accelerates Decomposition of Decades-Old Carbon in Forest Soils.” 2012.
  • Treib, Marc. “Building Up; Wearing Down: Entropy, Erosion, and Expansion.” 2011.
  • Delahaut, Karen. “Mycorrhizae.” 2015.
  • American Society of Landscape Architects. “Mycoremediation: Your Landscape on Mushrooms.” 2016.
  • Stamets, Paul. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. Ten Speed Press, 2005.
  • Kennen, Kate, and Colin Chadderton. “Using Mycofiltration Treatment for Stormwater Management.” Massachusetts Department of Transportation, 2023.
  • Bunn, Rebecca, Dylan Simpson, Lorinda Bullington, Ylva Lekberg, and David Janos. “Revisiting the ‘Direct Mineral Cycling’ Hypothesis.” The ISME Journal 13 (2019): 1891–98.
  • Zak, Donald, et al. “Exploring the Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Soil Carbon Dynamics.” New Phytologist, 2019.

PLANTING FOR HABITAT

  • Rainer, Thomas, and Claudia West. Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes. Timber Press, 2015/2019.
  • Alizadeh, Behdad, and James Hitchmough. “A Review of Urban Landscape Adaptation to the Challenge of Climate Change.” International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 11 (2018). DOI: 10.1108/IJCCSM-10-2017-0179.
  • Kruckeberg, Arthur R., and Linda Chalker-Scott. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest. 2019.
  • Native Plants PNW. Pacific Northwest Native Plants for Erosion Control. 2015.
  • City of Vancouver. Pollinator Meadows. 2024.

KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES TO APPROACH PLANT AND LANDSCAPE LEARNING

REVIEW OF UNIVERSITY PEDAGOGY

  • Hester, Randolph T. Design for Ecological Democracy. MIT Press, 2010.
  • Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. MIT Press, 1960.
  • Gibson, James J. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979.

RESOURCES TO EXPLORE INDIGENOUS WAYS AT UBC

  • Turner, Nancy J. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014.
  • Turner, Nancy J., Douglas Deur, and Dana Lepofsky. “Plant Management Systems of British Columbia’s First Peoples.” BC Studies 179 (2013): 23–54.
  • Geniusz, Mary Siisip. Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask. University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
  • University of British Columbia X̱wi7x̱wa Library. Indigenous collections and resources, n.d.
  • Musqueam Indian Band. “Musqueam.” n.d.
  • UBC Farm. “xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden.” n.d.

DESIGN

PLANTING DESIGN THEORY

  • Lawson, Ann. The Gardener’s Book of Colour. Pimpernel Press, 2015.
  • Mooney, Patrick. Planting Design: Connecting People and Place. Routledge, 2019/2020.
  • Robinson, Nick. The Planting Design Handbook. 3rd ed. Routledge, 2016. DOI: 10.4324/9781003074953.
  • Gibson, James J. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Houghton Mifflin, 1979.
  • Betsky, Aaron. “The Evolving Landscape of Architectural Affordances.” Architect Magazine, July 27, 2015.

PLANTING PLAN BEST PRACTICES

  • Robinson, Nick. The Planting Design Handbook. 3rd ed. Routledge, 2016.
  • Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. Canadian Nursery Stock Standard. 9th ed. 2015.
  • Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Canadian Landscape Standard. 2nd ed. 2024.
  • Hansen, Gail. “Landscape Design: Drawing a Planting Plan.” University of Florida IFAS Extension, n.d.

DESIGNING WITH TREES

  • Urban, James. Up by Roots: Healthy Soils and Trees in the Built Environment. International Society of Arboriculture, 2008.
  • Urban Tree Foundation. Planting Details and Specifications. 2014.
  • Diamond Head Consulting. Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Framework for Metro Vancouver Tree Species Selection, Planting and Management. 2017.
  • Metro Vancouver. Urban Tree List for Metro Vancouver in a Changing Climate. 2017.

GROUPING PLANTS

  • Rainer, Thomas, and Claudia West. Planting in a Post-Wild World. Timber Press, 2015/2019.
  • Alizadeh, Behdad, and James Hitchmough. “A Review of Urban Landscape Adaptation to the Challenge of Climate Change.” 2018.
  • Mooney, Patrick. Planting Design: Connecting People and Place. Routledge, 2019/2020.

