May 20, 2012
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Public Service Opportunity for Landscape Architects
via Gregg S. Everhart, ASLA
Remember plant identification class? Want to brush up on your tree id skills? Meet some neighbors? See more diversity of trees than you might usually specify in a planting plan? Please consider signing up as a “team leader” as three Portland neighborhoods inventory their street trees. While I am most interested in my neighborhood, Sunnyside (SE Hawthorne to Stark between 28th and 49th Streets) and hope you might join us here, Hosford Abernethy and NW Portland neighborhoods are also participating in this Portland Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry Division program.
Each neighborhood will have four Saturday morning inventory work days. Pairs of volunteers will each be assigned several blocks to inventory. While anyone can be a data collector, we really need people that can identify at least some of the trees. There will be certified arborists on bikes to help with any uncertainties!
Team Leaders must attend a training session and commit to participate in three inventory work days. Training is offered on Saturday, June 23, at SE Uplift at 3534 SE Main St. Sign up for one session, either 8:30 AM-noon or 1:00-4:30 PM. Register online at http://portlandonline.com/parks/treeinventory.
Inventory work days will be held on Saturdays from 8:30 am to noon from June through September. Use the same link to register for specific days. If possible, add that you are a landscape architect in the comments so I can get a sense of how many participate.
2012 Tree Inventory Work Days (locations TBA)
06/30/2012 Hosford-Abernathy
07/07/2012 Sunnyside (East portion)
07/14/2012 Sunnyside (NW portion)
07/21/2012 Hosford-Abernathy
07/28/2012 NW District
08/04/2012 Sunnyside (South portion)
08/18/2012 Hosford-Abernathy
08/25/2012 NW District
09/08/2012 Hosford-Abernathy and NW District
09/22/2012 Sunnyside (any remaining portions) and NW District
More information:
Gregg Everhart, gseverhart@gmail.com 503-235-1815
Angie DiSalvo (Portland Parks and Recreation) angie.disalvo@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-4484
May 14, 2012
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via ASLA Oregon WVS Co-Chairs Arica Duhrkoop-Galas and Justin Lanphear
Dear friends and colleagues,
We apologize that May’s presentation date had to be changed from our typical third Thursday. We hope you will join us on Wednesday, May 23 instead. The noon time and the venue remains the same; McMenamin’s North Bank. Please let me know if you will be attending or not, so I can confirm our reservation.
Please join us for a presentation on “Nature’s Healing Properties: What is Needed in Healing Gardens for Veterans”. Michelle Parkins, MLA, ASLA, biologist and Navy veteran will present her findings on Healing Gardens. Michelle is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon’s Landscape Architecture program and is in the process of formalizing a presentation based on her thesis that she will co-present with Annie Kirk, B.S.W., MLA, ASLA, ANLD Associate APLD, owner of Red Bird Design, at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s July 2012 seminar program, “Healing Through Nature: Healthcare Gardens for Veterans and Children with Sensory Processing and Spectrum Disorders”. Michelle is specifically interested in creating spaces for veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
ASLA Oregon, WVS Co-Chairs
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
541.484.7367
Justin Lanphear
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May 7, 2012
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via Joyce Jackson, ASLA, Mt. Hood Section Co-Chair
Tour the June Delta Key Community Center –
A Living Building Challenge Demonstration Project
If you attended or missed but wanted to attend the Living Cities, How Do We Get There? session at the recent ASLA Oregon symposium and want to learn more about the living building challenge process, come to the MT Hood chapter meeting at the June Key Delta Community Center on May 31st.
Architect Mark Nye will be there to discuss how this community center was developed from an old gas station site and how it was transformed into a community asset with minimal environmental impacts.
Topics will include:
• An overview of the building and site’s fulfillment of the Living Building Challenge ‘petals’.
• Transformation of a brown field site to a usable property.
• Inclusion of the community in the programming and design process.
• Provisions for opportunities in urban agriculture and food education
• Collecting and reusing stormwater on site.
Spend an hour on the tour and then mingle with your colleagues at the Community Center.
