Native Plants, Wildness, and Landscape Architecture with Dr. Alfred Vick

Biophilic Solutions: Nature Has the Answers

Is it important to know the cultural context of a place? How do landscape architects help connect us to nature? This week we’re talking all about Native American ethnobotany, environmental ethics, and finding the right balance between wildness and order with Dr. Alfred “Alfie” Vick, the Georgia Power Professor of Environmental Ethics at the University of Georgia and Director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. With Alfie as our guide, we explore the cross-section of landscape architecture and Native American studies, the changes he’s observed in the fields of landscape architecture and biophilic design, and he even reveals a hot tip for combating poison ivy naturally.

Show Notes

• UGA Environmental Ethics Program
• About Alfie Vick
• The Experience of Nature: A Psychological Perspective by Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan
• Los Angeles River Revitalization Project
• Flight Path and Lost Waters with Urban Designer Hannah Palmer (Biophilic Solutions Podcast)
• State Botanical Gardens of Georgia - UGA

Key Words: Native American, Indigenous Wisdom, Plants, Botany, Ethnobotany, Landscape Architecture, Landscape, Environment, Biophilia, Biophilic Design, Climate, Climate Change, UGA, Serenbe