SPACE-MAKING

  • Mooney, Patrick. Planting Design: Connecting People and Place. Routledge, 2019/2020.
  • Robinson, Nick. The Planting Design Handbook. 3rd ed. Routledge, 2016.
  • Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. MIT Press, 1960.
  • Gibson, James J. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Houghton Mifflin, 1979.
  • Betsky, Aaron. “The Evolving Landscape of Architectural Affordances.” Architect Magazine, 2015.

PLANTING FOR THERAPEUTIC DESIGN

  • Kaplan, Howard. Psychosocial Stress: Trends in Theory and Research. Baylor College of Medicine, 1983.
  • Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. MIT Press, 1960.
  • Mooney, Patrick. Planting Design: Connecting People and Place. Routledge, 2019/2020.
  • Winterbottom, Daniel, and Amy Wagenfeld. Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces. Timber Press, 2015.
  • Fallahi, Esmaeil. “Ancient Urban Gardens of Persia: Concept, History, and Influence on Other World Gardens.” HortTechnology 30, no. 1 (2019): 1–7.
  • Saihoji. The Gardens of Origins and Journeys. n.d.
  • Benek, Atakan, Kerem Canli, and Ergin Murat Altuner. “Traditional Medicinal Uses of Mosses.” Anatolian Bryology 8, no. 1 (2022).
  • UNESCO World Heritage Convention. “Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua.” 1997.
  • Turner, Nancy J. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge. 2014.
  • Spurgeon, Terry. Wapato in Katzie Traditional Territory. Simon Fraser University, 1999.
  • Goto, Seiko. “On the Purpose & Role of Japanese Gardens in American Internment Camps.” 2018.
  • Portland Japanese Garden. “Shinrin-Yoku: The Simple and Intuitive Form of Preventative Care.” 2022.
  • Jeffries, Sue. Designing, Planting and Using a Therapeutic Garden. The Crowood Press, 2023.
  • City of Seattle Parks and Recreation. Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands. n.d.

GET INVOLVED / COMMUNITY-CENTRED PLANTING

  • Hester, Randolph T. Design for Ecological Democracy. MIT Press, 2010.
  • Linn, Karl. Building Commons and Community. New Village Press, 2007.
  • Zeni, Megan. “Room for Play Consulting.” 2024.
  • City of Vancouver. Green Streets Program. 2024.
  • City of Vancouver. Community Gardens and Orchards Map. 2024.
  • City of Vancouver. Operational Guidelines for Community Gardens. 2024.
  • City of Seattle Parks and Recreation. Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands. n.d.

URBAN AGRICULTURE / PLANTING AND COMMONS / BLOG’S BROADER RESEARCH

  • Bonnett, Alastair. Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
  • Buck, Holly Jean. “On the Possibilities of a Charming Anthropocene.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 105, no. 2 (2015): 369–77.
  • Diehl, Jessica Ann, and Harpreet Kaur, eds. New Forms of Urban Agriculture: An Urban Ecology Perspective. Springer Nature Singapore, 2021.
  • Forsyth, Ann. “Global Suburbia and the Transition Century: Physical Suburbs in the Long Term.” Urban Design International 19, no. 4 (2014): 259–73.
  • Hosey, Lance. The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design. Island Press, 2012.
  • McClintock, Nathan. “Why Farm the City?” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 3, no. 2 (2010): 191–207.
  • McClintock, Nathan, Christiana Miewald, and Eugene McCann. “Governing Urban Agriculture.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 45, no. 3 (2021): 498–518.
  • Mendes, Wendy, Kevin Balmer, Terra Kaethler, and Amanda Rhoads. “Using Land Inventories to Plan for Urban Agriculture.” Journal of the American Planning Association 74, no. 4 (2008): 435–49.
  • Nasr, Joe, and Matthew Potteiger. “Spaces, Systems and Infrastructures.” Land 12, no. 2 (2023): 410.
  • Park, Keunhyun. “Regreening Suburbia.” Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 88 (2023): 128092.
  • Parsons, Jeremy, and Richard Harris. “Hometown Advantage.” Urban Geography 41, no. 2 (2020): 247–67.
  • Port, Caitlin M., and Markus Moos. “Growing Food in the Suburbs.” Planning Practice & Research 29, no. 2 (2014): 152–70.
  • Roggema, Rob, ed. The Coming of Age of Urban Agriculture. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
  • Roggema, Rob. Adaptation to Climate Change: A Spatial Challenge. Springer Netherlands, 2009.
  • Misrach, Richard, and Kate Orff. Petrochemical America. Aperture, 2014.

