President’s Message: A message from Jane Welsh, OALA President
Editorial Board Message: A message from Eric Klaver, Chair, Ground Editorial Board
Trees: Planting oaks
Crisis: Reforming refugee landscapes
Artifact: Digging in
Notes: A miscellany of news and events
Plant-Based Knowledge: Landscape and memory
Consuming Landscapes: Appreciation meets destruction in the age of Instagram
Round Table: Matters of materials
Productive Cities, by Design: A conversation with June Komisar and Joe Nasr
Food Forests: A conversation with Catherine Bukowski
Entangled Landscapes: The effects of invasive species on mycorrhizal fungi and soil health
Research Corner: Chernobyl after Chernobyl
Letter From…Aotearoa (New Zealand): The restoration of identity
Grounding: Jigonsaseh and the message of peace
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2019 OALA Governing Council
President
Jane Welsh
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Kendall Flower
Treasurer
Steve Barnhart
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Power
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Death & Renewal
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