On October 26-28, in partnership with Come Alive Outside [1], Landscape Ontario [2] and Gelderman Landscape Services [3] hosted one of the 2017 Design Challenges, bringing Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students from the University of Guelph and Landscape Management students from Niagara Parks School of Horticulture to participate in a round-table discussion, design charrette and participatory design session with students, staff and administrators at P.L. Robertson Public School in Milton, Ontario.

Above:  BLA students working on the design.  Photo courtesy of Tatiana Zakharova.

The initial design concepts for the school ground were presented at a public session hosted at Connon Nurseries in Waterdown. The final designs will be submitted in December, and will be presented to the P.L. Robertson Public School community and at the Landscape Ontario Congress in January, 2018.