HISTORIC / CULTURAL LANDSCAPE SOURCES

  • Gibson, James J. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Houghton Mifflin, 1979.
  • “The Walkways | Palace of Versailles.” Palace of Versailles. Accessed September 7, 2026.
  • HathiTrust. “The Spirit of the Garden / by Martha Brookes Hutcheson; with an Introduction by Ernest Peixotto.” Accessed June 30, 2026.
  • UNESCO World Heritage Convention. “Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua.” 1997.

BLOG INTERVIEWS AND ORIGINAL MATERIAL

  • Anesi, Dean. “Interview – Dean Anesi on Rooted Knowledge and the MLA Experience as a Working Landscape Designer.” Plants in the Landscape, UBC.
  • Chambers, Duncan. “Interview – Duncan Chambers on City Beet Farm.” Plants in the Landscape, UBC.
  • Wong, Kevin, Kenzie Parry, and Elliot Bellis. “SPORECAST: A Spore-tacular Conversation on Fungal Futures in Landscape Architecture and the Climate Crisis.” Plants in the Landscape, UBC.

 

BY A-Z

Alizadeh, Behdad, and James Hitchmough. “A Review of Urban Landscape Adaptation to the Challenge of Climate Change.” International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 11 (2018). DOI: 10.1108/IJCCSM-10-2017-0179.

American Society of Landscape Architects. “Mycoremediation: Your Landscape on Mushrooms.” The Field, 2016.

Batty, Lesley C., and Colette Dolan. “The Potential Use of Phytoremediation for Sites with Mixed Organic and Inorganic Contamination.” Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 43, no. 3 (2013): 217–59. DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.604254.

Beck, Alison, and Marianne Binetti. Perennials for British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing, 2000.

Beck, Alison, and Marianne Binetti. Tree and Shrub Gardening for British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing, 2001.

Benek, Atakan, Kerem Canli, and Ergin Murat Altuner. “Traditional Medicinal Uses of Mosses.” Anatolian Bryology 8, no. 1 (2022).

Betsky, Aaron. “The Evolving Landscape of Architectural Affordances.” Architect Magazine, July 27, 2015.

Boddy, Lynne. “Fungal Community Ecology and Wood Decomposition Processes in Angiosperms: From Standing Tree to Complete Decay of Coarse Woody Debris.” In Ecology of Woody Debris in Boreal Forests, no. 49, 43–56. 2001.

Bonnett, Alastair. Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

British Columbia Forest Practices Board. Forest and Fire Management in BC: Toward Landscape Resilience. 2023.

British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. 2016.

Brunetti, Cecilia, and Alessio Fini. “Fertilization in Urban Landscape.” In Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry, chap. 29. 1st ed., 2017.

Buck, Holly Jean. “On the Possibilities of a Charming Anthropocene.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 105, no. 2 (2015): 369–77.

Bunn, Rebecca, Dylan Simpson, Lorinda Bullington, Ylva Lekberg, and David Janos. “Revisiting the ‘Direct Mineral Cycling’ Hypothesis: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonize Leaf Litter, but Why?” The ISME Journal 13 (2019): 1891–98.

Burch, Sarah. “Transforming Barriers into Enablers of Action on Climate Change: Insights from Three Municipal Case Studies in British Columbia, Canada.” Global Environmental Change 20, no. 2 (2010): 287–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.11.009.

Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. Canadian Nursery Stock Standard. 9th ed. 2015.

