From undead commodities to lively labourers: (re)valuing vegetal life, reclaiming the power to design-with plants

Concepts of “gestion différenciée”, “gestion harmonique” and “zéro phyto” are ubiquitous in Francophone urban green space management. Sparked by changes in legislation, innovations in landscape architecture, and the diversification and intensification of park usages, all insist on the need to let g...