Our Appleby College living shoreline restoration project was featured in both the CSLA-AAPC Landscape Paysages magazine and the ASLA Landscape Architecture Magazine! The project, led by our Senior Landscape Architect, Brad Smith, involved the stabilization of the college’s 400m shoreline, protecting the surrounding riparian and intertidal environment, improving the quality via filtration of upland run-off, …
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The Casablanca Waterfront Park in Grimsby has gone public
Our concept design for the Casablanca Waterfront Park in Grimsby has gone public and is awaiting community consultation and feedback. The concept design feedback survey will close on November 8. The Casablanca Waterfront Park is the town’s premiere waterfront space and spans the waterfront area from Hunter Road to the Water Treatment Plant. The proposed …
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Niagara-on-the-Lake Council approves SDG conceptual design for the Heritage District gateway signage
Earlier this month, Niagara-on-the-Lake Town Council unanimously approved our conceptual design for the Heritage District gateway signage. The proposed feature will be located at the intersection of Queen Street and Mississagua Street as you enter the Town. Building upon the Town’s rich history, architecture, and wonderful aesthetics, the proposed feature will reflect the values of …
SDG pledges not to celebrate Canada Day Today
Today we stand with Indigenous communities and mourn the tragic loss of all the children buried at the sites of residential schools. At SDG we acknowledge this moment of national mourning and pledge not to celebrate Canada Day but instead to observe it, to educate ourselves and each other and to demand action. We promise …
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Canadian Pioneer in Landscape Architecture dies at 99, Haig Seferian recounts his memories of Cornelia Oberlander.
Canadian Landscape Architect and pioneer in the industry, Cornelia Oberlander died this past weekend at the age of 99 in Vancouver. Haig Seferian had the pleasure of interviewing Cornelia in Vancouver when he hosted the show Garden Architecture on HGTV. He also shared a table with Cornelia, Martha Schwartz and Janet Rosenberg when they became …