https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks daily 0.75 2017-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1489951855193-AFZGFOEF8T9LXTB6Q6T2/14317421_10207725533199811_1519587972744729019_n.jpg Talks https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/asheville-north-carolina-2017-speaking-of-gardening monthly 0.5 2017-07-12 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/cleveland-pollinator-symposium monthly 0.5 2017-07-24 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/massachusetts-master-gardeners-symposium monthly 0.5 2017-04-23 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/walker-chapel-forum-falls-church-va monthly 0.5 2017-04-24 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/keynote-minnesota-master-gardener-conference monthly 0.5 2017-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490755385842-ADCE7ZC90ZE1XS0LL78W/image-asset.jpeg Talks - Keynote, Minnesota Master Gardener Conference https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/asla-national-conference-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2017-07-12 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/urban-growth-in-lund-sweden monthly 0.5 2017-07-24 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/2017/7/14/2017-international-master-gardeners-conference monthly 0.5 2017-03-20 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/2017/3/19/maine-audobon-society monthly 0.5 2017-06-20 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/2017/6/21/garden-club-federation-of-maine-2017-convention monthly 0.5 2017-06-20 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/2017/6/4/the-2017-mount-vernon-symposium monthly 0.5 2017-03-19 https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/2017/3/17/rising-urbanists monthly 0.5 2017-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490754605892-C3PTQ9VJOA82A7SQG6SM/image-asset.jpeg Talks - Rising Urbanists https://www.thomasrainer.com/talks/2017/4/20/state-arboretum-of-va monthly 0.5 2017-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1489748460321-3IWW7SY9SVIXMD0E0UK2/image-asset.jpeg Talks - State Arboretum of VA https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog daily 0.75 2017-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490452522679-AP0COJXCL1FYZ6859XND/602877250.jpg Latest Post https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/an-interview-with-the-extraordinary-margaret-roach-for-the-new-york-times monthly 0.5 2017-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1493648209849-29DR2XFA1CG3M2PORF07/NY+Times+Thomas+Rainer Latest Post - An interview I did with the extraordinary Margaret Roach for The New York Times Plants are social creatures. Image by Mark Baldwin https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/the-superbloom-in-an-age-of-extinction monthly 0.5 2017-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492710225456-UIPXOMKIRA2NP2V2N8KY/image-asset.jpeg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492710001957-X4WWKF0FBNTLGQPPBJNA/Antelope_Valley_Poppy_Preserve.jpg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction Antelope Valley Wildflower Preserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492710025730-8F2NBZITIN7U3S74UG3E/2017_California_Super_Bloom_-_California_Poppies.jpg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492710041965-TJ21J7788ARNL07316P0/junaidrao.jpg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction photo by junaidrao https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492709970154-LQSV2WYVZ83915T3N58L/Beau+Rogers.jpg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction photo by Beau Rogers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492710078902-ESJSW7E10MLDWV5X5RER/Doug+Greenberg.jpg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction photo by Doug Greenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1492710170813-95QRDOH376N8LCMF0S6J/Rob+Bertholf.jpg Latest Post - The Superbloom in an Age of Extinction photo by Rob Bertholf https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/modular-planting-design-random-by-design monthly 0.5 2017-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174638023-E6XEEUL9Q05DXLPCQ93J/Slide+show.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174651387-0FE3TAKPF8S9OPVONY93/Slide+show2.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174663118-6AI1A1JV6TW2819M4M0A/Slide+show3.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174678172-DUWCGQ2S63PAMT1LVQFK/Slide+show4.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174689704-ESGYO5ECWRXH2GQA55E0/Slide+show5.