What Landscape Architecture Really Is, Mystery of the Creative Process, Journey of Publishing a Children's Book & Health Benefits of Nature w/ Baldev Lamba of Lamba Associates Inc & Temple University

Baldev Lamba is principal of Lamba Associates, Landscape Architects and a Professor at Temple University. He earned his MLA from the University of Pennsylvania and his B.Arch. from the Delhi University in India. Lamba’s notable accomplishments include award-winning projects include the First Ladies Water Garden on the National Mall in Washington, DC; Hansell Park in Buckingham, PA; and the PHS Pop-Up Garden in Philadelphia; Excellence in Research and Creative Work Award from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, his acclaimed series of award winning Pop Up Parks and the publication of GREEN GREEN, a children’s picture book. In this episode Baldev and I chat about the misunderstandings about what landscape architecture really is, the mystery of the creative process, journey of publishing a children's book, projects that happen in their own time like the teachings of nature, reciprocity with nature, and the mental and physical benefits of being in nature. Connect with Baldev: Email - [email protected] or [email protected] Website - https://lambaassociates.wordpress.com/ Google "Baldev Lamba" for more info Mentions: ↟ https://lambaassociates.wordpress.com/news/parks/ ↟ First Ladies Water Garden, Washington DC ↟ Hansell Park in Doylestown, PA ↟ Green Green: A Community Gardening Story children's book by Baldev Lamba and Marie Lamba w/ illustrations by Sonia Sanchez Join the Earth- & Energy- Conscious Community for Self- & World- Healing: Are you following the Just Earthly Podcast on Spotify? Follow along for new episodes every Tuesday! Website - www.innerlightbotanicals.com YouTube Channel - Just Earthly Instagram - @innerlightbotanicals Facebook - Inner Light Botanicals Upcoming Online Gatherings: ↟ Plants as our Teachers Workshop w/ Tori Pyle of Brighter than Gold Yoga [10/25] ↟ Weekly Nature Meditations w/ Mandee Metzger [Wednesday Evenings] About Your Host: ↟ Mandee Metzger, founder of Inner Light Botanicals, Just Earthly YouTube channel and Just Earthly Podcast host, gathers earth- and energy- conscious community and hosts online workshops, in-person outdoor adventure retreats and trainings in nature that always have a deep focus on building conscious community, creating a safe space, and a foundation for going deeper in personal practice with hands-on practices to embody the work. Mandee also creates moss walls and houseplant paintings on cheery backgrounds because she truly believes that plants make people happy. She is an advocate for self-healing and world-healing and aims to do this through her work.