RICK DARKE

LANDSCAPE ETHICS, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND CONTEXTUAL DESIGN
   

      a night heron in flight at Corkscrew Swamp not
                  manipulated - the shutter was actuated while following
                  the bird with the camera    

RICK DARKE LLC
526 CHAMBERS ROCK ROAD

LANDENBERG, PENNSYLVANIA 19350 USA

contact:  design2 at rickdarke dot org

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RECOMMENDED READING

Gardens of the High Line: Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes, co-authored by Rick Darke and Piet Oudolf in collaboration with graphic designer Lorraine Ferguson, with introduction by Friends of the High Line co-founder Robert Hammond is now available in English, German and French language editions.  

Here's an interview about the book and the High Line from NPR's Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden, produced by Sarah Bohannon and Jennifer Jewell

Gardens of the High Line: Elevating the
                            Nature of Modern Landscapes


The Living Landscape: Des
igning for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden, a collaboration between Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy.

The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and
          Biodiversity

Darke has been working with Fallingwater's staff for over twenty years observing and photo-documenting the enveloping landscape of Bear Run. His February 2021 presentation uses decades of observing and exploring the synergy between the organic architecture of Fallingwater's landscape and the built architecture of the house. The image below links to the presentation.



Falliingwater webinar Art of Observation


Read Anne Raver's article "Reshaping Their Own Worldview" in The New York Times
  A discussion of conservation ethics with a global perspective.

Listen to Ken Druse's interview with Rick Darke on Real Dirt

Read Bill Marken's Groundbreaker profile of Rick Darke in Garden Design

view videos by Rick Darke on The Wild Garden and the Art of Observation

watch Rick Darke's September 2011 High Line Railyards lecture on the High Line's youtube channel

Read John Hoyland's Gardens Illustrated interview with Rick Darke