(2) HSW PDH's are being offered at this event!.
Thursday, May 31 2012
5940 North Albina Ave., Portland, OR
Agenda:
5:30-5:45 - Gather together
5:45-6:45 - Tour and talk
6:45-7:45 - Social hour
Cost:
Free!
Maul Foster Alongi will be sponsoring the event by providing snacks and drinks.
Please RSVP to this event!
For more information and to RSVP email Joyce Jackson:
jjackson@maulfoster.com
May 2, 2012
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May 2, 2012
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Event Notice:
AIA/APA/ASLA Urban Design Panel Central City 2035 Charrette
Date and Time: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 8am to 5pm
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland, OR. (evening open house to follow)
Partner: Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Urban Design Studio
Interested in attending?
ASLA Oregon is accepting applications from our membership to represent our profession and fill 9 to 12 spots at this joint AIA/APA/ASLA event. Please provide a one page written description/application (include name, contact info, business, and short explanation of “why I am uniquely interested/qualified to participate”) on or before May 11, 2012 to ASLA Oregon Immediate Past-President Jim Hencke at hencke@pbworld.com. Applications will be reviewed at the May 14, 2012 ASLA Oregon Executive Committee Meeting and notice of selections will be made later that week.
Questions? Call Jim Hencke @ 503-478-2353.
April 30, 2012
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via Emily Hull, ASLA Oregon Education Chair / EP Committee Co-Chair
Spring 2012 LARE Section C & E Workshop
The workshop will benefit those preparing to take LARE sections C and/or E for the first time, those who are repeating the exam and seeking more study direction and those interested in connecting with potential study partners.
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April 18, 2012
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April 18, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes APRIL 2012 Feature:
The True Value of Landscape Architecture
By Meika Jensen - meika.jensen1@gmail.com
Landscape architecture, once an underappreciated job concerned with little more than plant placement, has grown to become one of the hottest up-and-coming careers. Students at Harvard, those in online Masters degree programs and even mid-career job training are devoted to increasing knowledge of landscape architecture.
Experts in the landscape architecture field combine knowledge of horticulture and general ecology with land use, planning, and aesthetic concerns. They plan gardens and public parks, but also advise builders on terrain characteristics; help land owners use plants efficiently; and look for ways of harnessing natural energy to conserve and preserve in almost any setting. In part due to landscape architecture’s overlap with environmental science and sustainability, undergraduate students are majoring in landscape architecture programs in greater numbers than ever before. The promise of robust job prospects in a sagging economy also helps the major’s popularity.
“Employment of landscape architects is projected to grow 16 percent from 2010 to 2020,” the United State Bureau of Labor Statistics says in its most recent Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Planning and development of new construction and redevelopment of existing buildings will drive employment growth. With land costs rising and the public’s desire for more beautiful and functional spaces, the importance of good site planning and landscape design is expected to grow.”
Interest is not simply from the industry side; universities across the country are seeing a rise in students choosing landscape architecture as a major. According to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the number of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in landscape architecture rose 20 percent in the brief window between 2008 and 2010. “As shown by the profession’s exponential growth, landscape architecture has become more accepted and understood by society,” CELA said on its “Academic Information System” portal. “The growing number of programs has changed not only the professional and educational fields, but also the way information is perceived and disseminated into society and among the academic community.”
One of the biggest changes in the field is the focus on sustainable and “green” planning. The role of the modern landscape architect is about far more than choosing plants and arranging outdoor areas. Experts examine land use, energy conservation, and ecological balance. Many enter into urban planning careers where they look for ways of preserving historic buildings, updating neighborhoods, and integrating energy-saving measures like rooftop gardens into city spaces.
“College-bound students are increasingly interested in sustainability issues,” Robert Franek, Vice President of Publishing at the Princeton Review, said at the release of the Princeton Review’s Spring 2011 “College Hopes and Worries” survey. This interest, paired with a growing demand for environmentally focused landscape architecture expertise, has led to a veritable explosion of landscape architecture programs across many campuses.
