<正>Features of nature,ecology,wilderness,protection,innovation,and humanity have always been the theme of suburban forest parks.With the case study of the first phase project of Shanghai Riverside Forest Park,the trends of contemporary suburban forest park planning and design are fully expounded through various aspects like ecological protection and restora- tion,the application of landscape gradient and density,the park layout planning,the arrange- ments of main plant communities,and the wetland landscape creation.And many problems in environmental and energy-saving technology applications are pointed out,which need the designer and the constructor to work together to solve.