DR. HELEN KRAUS AND ANNE SPAFFORD NC State University Department of Horticultural Sciences
Learn how to create your own rain garden, to maximize rainwater, enhance the landscape and promote good environmental stewardship. The how to guide, Rain Gardening in the South, written by NCSU horticulturalists Helen Kraus and Anne Spafford, helps gardeners wisely use our most precious resource—water and will be available for purchase at the show.
DR. LOLLY TAI Mary Taylor Haque, RLA, ASLA, is a registered landscape architect and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Horticulture at Clemson University. Utilizing a service learning model, she and her students and colleagues have partnered with USDA, the Sustainable Universities Initiative, and community partners to design award winning children’s gardens. A primary focus area of her research and outreach has been Sustainable Schoolyard Habitats for K-12 schools. She and her co-authors, Lolly Tai, Erin Knight, and Gina McLellan were presented the President's Award for Communication by the American Society of Landscape Architects Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter for their book Designing Outdoor Environments for Children: Landscaping School Yards, Gardens, and Playgrounds. Click here for more information on this book.
Dr. Lolly Tai is Professor of Landscape Architecture at Temple University. Dr. Tai's teaching experience and professional work have both focused on sustainable landscape design. She and her students, through service learning have designed creative outdoor schoolyard environments for children to improve their respect for the environment and socialization through play. The projects have been made possible through partnerships with USDA, the Sustainable Universities Initiative, and community members. Dr. Tai is the co-author of the award winning book, Designing Outdoor Environments for Children. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a recipient of the Council of Educators inLandscape ArchitectureTeaching Distinction Award. Dr. Tai received a PhD from Heriot-Watt University/Edinburgh College of Art, an MLA from Harvard University, and a BSLA from Cornell University.