The landscape architecture major tends to be a bit longer than the standard four-year degree—most students take five years to complete the course and earn their certification. Most states require that budding landscape architects have a full year of work experience before entering the field as full-fledged professionals, which is usually where the extra year comes in. Schools match students with mid-semester jobs, summer internships, or on going co-op work opportunities, all of which can be completed before graduation and under the close mentorship of professors.
Most schools also incorporate a mandatory semester study-abroad program to widen students’ horizons. “Studying off-campus offers students the opportunity to experience architecture in different areas of the world, on all types of scales,” the Clemson University College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities says on its Landscape Architecture page. Seeing first-hand how other cities, cultures, and countries are using their spaces in a sustainable way can give students new perspectives, and can influence their strategies once they are in practice in their own right.
April 18, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes APRIL 2012 Feature:
Bend Pine Nursery Community Garden Design Charrette
By Robin Gyorgyfalvy, ASLA Oregon Public Awareness Advocate
Spring has returned to the east side of the Cascades and the Understory is beginning to unveil its continuing story. Last August, the 08.17.11 Understory event in Bend was a design charrette for Alford Acres. The goal of the design charrette was to persuade Habitat for Humanity to include a community garden open space within their proposed Alford Acres housing development as a place for residents to garden and raise food for Common Table, a non-profit cafe designed to feed all people. This purposeful event was one of many in Oregon and across the country that would collectively launch ASLA's National Public Awareness Campaign and tell the world what landscape architects do and how they create healthy and livable public spaces.
In Bend, the 08.17.11 Understory event brought together landscape architects, artists, master gardeners, permaculturists, the Food Policy Council, the Green Building Institute for Sustainability, Habitat for Humanity, Bend 2030 Community Vision, and specialists whose sole focus was the design of beautiful and productive agricultural community gardens. A wave of growing interest and establishment of community gardens is rapidly sweeping across Central Oregon. The enthusiasm and genuine interest of the design charrette participants has been reflected in their willingness to share their knowledge and expertise on this growing trend of developing community gardens.
Due to the momentum generated by the new collaborative interests from the Alford Acres design charrette, another community garden design charrette was held on April 12, 2012. This special event was hosted and organized by Deschutes National Forest employees Thom Hittlet, USDA People's Garden Representative and Robin Gyorgyfalvy, ASLA Oregon Public Awareness Advocate. The selected site was the Bend Pine Nursery Park adjacent to the Deschutes National Forest office building. It was a unique opportunity during National Landscape Architecture Month to spotlight the design talents of landscape architects Chelsea Schneider, Marlys Underwood (Chapter President) and Eileen Obermiller of the High Desert Oregon ASLA Chapter.
Once again, the collective efforts of landscape architects, master gardeners, permaculturists, botanists, Food Policy Council planners, garden designers, and forestry specialists created community garden conceptual designs. In addition to being functional gardening places, a lot of thought was put into the educational value of an outdoor place to grow food in such a challenging high desert environment. As much emphasis was placed upon aesthetics and creating a welcoming and enjoyable community space with central gathering areas under shaded trellises and whimsical art and water features and play areas for all ages. Master Gardener Linda Denall captured the spirit of the design charrette when she remarked “It’s amazing how this blank piece of land suddenly came to life and was full of creative energy, growth, and community.”
The continuing momentum from the 08.17.11 Understory to the April 12th design charrette during National Landscape Architecture Month will be showcased to the community on 04.26.12. The High Desert Oregon ASLA Chapter and design charrette participants will be displaying their appetizing community garden designs at coffee shops and various locations in downtown Bend. What a great way to design community gardens, find out more about what landscape architects do in Bend, and celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted's birthday. Let them eat cake indeed as we also celebrate the continuing community garden design conversation in Central Oregon.
April 18, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes APRIL 2012 Feature:
South Downtown - Portland
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
Over the past year I’ve become a danger when driving over Portland’s Marquam bridge; not because I’m texting or juggling fast food, but it’s because I’m trying to see how the construction is going along the waterfront, south of downtown. There is a lot to see. TriMet, OHSU, and Zidell are all busy making the south side of Portland into a bustling part of the city. For years, plans for that area have only existed within master plans or in the heads of designers; now it is finally becoming reality.
