Reflecting on Pollinators
During my time at BASE thus far, I’ve been given some unique opportunities – whether it be helping to build a parklet organized as a corporate team-building exercise, building some burly benches,...
View ArticleRaise the Queen!
It is not every day that I meet a bee priestess at her bee sanctuary. But it just happened, in the South Point of the Big Island of Hawaii! Through a magical synchronistic set of circumstances I was...
View ArticleCMOSC in Landscape Design Magazine – China
Our Children Museum of Sonoma County project got published in Landscape Design Magazine in China. Check it out:
View ArticleBASE Wins Two ASLA-NCC Awards!
ASLA-NCC has announced their 2015 Awards Recipients. We are excited to announce that BASE has received an Honor Award in the Research, Planning, Analysis, and Communication Category for our work on the...
View ArticleJepson Bee Workshop
I had the great honor to be invited to the Jepson Herbarium native bee workshop hosted by the Urban bee lab at UC Berkeley. The event took place at the UC Hastings reserve nested deep in Carmel Valley....
View ArticleThe BUZZ ON DOLORES ST.
written by Alison Malouf The grassy islands that divide Dolores Street are one of the most visible casualties of San Francisco’s drought. Last October, Patricia noticed withered brown patches spreading...
View ArticleSUMMER CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Summer is here! And for many, that means tons of fun, sun, and relaxation. Summer is an exciting time here at BASE, too. It’s the time for CONSTRUCTION. While kids are off having their summer fun,...
View ArticleCOME JOIN US! Work day @ Dolores St. Pollinator Blvd.
The Dolores Street Pollinator Boulevard is officially underway! Come join us and help build pollinator habitat! We’ll be laying down sheet mulch to rid the median of weeds and any lingering grass seed...
View ArticleXera Plants’ no neo-nic pledge: Our interview with Greg Shepherd
In our ongoing efforts to learn and educate on the topic of pollinator health, our own Patricia and Sutter made a special trip to Xera Plants (www.xeraplants.com) in Portland to speak with co-owner...
View ArticleBASE featured in WLA21
We are excited to share that our Bee Safe research has been featured in WLA Magazine! The Bee Safe campaign was chosen as one of 16 research projects featured in the 21st edition of WLA Magazine, an...
View ArticleThe Redd wins at SXSW Eco!
BASE is thrilled to announce that The Redd on Salmon Street has won first prize at the 2015 SXSW Eco Conference! As the landscape architects on the project, we are proud to be among the innovators...
View ArticleHow we design: Collage as an optimistic act
“A picture of pieces is not a technical definition of ‘collage’ or ‘Cubism’ to be sure, but suggests of a whole range of artistic engagement that attempts, by some kind of reordering, to tell a...
View ArticleBASE Annual Report
Happy 2016! We are excited to introduce our first ever BASE Annual Report! 2015 was a big year for us here at BASE. Our projects took us from the shores of Lake Tahoe to the national parks of Los...
View ArticleCOME JOIN US! Planting Day @ Dolores St. Pollinator Blvd.
Come join us and help plant pollinator habitat! We’ll be gathering Saturday, March 12th at 10 AM in front of Whole Foods – Market Street to plant drought tolerant pollinator habitat at the Dolores St....
View ArticleRoving Rangers featured in LAM
We are pleased to announce that the two BASE-designed and -fabricated mobile visitors centers, LA Ranger Troca and the Roving Ranger, have been featured in the June 2016 issue of Landscape Architecture...
View ArticleCelebrate Pollinator Week at Park Lab
Come join us and help plant pollinator habitat! We are building a new pollinator garden at Park Lab. We will be gathering Friday, June 24th from 4 to 7pm at 4th St and Mission Bay Blvd. Stop by to...
View ArticleParklab Community Outreach at SPARK Social SF
These past two Fridays June 17th and June 24th from 4-7 pm, we had the pleasure of talking with the community about our latest project, Parklab at SF’s newest food truck park, SPARK Social SF....
View ArticleBASE wins a 2016 ASLA Honor Award
We are very proud to announce that BASE has won a national award for the Roving Rangers, two bright and beautiful mobile park ranger stations currently serving communities in...
View ArticleCOME JOIN US! Sheet Mulching @ Dolores St. Pollinator Blvd.
The Dolores Pollinator Blvd. is officially expanding! Come join us for a Community Sheet Mulching Event on Saturday, October 1st from 10-2. We’ll begin the process of eradicating the dead turf and...
View ArticleProgress on Pollinator Boulevard: 2nd Median Sheet Mulching Party
Written by Julia Prince A pollinator at work in the first median. This past Saturday, October 1st, the Pollinator Boulevard opened its wings a little wider as we finished mulching the second median on...
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