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Canadian Landscape Standard. 2nd ed. 2024.

Capital Regional District. A Homeowner’s Guide to Outdoor Water Use. CRD Environmental Sustainability, n.d.

City of Seattle Parks and Recreation. Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands. n.d.

City of Vancouver. Community Gardens and Orchards Map. 2024.

City of Vancouver. Green Rainwater Infrastructure: Sustainably Managing Our Rainwater. n.d.

City of Vancouver. Green Rainwater Infrastructure (GRI) Tools and Co-Benefits. n.d.

City of Vancouver. Green Rainwater Infrastructure Projects. n.d.

City of Vancouver. Green Streets Program. 2024.

City of Vancouver. Operational Guidelines for Community Gardens. 2024.

City of Vancouver. Pollinator Meadows. Parks, Gardens, and Beaches, 2024.

City of Vancouver. Recommended Plant List. n.d.

Cue, Kathleen. “Mulch Volcanoes: A Harmful Practice for Trees.” Nebraska Extension in Dodge County, 2024.

Delahaut, Karen. “Mycorrhizae.” Wisconsin Master Gardener Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2015.

Diamond Head Consulting. Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Framework for Metro Vancouver Tree Species Selection, Planting and Management. 2017.

Dickson-Hoyle, Sarah, R. E. Ignace, M. B. Ignace, S. M. Hagerman, L. D. Daniels, and K. Copes-Gerbitz. “Walking on Two Legs: A Pathway of Indigenous Restoration and Reconciliation in Fire-Adapted Landscapes.” Restoration Ecology 30, no. 4 (2021). DOI: 10.1111/rec.13566.

Diehl, Jessica Ann, and Harpreet Kaur, eds. New Forms of Urban Agriculture: An Urban Ecology Perspective. Springer Nature Singapore, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3738-4.

Dumiak, Michael. “The Kew and the Cure.” Landscape Architecture Magazine 11, no. 4 (April 2024): 72.

Environment and Climate Change Canada. Alien and Invasive Alien Species. Government of Canada, 2017.

Evans, J. “Bringing a New Tree to Market” [graphic]. Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, 2019.

Fallahi, Esmaeil. “Ancient Urban Gardens of Persia: Concept, History, and Influence on Other World Gardens.” HortTechnology 30, no. 1 (2019): 1–7.

FireSmart BC. “Fire-Resistant Plants.” 2023.

Forest Service British Columbia Research Branch. “Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification Program: How BEC Works.” n.d.

Forsyth, Ann. “Global Suburbia and the Transition Century: Physical Suburbs in the Long Term.” Urban Design International 19, no. 4 (2014): 259–73. DOI: 10.1057/udi.2013.23.

Fry, Chris. The Plant Hunters: The Adventures of the World’s Greatest Botanical Explorers. Carlton Books, 2017.

Geniusz, Mary Siisip. Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings. Edited by Wendy Makoons Geniusz. Illustrated by Annmarie Geniusz. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015.

Gibson, James J. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979.

Goto, Seiko. “On the Purpose & Role of Japanese Gardens in American Internment Camps.” 2018.

Government of British Columbia. Integrated Pest Management. 2016.

Government of British Columbia. Western Hemlock Looper. 2024.

Government of Canada. Mountain Pine Beetle. 2024.

Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. Fire Ecology. 2024.

Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. Plant Hardiness Zones Canada Poster. 2024.

Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada. “Fact Sheet: Phytoremediation of Inorganic Compounds: Compare Decontamination Technologies—Guidance and Orientation for the Selection of Technologies—Contaminated Sites—Pollution and Waste Management—Environment and Natural Resources—Canada.ca.” March 29, 2017.

Graham, J., and C. Riccitelli. Towards a More Ecological Version of FireSmart for Galiano Island. Galiano Conservancy, 2022.

greenroofs.com. “Vancouver Convention Centre West/Expansion Project.” 2024.

Hansen, Gail. “Landscape Design: Arranging Plants in the Landscape.” University of Florida IFAS Extension, n.d.

Hansen, Gail. “Landscape Design: Drawing a Planting Plan.” University of Florida IFAS Extension, n.d.

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