TriMet is building Portland’s first bridge in 35 years to span the Willamette, carrying pedestrians, bikers, buses, and the MAX. While current construction looks like it is choking the river into a narrow gap, the final design shows the new cable-stayed bridge soaring lightly across the river. http://trimet.org/pm/construction/bridge.htm
When you do stroll, bike, or ride across this bridge, look down at the shoreline. Instead of the Himalayan blackberries and concrete rubble that used to grace our waterfront, you’ll see more than half a mile of native plants, all planted on a slope that gently bends to the water, losing its old aggressive angle. Joyce Jackson, landscape architect at Maul Foster & Alongi, wrote of this project in August 2011, http://www.aslaoregon.org/updates/articles/the-landscape-architect%27s-role-in-the-zidell-waterfront-cleanup; she provided this update. “We completed the final bank planting in February and we now begin our battle with the geese. They are VERY fond of the newly germinating grasses that we are trying to establish. It is quite a dilemma, combating the wildlife to establish habitat for the wildlife “. Plants are establishing well, though, and the bank restoration has held up in the recent high waters. Through diligence and a little cooperation from the natural world, in a couple years the shoreline will hopefully look as if it has never served as an industrial/shipbuilding area.
OHSU (Oregon Health Sciences University) is building the Schnitzer Campus & OHSU commons, phase one of the 26-acre campus. http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/services/cpdre/planning/schnitzer-campus.cfm The campus will nestle between south side of the Marquam bridge and the new TriMet bridge, and serve as a much needed area of expansion for the university. Multiple modes of transportation will serve this part of the campus; MAX, trolley, bike trails, the new TriMet bridge, and the tram all converge to make this part of downtown accessible and well-connected.
All these projects are generating a lot of looking and a lot of excitement about the future of the south waterfront area. The potential of more people moving through and inhabiting this previously ignored part of town is huge. Big changes are afoot; make sure you, as landscape architects, are in touch with how Portland is growing. Next time I drive within sight of the construction area, I promise to keep my eyes on the road…mostly. Seeing this part of Portland’s history is just too exciting to miss.
April 18, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes APRIL 2012 Feature:
If You're Happy and You Know It...
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
You might remember that kids song - maybe you’ve even sang a few rounds of it with the kids currently in your life. It’s a song that immediately induces eye-rolling in some adults at the mere mention of it, but strangely enough, by the end of the clapping and the singing, one does feel a bit happier (or sillier, which is a close second to happy). My point is this; April is National Landscape Architecture Month, when activities happen that showcase what landscape architects do and how we play a part in building healthy and active communities. Asking already busy people to add one more activity to their already busy life might provoke a certain amount of eye-rolling, and one might even be asking who cares or feel like it’s a lost cause. I decided to investigate this line of thinking just a bit by asking some of the organizers of last fall’s Understory events if they saw any lasting effects from their efforts.
The Springfield event, where the folks at the Willamalane Park and Recreation District did an information blast to let their co-workers know what they did, reported good results. Here is what Nicole Ankeney said, “I think the biggest impact is that when people have a better understanding of what you do, they are more comfortable talking to you or asking questions about park projects or even discussing their own personal landscape issues. My department is called planning and development and I think it is very vague to most employees here what we do exactly, so I think the email was an icebreaker that opened up the door for communication. It also helped with perception because coworkers now have a better understanding of how much education and work experience that it takes to become a licensed landscape architect”. Robin Gyorgyfalvy, who headed up the Bend event with Chelsea Schneider, said that the charrette that they led was so successful and connected so many people in their community that they did a follow up event this year (see Robin’s article in this month’s LANDbytes).
These events connected people in ways that hadn’t happened before someone took the effort to reach out. Public outreach can be as simple as an email or poster session at your work, or a more complex endeavor, like a community charrette. Big or small, I think that once you finish the event, you’ll be happy…and you know it.
