The Landscape Nerd

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first series of The Bravely Curious Podcast, a six-part series produced as a joint effort between Cal Poly Pomona's Department of Landscape Architecture, 'The Landscape Architecture Podcast' and 'The Landscape Nerd' Podcast. In an effort for these stories to reach as wide of an audience as possible, not only will every episode of this series be available on three dif...

Bienvenidos a la primera serie de The Bravely Curious Podcast, compuesta de seis partes y producida en esfuerzo conjunto entre el Departamento de Arquitectura Paisajista de Cal Poly Pomona, 'The Landscape Architecture Podcast' y 'The Landscape Nerd' Podcast cual es presentado por Maci Nelson. En esfuerzo para que estas historias lleguen a una audiencia lo más amplia posible, compartiremos todos lo...

Previously, Maci defined stealing for us as theft, to take unlawfully or without permission. She also discussed the need for us to talk about, confront, and unveil the truth behind the flaws and injustices of our nation’s past. That we can no longer hide behind such topics that are sensitive or controversial, we can no longer worry ourselves with the fear of confrontation and ownership of our faul...

Anteriormente, Maci definío el robo para nosotros como un acto de tomar ilegalmente o sin permiso. También habló sobre la necesidad de que hablemos, confrontemos y revelemos la verdad detrás de las fallas e injusticias del pasado de nuestra nación. Que ya no podemos escondernos detrás de temas tan sensibles o controversial, ya no podemos preocuparnos por el miedo al enfrentamiento y la apropiación...

In this episode, we will be immersing ourselves into the importance of protecting and preserving our public and private landscape. But first, we must define the differences between Preservation and Protection in the landscape. To preserve is to protect, to keep, to maintain the condition of; while to protect is to keep safe, to defend, to guard; against harmful human activities that have disrupted...

En este episodio, nos enfocaremos en la importancia de proteger y preservar nuestro paisaje. Pero primero, debemos definir las diferencias entre Preservar y Proteger en el paisaje. Preservar es proteger, cuidar, y defender, mientras que proteger es mantener a salvo, defender, custodiar; contra las actividades humanas nocivas que han alterado la cultura, el clima y la biodiversidad de las plantas y...

We’ll dive into a topic that is rarely talked about, the sensitive subject of DACA. Today we are exploring the circumstances around the DACA program which is an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. We will be taking a journey that most of us will never experience personally. We have the privilege to hear a personal “DACAmented” journey.

Nos buscaremos en un tema del que raramente se habla, el tema delicado de DACA. Hoy estamos explorando las circunstancias en torno al programa DACA, que es un acrónimo de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la infancia. Realizaremos un viaje que la mayoría de nosotros nunca experimentaremos personalmente. Tenemos el privilegio de escuchar un viaje personal de un “DACAmentado”.

Within this final episode of season one on the Bravely Curious Podcast, we will look back to our past episodes, where we have explored theft, reclaiming and redefining, and the protecting of public and private spaces . In our previous episodes and within the introduction to the series, we had stated that we wanted a “call to action” based upon everything that we had learned so far. So, for this ep...

Dentro de este episodio final de la primera temporada en el Podcast Valiente Curioso, echaremos un vistazo a nuestros episodios pasados donde hemos explorado el robo, la recuperación y la redefinición, y la protección de espacios públicos y privados. En nuestros episodios anteriores y dentro de la introducción a la serie, habíamos declarado que queríamos una "llamada a la acción" basada en todo lo...

This episode is the second episode in the Representing Landscape Series. We will be discussing how collage as a technique can convey emotion and put pieces together for imagining landscapes of the past and landscapes to come.                              ...

This episode explores the history and impact of Christmas Trees! This episode was written by Adrianne Kartachak and performed/ edited by Maci Nelson. 

Hello Everyone, This episode explores the leaf changing magic of this season. Think about what this season means to you and how you explore that in the landscape. 

Hello Everyone! Today is the very first Nevada episode and we will talk about one of my favorite areas here in Reno. We will also talk about Ecogreif and how we can look to resilient landscapes for encouragement and education.

Today's episode topic was chosen by the listeners! We will be exploring moss and learning how to design with them in mind. 

You asked, I answered

Today we will take an audio visit to the Rockefeller Park Greenhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a community-centered botanical garden that grew out of a nursery and small garden. A community gem that deserves some love right now. 

Hello Everyone!  Today's episode looks at the history of the American Lawn. From French Palaces to your front lawn, how did they get here?  There is a lot of discussion about the impacts lawns have on our lives and our ecology. Hopefully, this will help you better understand what a lawn means to you and how to have one or remove one responsibility. 

Hello! In this episode, we talk about representation as a powerful tool to share our thoughts and ideas. We use it all of the time- and when you hone that skill you can and will inspire others. We will look at the work of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle as a masterpiece that focuses on environmentalism and showcasing landscape. 

This episode we look at the properties and history of African American Gardens! This is truly an introduction to a rich subject matter, please take this further and find more information- then let us all know about it! Here are the links to the information that I used to produce this episode: http://www.vaughnsills.com/snow - Vaughn Sills 'Places for the Spirit' http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/media/sfyl...

#BLM #Landscape architecture Landscape design/architecture shapes the face of the earth, and we need more black people designing. We need more perspectives to keep out built environment responsive to the communities they serve. 

Hello again! It has been a while, but the Landscape Nerd is BACK! In this short episode, we will talk about a place the challenges our conventional ideas of landscape. 

This week I talk about my experience walking along the newly renovated All Peoples Trail. Location: Shaker Heights, Ohio http://cuyahogariver.org/the-river---tributaries.html https://shakerlakes.org/