Johanna Gibbons and Tim O’Hare have worked together on numerous projects over the last 20 years, many with challenging sites and soils, and clients with high expectations. Jo and Tim both recognize the challenges of the urban landscape and the importance of urban tree soils, particularly related to the establishment of trees for the long-term.
The essay touches on the interests of both disciplines; landscape architecture and soil science in a discussion on the art and the science of soil, reflected in the poetry of SJ Fowler, Poet in Residence at J & L Gibbons.