Happy National Landscape Architecture Month!
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April 16, 2012
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TRANSITION PLANNING FOR NEW AND EXITING LEADERS
A Town Hall with Internationally Acclaimed Consultant Hugh Hochberg
As more and more Baby Boomers retire in the Oregon architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C), transition is becoming an industry norm. With this in mind, SMPS Oregon brings The Coxe Group partner Hugh Hochberg to Oregon for a ‘town hall’ style, interactive presentation on the do’s and don’ts of transition/succession planning.
This event is sponsored by:
Transition planning, also known as succession planning, is all the rage in Oregon’s architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C) industry.
Firms such as FFA, Lease Crutcher Lewis, and Kennedy-Jenks Consultants have recently negotiated this great abyss with success but there are countless other firms in line behind them.
With this in mind, SMPS Oregon brings The Coxe Group partner Hugh Hochberg to Oregon for a ‘town hall’ style, interactive presentation.
Hochberg, an AIA Handbook of Professional Practice author, and a co-author of McGraw-Hill’s Success Strategies for Design Professionals will tap his 36 years of consulting to an estimated 800 A/E/C clients to provide Oregon Principals, Associates and Marketers with the ingredients of successful transition -- in Hugh’s words “how to make it happen.”
The Coxe Group partner will draw on concepts, case studies, and consulting experiences to provide the audience with real-life examples across a wide spectrum of situations and cultural dynamics.
The aim of the presentation will be to arm today’s and tomorrow’s leaders with the information they need to appropriately position their organizations -- and their careers - for the highest likelihood of success during transition.
Hugh’s “interactive” talk (participation required!) will address the components of transition, including:
• Ownership
• Management
• Governance
• Marketing
• Leadership
Hugh will make it a priority to pay very close attention to ownership – which he says often gets the most attention -- and leadership which, he describes as usually the most challenging and most critical to sustaining success.
Hugh adds that without a successful transition, firms languish and then disappear. He says to expect to walk away from this presentation with clarity about “what’s going well” in your firm in the context of transition and “what needs attention.”
Beer, wine & hors d'oeuvres will be available at this event.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
4:30 pm Registration
5:00 - 6:30 pm Program
6:30 – 8:00 pm No-Host After Party
WHERE:
McMenamins Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 223-4527
PRICING:
Member: $45 (Only $35 if registered by May 2nd!)
Member Firm: $50 (Only $40 if registered by May 2nd!)
Non-member: $60 (Only $50 if registered by May 2nd!)
Group Discount: Receive a $10 per person discount when registering 5 or more people at one time!
RSVP:
On-line registration will close Tuesday, May 8th.
Late registrations will be subject to a $5 late fee per person.
Contact Viv Perry directly at vperry@froelich-engineers.com to request late registration,
but please register early to ensure your attendance!
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April 15, 2012
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APRIL 2012
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04.20 | ASLA Oregon North Park Block Design Charrette
04.20 | ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals Social
04.21 | ASLA Oregon Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium
04.26 | UO A&AA Career Symposium
04.26 | Pine Nursery Design Charrette
04.26 | FLO's Birthday!
05.31 | Mt. Hood Section Lecture
06.01 | 2012 ASLA/OLCA Golf Tournament
06.13 | ASLA Oregon EP 101 Series: Greenroof Tour + Roundtable - PDH Opportunity!
OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
04.27 | Jeff Howe Lecture
05.02 | Living Future unConference
05.03 | UFIS Soils and Urban Tree Conference
05.09 | SMPS Leaders Event
05.17 | Landscape Field Day
05.21 | NAEP Conference
05.25 | Paula Morgan Lecture
06.02 | Portland Memory Garden PDH Seminar
06.03 | Portland Memory Garden Open House
06.07 | Oregon Urban & Community Forestry Conference
08.05 | Transportation Research Board Meeting
ASLA OREGON CHAPTER 2012 SYMPOSIUM - APRIL 20-21 - LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!!
