IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF

A vast network of material and informational exchanges link botany to landscape design. As we scan nursery catalogs to select our favorite species and cultivars for a proposed design, much is concealed or forgotten about the seedy histories of colonization of which plant breeding, trade, and botanic gardens have played a central role. The blossoming interest in plants among environmental historians, science studies scholars, philosophers, and others are shedding light on these entanglements. LA+ botanic considers our evolving relationship with plants with contributors reflecting on what new natures and people-plant relations are being materialized in plant breeding, plant conservation, botanic garden design, and botanic art today. Guest-edited by Karen M’Closkey, contributors include:

Giovanni Aloi

Irus Braverman

Patrick Blanc

Xan

Sarah Chacko

Sonja Dümpelmann

Jared Farmer

Annette Fierro

Matthew Gandy

Ursula K. Heise

Andrea Ling

Janet Marinelli

Karen M’Closkey

Beronda L. Montgomery

Catherine Mosbach

Katja Grötzner Neves

Bonnie-Kate Walker

LA+ (Landscape Architecture Plus) from the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design is the first truly interdisciplinary journal of landscape architecture. Within its pages you will hear not only from designers, but also from historians, artists, philosophers, psychologists, geographers, sociologists, planners, scientists, and others. Our aim is to reveal connections and build collaborations between landscape architecture and other disciplines by exploring each issue’s theme from multiple perspectives.

LA+ brings you a rich collection of contemporary thinkers and designers in two issues each year. To subscribe follow the links at www.laplusjournal.com.