Wenk News

The Butterfly Effect: How a Colorado Development Became a Pollinator Performance Paradise
May 23rd, 2025
2025Read about the positive effect of incorporating Pollinator Design Guidelines into a new 1,000-acre development in Broomfield, Colorado. The data on pollinators tells a clear story: Plant it and they will come. (Written by Wenk’s Alex Bullock, PLA)

Sarah AbuDakar – 2025 LAF Olmsted Scholar Finalist
May 23rd, 2025
2025Congratulations to Wenk’s former intern and future full-time landscape designer, Sarah AbuDakar! She is a 2025 LAF Olmsted Scholar Finalist!

Emily Moore – CELA Outstanding Paper Award
March 12th, 2025
2025Congratulations to Wenk’s Emily Moore! She received a 2024 Outstanding Paper Award by CELA (Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture) for her graduate research while at Kansas State University.

Clover Meadows Park Grand Opening
November 12th, 2024
2025Congratulations to the City of Longmont and the Clover Meadows neighborhood community on the grand opening of their new park!

RiNo ArtPark Wins Historic Denver Remix Award
October 22nd, 2024
2024RiNo ArtPark was awarded the Remix Award at Historic Denver’s 54th Annual Gala. RiNo ArtPark is a striking example of community collaboration and advocacy in action, and how creative design can blend the old with the new.

“Working Water” Book Review
June 22nd, 2022
2022Read our book review by Colorado State University’s Lori Catalano, ASLA, and Kelly Curl in ASLA’s THE DIRT.

Kelli Schwab – 2021 ASLA Game Changer Finalist
September 15th, 2021
2021Congratulations, Kelli! She entered her changing video – "Reimage the Storm Drain" – for an opportunity to share her ideas at the ASLA 2021 Conference in Nashville this November, and was selected as a Finalist.

River North Art Park Opens in Five Points!
September 30th, 2020
2020Jeff Shoemaker of The Greenway Foundation had the honor of cutting the ribbon to open Denver's RiNo Art Park - a new community-inspired urban park for the Five Points neighborhood and RiNo Art District.