Elevate your understanding of landscape by taking it to a higher level. ASLA Oregon invites you to expand your thinking over two days of inspired guest speakers, discussions and a design charrette. Join us for learning and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to earn valuable professional development hours (PDH’s).
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landbytes
Launched in July of 2011, LANDbytes is ASLA Oregon Chapter's premier e-publication showcasing articles, briefs, reviews, spotlights and more! New this month:
The True Value of Landscape Architecture
By Meika Jensen
Bend Pine Nursery Community Garden Design Charrette
By Robin Gyorgyfalvy
South Downtown - Portland
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
If You're Happy and You Know It...
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
UPCOMING EVENTS POSTER
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Thank you 2012 Symposium Sponsors, Exhibitors, Supporters and Volunteers!
ASLA Report to our Members
April is Landscape Architecture Month!
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Executive Committee Call for Volunteers
Communications Committee Call for Volunteers
Summer Internships
New Landscape Architecture Flyers!
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Executive Committee and other contact information is available at the Chapter Website.
For mailing and other administrative inquiries about the chapter, contact:
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Check out the online Calendar of Events for the most up-to-date listing of opportunities!
ASLA OREGON CHAPTER WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND SPECIAL THANKS TO our
2012 CHAPTER SPONSORS
Gold Chapter Sponsor: Cascade Recreation
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NAEP Conference being held in Portland on May 21-24:
Of particular interest to landscape architects is the Symposium for Advanced Topics in Visual Resource Impact Assessment being held on Monday, May 21, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. This day-long symposium targets visual resource specialists, public land managers, NEPA practitioners, and developers with a basic understanding of visual impact assessment (VIA) procedures.
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April 15, 2012
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Summer 2012 Emerging Professionals (EP) 101 Series:
Local Innovation in Greenroofs: Wildlife, Plants and Technology
A Green Roof Tour and Roundtable Discussion
6:00-8:30pm
June 13*, 2012 (tentative as we confirm roof tour availability, check back for updates!)
$20 non-member / $15 members / $10 students and emerging professionals
PDH's available!
Hosted by the ASLA EP Committee and Columbia Green this summer's EP 101 Series Event offers a guided green roof tour, showcasing three of Portland’s most noteworthy ecoroofs, followed by a roundtable discussion touching on wildlife, plants and technology. Space is limited to 25 attendees so RSVP today! Attendees will be eligible to receive PDH credits. All are encouraged and welcomed to attend!
Tour stops may include: The Indigo + Multnomah County Library + Ecotrust Building + Ladd Tower
A Portion of this event is a walking tour – bring appropriate footwear and keep an eye on the forecast!
*Note: Date has been changed from June 14 to June 13!
Register as an Emerging Professional (link coming soon)
RSVP Today! (link coming soon)
DONATE $150 to support this event as an EP Continuing ED Sponsor
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April 15, 2012
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via ASLA Oregon WVS Co-Chairs Arica Duhrkoop-Galas and Justin Lanphear, ASLA
Dear friends and colleagues,
There are quite a few events happening during the month of April that we would like to bring to your attention.
First, and foremost, we would like to encourage you to attend the Oregon ASLA Symposium on April 21. Due to this event falling in the same week we would normally hold our section meeting, we are opting to cancel our meeting in the hope that you will be even more likely to venture up to Portland for this wonderful Saturday happening.
The annual HOPES conference is taking place once again on the University of Oregon campus April 13 & 14, with some very interesting speakers. The theme this year is DIRT. Diana Balmori speaks on April 13 and Walter Hood speaks April 14. See http://hopes.uoregon.edu/ for more information.
Jeff Howe will be speaking at the University of Oregon on April 27 at 4:00 pm. Paula Morgan is scheduled to speak May 25 at noon. More details to follow.
Mid-term studio reviews in Lawrence Hall are scheduled for early May; please contact the UO Department of Landscape Architecture if you would like to offer yourself as a reviewer. Ron Lovinger is teaching a studio on the “butterfly” parking structure within our downtown park blocks, and there might be a different topic to suit your fancy. Remember; hours spent in the classroom can be applied to some of your your PDH requirements.
