This Week: Landscape architect David Seiter talks about his new project: Spontaneous Urban Plants: Weeds in NYC. David is interested in how weeds might be used by landscape designers and urban planners to improve our cities. David is the design director and founding principle of Future Green Studio. 00:00 - BTR Today 00:54 - Spontaneous Urban Plants 02:50 - What is a Weed? 06:13 - Native vs. Invasive 08:28 - Weed Survey 10:47 - Noise Reduction 12:48 - Edible Weeds 15:19 - CO2 17:52 - Why Weeds? 19:36 - Walking in the City 21:17 - Future Cities 24:01 - Patchwork Ecology 28:59 - Finish