Broadhurst + Associates

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Modernist Bridge

Juxtapositions- A coarsely textured large rock stands in contrast to the highly refined steel and wood bridge.

This bridge spans the pool at a Shoreline Re-Imagined, a 2020 ASLA Professional Residential Design award-winner

🌿 We invite you to visit Paul’s blog-Green Ramblings on our website:
https://broadhurstassociates.com/notebook/modernist-bridge/
(Link in Bio)

Seattle, Washington USA

Photo: Paul Broadhurst
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WINTER SNOWFALL NYC

Green (or white) spaces make city-living so rich, creating space for us to stretch, pause and wander.

Gapstow Bridge - Central Park

Frederick Law Olmstead Landscape Architect

Photo: Neil Morrison
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𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗱

I spent New Years with my partner in a rustic hut high up above the Methow Valley in the Cascade Mountains.
The cinnamon red of the Ponderosa Pines coupled with white snow and blue skies came as a complete surprise.
I was transfixed.

Methow Valley Washington State

Photo: Neil Morrison

✨Read Paul’s newest blog entry (I Did Not Expect to See Red) on our website under Green Ramblings. Click the link to read more ✨
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𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸-𝗼𝗳𝗳

The days (and nights) caught between Christmas and the New Year tend to pass by like a thoughtful reflective journey. Pathways deserve to play an important part in story-telling with landscape design, mimicking the paths we follow in nature.

For me, the following five images capture the essence of this.

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A chilly mist envelopes the leeward side of the mountain, blanketing the scene with stillness and calm (and introspection).

Swipe right.

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In a landscape where details are now scaled back for winter, moss - plumped up with winter moisture - are now ever-present. This is their time to shine.

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The humble moss has all of the best lines: they unify the ground plane, allow the path to be visible, and create coherence along the way. Everything - terrain, rocks, soil and trees are in their sway.

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Silver-gray lichen flourishes in the clean air near the trails' end, providing a perfect foil for the deep greens of the moss.

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Cresting the windward side the trail takes us to the prospect of a clear and bright new day.

Photos: Neil Morrison
Moran State Park. Orcas Island Washington State.