our work
With over 60 years of collective experience in landscape architecture we are highlighting a variety of projects that we have worked on. Please see the menu to the right for categories.
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BCIT Burnaby Campus landscape assessment
B+GDS has been tasked with conducting a landscape resources assessment of the BCIT Burnaby campus.
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Heywood park adventure play area
Heywood Park Grand Opening was held on Sunday, April 22nd.
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Dunsmuir Viaduct: Growing in the sky
The City of Vancouver put out and ideas competition for the rethinking of the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts.
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False Creek Eco-Industrial Park
The City of Vancouver put out an ideas competition to re-envision the industrial eastern core.
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Guichon creek, BCIT, burnaby bc
The creek was in need of restoration due to scour and undercutting and exotic plant species dominating the area.
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teaching sustainable design in earthquake devastated christchurch NZ
Kevin Connery recently spent several weeks in Christchurch leading a design studio looking at rebuilding earthquake damaged parts of the city.
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keith road greenway, north vancouver, bc
The Keith Road Greenway is a 3m wide, 700m long multi-use trail that will extend an existing multi use trail,
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BIODIVERSITY AND URBAN GROWTH, Christchurch, New Zealand
This project investigated opportunities to enhance indigenous biodiversity through different forms of urban development in Southwest Christchurch (New Zealand).
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GREEN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES, Santa Monica, CA
The City of Santa Monica’s Green Building Design and Construction Guidelines, were among the first comprehensive green building guidelines in North America
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THE VILLAGES AT GILMORE FARM, Richmond, BC
Gilmore Farms is a visionary concept for a sustainable community that reverses the trend of fragmented agricultural land due to the growth of hobby farms, in favour of a complete community.
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ST. FRANCIS IN THE WOODS MEDITATION GARDEN, West Vancouver, BC
Two iconic, ‘timeless’ sacred forms – the circle and the square – are used to organize this meditation garden.
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TRINITY LABYRINTH, Ashland, Oregon
Trinity Labyrinth is a sacred worship and burial space that is also a public garden
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HEYWOOD PARK MASTERPLAN, North Vancouver, BC
Kevin Connery has been hired to develop a Master Plan for the 18ha Heywood Park.
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HEYWOOD PARK ADVENTURE PLAY AREA, North Vancouver, BC
An adventure playground that draws upon the site’s natural setting and includes a zip line, stilt forest, fish fort and king of the castle.
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CHRISTINA LAKE COMMUNITY PARK, Christina Lake, BC
The Christina Lake Community Park Master Plan provides a vision for the sustainable development of a underutilized lakefront property.
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FORT LANGLEY PLAYGROUND, Fort Langley, BC
This new playground sits within the Fort Langley National Historic Site and reflects the site’s role as a 19th Century Hudson Bay Trading Post.
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EQUILIBRIUM HOUSE, Burnaby BC
Equilibrium House re-envisions the traditional suburban landscape based on minimizing the garden’s carbon footprint, harvesting water, enhancing wildlife habitat, and producing food.
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JARDIN DE METIS, Grand-Métis, Quebec
A collaboration between Blue+Green and MLA (Michel Labrie Architect)
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pwl partnership landscape architects
Kevin Connery worked for PWL as a Landscape Architect and Director of Sustainability
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lees + associates landscape architects
Kevin Connery worked for Lees + Associates as a Landscape Architect
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city of burnaby
Kevin Connery worked for the City of Burnaby as the city Landscape Architect