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174704808-MVP96CSNK03M5WIC1XAJ/Slide+show6.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174712891-Q7Q8AV1NMFQ7ARGX5SJ1/Slide+show7.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174722335-OZ57NGPQ924FP42D30SL/Slide+show8.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174729302-8T5ONYJD54IWRXIN3CTP/Slide+show9.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174736681-OBLSPHY4GGE3QRSFD37G/Slide+show10.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174744493-4J8C3NPX1HWN82BJYROE/Slide+show11.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174747952-Q9K9J785SU1KD3CZP0AN/Slide+show12.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174756602-A8LEM99JZ68D7OYLPT3L/Slide+show13.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174761786-EHSGFRQCVFPNCUZZRCQX/Slide+show14.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174766504-HYG3TK0F1ORGDTU3GOXL/Slide+show15.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1491174776035-YM39GST48T45G2VNQAC7/Slide+show16.jpg Latest Post - Modular Planting: Random by Design https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/2017/3/14/gardening-in-a-post-wild-world monthly 0.5 2017-04-23 https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/2017/3/25/green-infrastructure-10-has-failed monthly 0.5 2017-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490454141240-DT7BGFBUO0OCE2DEFL8A/NYTimes+bioswale+Kevin+Hagen Latest Post - Designed to Fail: How Green Infrastructure Standards Create Conditions for Failed Plantings Many residents see early generation of green infrastructure as an eyesore. I don't blame them. 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Designs like this require constant re-applications of mulch or hand-weeding for the life of the facility--creating high labor and costs for municipalities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490475239963-KED6PJ6BONYIAG64BB4S/Green+infrastructure+thomas+rainer Latest Post - Designed to Fail: How Green Infrastructure Standards Create Conditions for Failed Plantings A traditional approach to green infrastructure arranges plants as objects in a sea of mulch; the better approach is to create a diversity of plants interwoven together as shown in the design on the right by Claudia West in Lancaster, PA. 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How we think about spaces like these will affect how we take care of them. Photo by Mark Baldwin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1493402996213-CE7LGOTTFV718ZRDWZ4B/image-asset.gif Blog 2 - Nature in the Future Will Look More Like a Garden While not as complex as a naturally-occurring prairie, this designed planting at the Morton Arboretum provides a range of much needed ecosystem services. https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-blog/2017/3/25/one-idea-one-voice monthly 0.5 2017-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490476792034-55OJMSUV3DMIPFVY2BI8/Planting+in+a+Post-Wild+World Blog 2 - One Idea, One Voice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490476940044-3FLHOD7KA884NH1MUW5Y/002_006_074+09-27-08_MB.jpg Blog 2 - One Idea, One Voice The patterns and legibility of long established plant communities motivated me. Photo by Mark Baldwin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490476979276-7ZCCQM56KPQO6ZAUDK0H/IMG_0771.JPG Blog 2 - One Idea, One Voice Claudia West and Thomas Rainer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490476901379-APKKY5YZU3O286AAN5TN/image-asset.jpeg Blog 2 - One Idea, One Voice Plants are social. The layered structure of naturally occurring plant communities was the inspiration for the book. Photo by Claudia West. https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-blog/2017/3/15/sucking-is-the-first-step-to-being-sorta-good-at-something monthly 0.5 2017-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1489747019706-JHT3G42ZAPTCNB0A99BG/image-asset.jpeg Blog 2 - "Sucking is the first step to being sorta good at something." https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-blog/tag/Claudia+West monthly 0.5 https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-blog/tag/Planting+in+a+Post-Wild+World monthly 0.5 https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2017-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061255569-ILZH53VL6G9DH55NMGIB/2016-08-18+08.35.42.jpg "The New Natural" in Better Homes & Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061255569-ILZH53VL6G9DH55NMGIB/2016-08-18+08.35.42.jpg "The New Natural" in Better Homes & Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061260600-94KAH7DWZR4AS963KJXH/2016-08-18+08.35.47.jpg "The New Natural" in Better Homes & Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061263525-0HLE0MVTV4JO81QBSQSR/2016-08-18+08.35.49.jpg "The New Natural" in Better Homes & Gardens https://www.thomasrainer.com/home-2 daily 1.0 2020-04-09 https://www.thomasrainer.