We are looking forward to better weather this summer and would like to prime you to start thinking about projects tours. What do you want to see? What can you offer? Please keep this in mind as we plow through the next couple of months at warp speed.
ASLA Oregon, WVS Co-Chairs
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
Justin Lanphear, ASLA
For More Information Contact Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
April 15, 2012
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Sign-up today for Landscape Field Day - May 17, 2012!
Please RSVP for seminars at: Seminar RSVP
Click on the link for more information and for seminar schedule: 2012 Landscape Field Day.
Continuing education credits are available for OLCB, ASLA, and APLD.
We also need a head count for lunch. RSVP by May 10th: jlarson@cascadiannurseries.com
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ASLA Oregon Chapter would like to extend special thanks to our
2012 CHAPTER SPONSORS
Gold Chapter Sponsor: Cascade Recreation
Cascade Recreation, Inc. offers a variety of unique, high quality products to meet your recreation equipment needs. Contact Martha Gaty, Oregon Sales Consultant | martha@cascaderec.com | 503.708.4878 | www.cascaderec.com
Newswire Sponsor: JB Instant Lawn
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2012 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS,
SUPPORTERS & VOLUNTEERS!
Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium, April 21st, 2012
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Presenting Sponsor + Lunch Sponsor + Exhibitor: Buell Recreation
Buell Recreation is your outdoor environment specialist providing a variety of quality park and playground products, custom playground designs and on-going owner support services. Contact Doug Buell, Principal | doug@buellrecreation.com | 503.922.1650 | www.buellrecreation.com
Continental Breakfast Sponsor + Exhibitor: Rain Bird
A privately held company founded in 1933, Rain Bird Corporation is the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. Contact Christen B. Funk | cfunk@rainbird.com | 503.410.4489 | www.rainbird.com
Nature Play Session Sponsor: Rocks & Ropes
With monolith-climbers, logs, boulders and rope bridges, Rocks & Ropes offers an exciting and adventurous linked-play experience inspired by nature. Contact Martha Gaty, Oregon Sales Representative | martha@cascaderec.com | 503.708.4878 | www.upcparks.com
Lanyard Sponsor
Teufel Landscape is a nationally recognized provider of quality plants, design, build, and maintenance services in commercial and residential landscape installations. Contact SuSu Hunniecutt | susuh@teufel.com | 503.577.9542 | www.teufel.com
Exhibitor: Cascade Recreation
Cascade Recreation, Inc. offers a variety of unique, high quality products to meet your recreation equipment needs. Contact Martha Gaty, Oregon Sales Consultant | martha@cascaderec.com | 503.708.4878 | www.cascaderec.com
Exhibitor: Cascadian Nurseries
Bring your landscape designs to life with the finest plant materials, such as classic and new plant favorites, available through Cascadian Nurseries. Contact Jim Larson | jlarson@cascadiannurseries.com | 503.647.9292 | www.cascadiannurseries.com
Exhibitor: JP Stone Contractors
We at JP Stone Contractors are a full service landscape contracting company who can take your design to completion. Contact JP Stone | info@jpstonecontractors.com | 503.209.5982 | www.jpstonecontractors.com
Exhibitor: Landscapeforms
A leading designer/manufacturer of commercial site furnishings & amenities. Contact Tim Gish, NW Territory Manager | timg@landscapeforms.com | 503.381.4964 | www.landscapeforms.com
Exhibitor: Monrovia
Monrovia offers a complete, container-grown line of ornamental and edible trees and shrubs. Contact Katharine Rudnyk | krudnyk@monrovia.com | 1.800.999.9321x1148 | www.monrovia.com
Exhibitor: Northwest Playground Equipment
Northwest Playground Equipment provides commercial playground systems, safety surfacing, aquatic spray parks, shelters, ironsmith tree and trench grates and a complete offering of site amenities. Contact Bob McGarvey, President | bob@nwplayground.com | 800.726.0031 | www.nwplayground.com
Exhibitor: Recreation Services, Inc.
