In his reflective piece for World Landscape Architecture Month, Graham A. Young draws on a personal journey—his climb of Mount Kilimanjaro—as a metaphor for the practice of landscape architecture. The experience becomes a powerful lens through which he explores the emotional, spiritual, and narrative-driven aspects of designing landscapes in Africa and how deeply rooted cultural narratives and community engagement shape meaningful, evolving, and healing spaces. Landscape design, like climbing a mountain, is a continuous journey—an act of listening, learning, and moving forward with purpose and empathy.

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