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2022-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/e318f3a0-e1ef-40ad-b0d4-4322fcc1e5f7/PHYTO_THOMAS_0924.jpg About Photo by Jason Varney https://www.thomasrainer.com/book daily 0.75 2017-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1489972972090-9VAVSX93MF12247UC6VF/Planting+in+a+Post-Wild+World Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1489974299944-1G9ELYZGATFP4KNZOFW5/05_IMG_4750.JPG Book Design by James Hitchmough & Sarah Price for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Photo by Sarah Price https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1489974175131-E198E09KFF0JJA35YKD2/001_003_IMG_5673+TR.jpg Book Photo and design by Thomas Rainer https://www.thomasrainer.com/media daily 0.75 2017-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490055448797-2O08HOVYZYD9N088EJLC/thomas+rainer+washington+post Media "The Garden of the Future" by Adrian Higgins for the Washington Post discusses the new approach to planting design espoused by Thomas and Claudia West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490062627558-Y7VDVGPO4LK72UP5DIPH/irish+times+thomas+rainer.jpg Media "Grow: Why garden? US landscape architect Thomas Rainer explores the big gardening questions" by Fionnuala Fallon for The Irish Times. When do we garden, how, and why?   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490064332354-MDWSS8URZESMAL41LACD/ken+druse+thomas+rainer.jpg Media Thomas speaks with Ken Druse on the history of the naturalistic plant movement and what makes the current moment different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490063721434-P067TBC4HK3UGOIKPOIJ/native+plant+podcast.jpg Media Thomas talks with Mike Berkley and John Magee on the Native Plant Podcast about beer, design, and plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490055387967-SABCMGNKBECXFUCYR765/Thomas+Rainer+NYTimes.jpg Media "He'll Try Anything" by Michael Tortorello for the New York Times chronicles Thomas & Melissa's early attempts to establish a garden with no budget and a small child. Photo above by Darren S. Higgins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490057690778-UFLYVH669K37NRNZMKCR/001_003_IMG_5673+TR.jpg Media "Gardening in a 'post-wild' world: Book plants ideas for a new approach" by Barbara Mahany for the Chicago Tribune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061603916-VHIOUTK60IMO3CB240OB/thomas+rainer+landscape+architecture+magazine.jpg Media "Wild Times" by Bradford McKee for Landscape Architecture Magazine looks at two books by Margie Ruddick and Thomas Rainer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061443856-OTV1QBZUW6DXWL85YMLG/better+homes+thomas+rainer.jpg Media "The New Natural" by Thomas Christopher for Better Homes & Gardens looks at the combined work of Larry Weaner, Margie Rudderick, and Thomas Rainer, all advocating for a more relaxed, biodiverse American garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490061646513-2E87GIF4L0HX4QTH9Y3J/architectural+digest.jpg Media "A New Book Calls for a Revolution in Garden Design" by Lisa for Architectural Digest. The authors of Planting in a Post-Wild World make the case for breaking with horticultural tradition to create sustainable landscapes that are no less beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490064037416-85QQP110P83VPAKEBN4U/NPR.jpg Media Thomas talks with Jennifer Jewell of NPR's "Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden" https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-page daily 0.75 2017-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490406958739-7P3TB306OFRRIU709LC5/EP_Out4.jpg about this blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490405596789-ZUZPUQHBJ1H1BYANOCMK/Thomas-Rainer.gif about this blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490405616507-RT3YSW7JKHPZJ5C7B4RM/border-additions.gif about this blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490405583713-QZ32GZ021OQKYYQHXFSF/IMG_0861.JPG about this blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490405575580-8X44JBE5EZX7MUPZJ0N9/Hog-Hill-GT-sharper.jpg about this blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c842ec1b631b3e4cb5e8d9/1490406952858-ZOUB9WI5TI11QK0P5M3Z/June_photo+by+Thomas+Rainer.jpg about this blog https://www.thomasrainer.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2017-03-25