Landscape Architecture Magazine

Landscape architects at the National Park Service are facing staff cuts, stalled projects, shrinking budgets, and growing concern over the future of public lands.

Read the story on LAM Online: https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/the-year-of-doing-less-with-less

Article by Bradford McKee
Illustrations by Eduardo Luzzatti

APRIL 2026: LOVE, ISLAND

On the cover: Brown’s Island in Richmond is reworked to expand connections between the James River and the city, creating a versatile public landscape by Timmons Group and 3North.

Also in the issue: How firms are weighing the risks and rewards of AI; Dan Barefoot’s path from practice to the 2026 Winter Olympics; and Lowell, Massachusetts, uses $9 million in federal funding across eight park projects. Plus plants and planters for spring, and more~