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Stormwater Design

September 1, 2020

Are you Still Flooding?

There has been lots of rain lately – that means more flooding!  We don’t have to tell you that flooding can cause lots of problems such as property damage, loss of power, inability to access properties (think about fire truck, ambulances, etc.), injury, and in some cases even death.  Fortunately, we

WPL Blog Landscape Architect,  landscape design,  stormwater design,  site design,  flooding,  drainage issues,  stormwater solutions,  drainage

July 13, 2020

60 Years in Business: Inside Business Anniversary Issue

Founded: 1960 in Norfolk by Wilfred P. Large Headquarters: 242 Mustang Trail, Suite 8, in Virginia Beach About us: WPL is certified as a Small, Women-owned and Minority-owned (SWaM) business in Virginia. The Virginia S corporation offers a full range of professional services in landscape

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wpl COVID19 UPDATE

March 15, 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE 3/15/2020

To our Valued Clients and Friends While we are grateful to be entering our 60th year of service to all the Tidewater communities, no one expected the year to become a defining moment in our country’s history with a worldwide pandemic. We are sure you have received many “official” statements

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November 5, 2019

Achieving Proper Landscaping for Contractors

Last week a portion of our landscape architecture group visited a local general contractor as they were looking for tips and ways to achieve proper landscaping on their job sites during construction.They were having problems with their bare landscapes after completing their buildings. Instead of

WPL Blog landscape architecture,  general contractors,  landscape preparedness,  turf installation,  managingplantinginstall,  planting windows,  mid-atlantic,  landscape design

Living Shoreline

October 2, 2019

The most important profession fighting sea-level rise you’ve never heard of

By Sarah Vogelsong  October 2, 2019   VIRGINIA BEACH — Billy Almond knows Virginia Beach. He knows where the roads meet the water and where, increasingly, the water is rising to meet the roads. He remembers what the city looked like when he was a child on 84th Street, where when

WPL Blog,  WPL News landscape architecture,  WPL landscape architecture,  sea level rise,  landscape architects,  green infrastructure,  virginia beach,  resiliency,  living shoreline

August 21, 2019

New GSNN Board Member’s Environmentalist Mindset Informs Passion for Green School Design

By. Cyndy Merse, Director of Communications and Membership, Green Schools National Network William “Billy” Almond was destined to be an environmentalist. Born and raised on the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Billy spent many hours of his childhood outdoors. When he wasn’t on the beach or

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