What we are reading… LitHub: How the Banana Came to Be - and How it Could Disappear by Emily Monosson The Architect's Newspaper: "Practicing Practice" by Anjulie Rao New York Times: "Hiding Behind the Hedges" by Debra Kamin New York Times: "A very wet winter has eased California's drought, but water woes remain," by Elena Shao, Mira Rojanasakul and Nadja Popovich Critical Ecosystem: Partnership Fund - The California Floristic Province Conservation International: Bio Diversity Hotspots Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angles by Paul Pringle Wildland: The Makeing of America's Fury by Evan Osnos Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption by Mitchell Schwarzer Tree Equity Score: Ensuring Tree Cover in Cities is Equitably Distributed Line in the Sand by Kate Wagner Why Cities are Rethinking What Kind of Trees They are Planting Towards an Urban Ecology by Kate Orff SCAPE Planting in a Post Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West Portland Pollinator Vision Plan Prepared for the Wild Seed Project Design with Nature by Ian L. McHarg The Art of Earth Architecture Past Present Future by Jean Dethier View fullsize NYT: "Climate Law a 'Game Changer' for Highways and Bridges" by Jane Margolies photo: Mathew Defeo NYT: 'How Californians Feel About Ripping Out Their Lawns' by Soumya Karlamangla photo: Jenna Schoenefeld BAD BLOOD: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou FREEWAYTOPIA: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles by Paul Haddad LO-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism by Julia Watson The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Steve Brusatte For Profit: A History of Corporations by William Magnuson The Seasonal Gardener: Creative Planting Combinations by Anna Pavord The View from Federal Twist: A New way of Thinking about Gardens, Nature and Ourselves by James Golden Wild: The Naturalistic Garden by Noel Kingsbury and Claire Takacs Beyond the Garden: Designing Home Landscapes with Natural Systems by Dana Davidsen Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Minerology, Anatomy, and the Arts by P. Syme