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New Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture
We are pleased to announce Dr. David Tulloch as the new Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University. He replaces Richard Alomar who served as Chair for two terms (6 years) and returns to the faculty. The…
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A Legacy of Generosity: New Teaching Garden Expands Hands-on Learning Opportunities
Rutgers SEBS/NJAES Newsroom: “Under the guidance of Stephen Kristoph, a longtime OCPE instructor and instructor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, the teaching garden was designed by Danielle Lohrman, a junior in that major. The student team the built the…
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Dr. Arianna Lindberg promoted to Associate Teaching Professor
The Department of Landscape Architecture is excited to announce that Dr. Arianna Lindberg has been promoted to Associate Teaching Professor. This is an exciting and well-deserved honor. Dr. Lindberg is dedicated educator who serves as the undergraduate program director for…
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Faculty member Kate John-Alder featured in the October 2025 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine
The piece, written by John Beardsley and featuring John-Alder’s photographs, describes her recent project “Color Mosaics: A Natural History of the New Jersey Pine Barrens,” an until-now unpublished suite of images, color spectrums, and related texts.
Remembering Dieter Kienast on his 80th Birthday
RULA faculty Dr. Anette Freytag explains why the work of Dieter Kienast (1945-1998), a key Swiss figure in European Landscape Architecture, is still so important and influential today.
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Climate Change – What Now?
Since the 2021 German-US conference CLIMATE BRIDGE, the political leadership of both countries changed. How do the new governments impact climate politics?
LANDEZINE features Rutgers faculty Anette Freytag
Urska Skerl “Academia can and must reach the public” – The International Landscape Architecture Online Platform, LANDEZINE, interviewed faculty Dr. Anette Freytag about her work, background, and upcoming research projects.
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NJASLA Guided Tour of the Drumthwacket Estate
The New Jersey Chapter of Landscape Architects organized a tour in Princeton of the Drumthwacket Estate, the official residence of the governor of New Jersey. The group of landscape architects, many of them alumni from our program, explored the complex…
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Honors College Faculty Fellows’ Tea to discuss research opportunities with Dr. Freytag
Are you interested in cutting-edge research at Rutgers? You are cordially invited to join us for our inaugural Faculty Fellows’ Tea at the Honors College!
Kathleen John-Alder, RU Landscape Architecture Color Mosaics: A Natural History of the New Jersey Pinelands
Color is one of the main ways objects are described in science and depicted in art. Over time, this has led to the development of references such as Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, which contains a list of color names, painted color swatches, and examples of animals, plants and minerals displaying those colors.