ASLA Field Blog: Barrio Logan CDC
When my client, Child Development Associates, first approached me about designing an Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) for the Barrio Logan Child Development Center, he warned me it would be one of my most challenging projects. I saw these challenges as […]
Hilltop Habitat gARTen Wins ULI Award!
We are so honored to be presented with the Urban Land Institute Grass Roots Healthy Place Award for the Hilltop Habitat gARTen! Working with Child Development Associates to create this dynamic children’s environment has been an amazing experience. We could […]
San Diego-ASLA Highlights the Habitat gARTen at 2016 Design Awards
This year Rooted in Place won two awards from the San Diego American Society of Landscape Architects. 
The first of the Juror’s award, highlighted in this excerpt from the San Diego, ASLA newsletter […]
2015 Annual Meeting Highlights
January 19, 2016 – “The Field”
If you missed the Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN meeting at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Chicago, you missed a fantastic meeting that rivaled many of the education sessions in value and content. As has been […]
Creating playgrounds that change lives
Ilisa Goldman of Rooted In Place was interviewed by the San Diego Downtown Community News on the state of Playgrounds and Play in San Diego. Read the article here:
http://sandiegodowntownnews.com/creating-playgrounds-that-change-lives/
Gathering Places Initiative Transforms Vacant Lot in National City
Rooted In Place is excited to be working the ARTS (A Reason to Survive) and the Pomegranate Center as part of the Creating Vibrant Neighborhoods Initiative in National City. We had so much fun leading the design and build for […]
SD CaN hosts Nature Play at the 2015 Balboa Park Earth Fair
On April 19th, 2015, close to 100 families participated in the Nature Play Event at the Earth Fair in Balboa Park. Throughout the day children of all ages got creative with nature materials, building forts, teepee, and structures. It was an […]
2015_Union Tribune Community Spotlight Radio Interviews Ilisa Goldman
Drew Scholsberg of the UT San Diego Community Spotlight Radio interviews Tim Smith, President of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Kurt Carlson of KTU+A and Ilisa Goldman about ASLA’s mission, the benefits of sustainable landscape design and what ASLA […]
Loma Portal Elementary Ecological Schoolyard Makes the Union Tribune
The San Diego Union Tribune highlighted the SD American Society Of Landscape Architects Community Grant Recipients. Loma Portal Elementary School received a grant to implement an Outdoor Classroom and Native Habitat Garden as part of the Ecological Schoolyard Vision Plan […]
Manzanita Gathering Place in the Union Tribune
The Manzanita Gathering Place made the Cover of the Business Section of the Union Tribune. We are so excited this very special and important project is being shared with San Diego and was recognized by the SD American Society of […]