Innovative playground products and custom designed natural play elements. Contact Clay Nored | clay@rsnorthwest.com | 541.914.1357 | www.rsnorthwest.com
Exhibitor: The Western Group
We are a local manufacture of woven wire, welded wire, and perforated plate for your architectural needs. Contact Marty Salade | portland@thewesterngroup.com | 503.222.1644 | www.thewesterngroup.com
Exhibitor: Columbia Cascade
Makers of eco-friendly TimberForm & PipeLine Playground Equipment and Outdoor Fitness Systems, TimberForm Site Furniture and CycLoops & CycLocker Bicycle Management Products. Contact Steve Kirn, Sales Manager | stevek@timberform.com | 503.223.1157 | www.timberform.com
Exhibitor: Fryer Noble Co. / Vertigrow
Fryer Noble Co. / Vertigrow provides modular parallel-panel mesh trellis systems for building exteriors and improve wall durability, energy efficiency, and air quality. Contact Monica Herbst | monica@fryernoble.com | 206-568-3900 | www.vertigrowtrellis.com
Exhibitor: Iron Age Designs
Iron Age Designs provides designer cast metal trench drain grates, catch basin grates, tree grates and other architectural castings for public and residential use. Contact Rich Lee | richlee@ironagegrates.com | 206.932.6366 | www.ironagegrates.com
Exhibitor: Northwest Recreation
NW Recreation delivers superb design, tough durability and high performance craftsmanship in urban site furnishings, athletic facilities and park & playground structures. Contact Jim Ringelberg | jim@nwrecreation.com | 503.248.7770 | www.nwrecreation.com
Exhibitor: Toro
Toro and Irritrol are manufacturers of the new Precision line of water saving irrigation products. Contact Dave Snell, Specificatiion & Municipality Sales | david.snell@toro.com | 503-784-2047 | www.toro.com
Community Partner Sponsor: Cascadia Green Building Council
Join Cascadia Green Building Council May 2-4 for Living Future 2012, where the green building movement’s leading thinkers and practitioners come together to share their deep expertise and dearest hopes, to leap ahead as a movement and as a society. Living Future is where cutting edge practice meets inspiration and where visionaries get down to business. This three-day unConference has earned a reputation as the must-attend event for many of the green building movement’s most innovative and influential leaders. This years conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and is themed “Women Reshaping the World”. For more information please go to the Living Future 2012 website. Contact Elizabeth Flanagan | beth.flanagan@gmail.com | 971.275.5119 | http://cascadiagbc.org/living-future/12
Supporters
Alta Planning + Design
Atelier Dreiseitel + Place
HL Stearns
Maul Foster & Alongi
Mayer/Reed
Marianne Zarkin Landscape Architects
Greenworks, P.C.
Koch Landscape Architecture
Lango Hansen Landscape Architects
Nevue Ngan
Quatrefoil Inc.
Shapiro Didway Landscape Architecture
Walker Macy
Volunteers
Cody Erhart
Beth Flanagan
Martha Gaty
Jim Hencke
Emily Hull
Andrea Kuns
Kurt Lango
Teresa Long
Christopher Olin
Nick Overall
Bruce Powers
Jeff Schnabel
Mary Stewart
Marianne Zarkin
April 7, 2012
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via Christopher Olin, ASLA Oregon Chapter Communications Chair
April is Landscape Architecture Month!
ASLA Oregon is pleased to announce our Spring 2012 Chapter lineup of Portland Events!
Join fellow like-minded student and professional peers in networking, learning and fun!
To learn more, register for events, find resources and subscribe to our mailing list visit www.aslaoregon.org.
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Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Page
Visit ASLA Oregon's Online Event Calendar
April 4, 2012
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via Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLA
Executive Vice President and CEO
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Society of Landscape Architects
Annual 2011: A Report to Our Members
As we dive into what promises to be another very busy year for ASLA, I wanted to take a moment to review our accomplishments in 2011. Despite a very challenging economy that has affected us all, ASLA members and their Society made real progress in raising awareness of the profession and ensuring that the profession’s voice was heard.
On August 17, 1,000 volunteers hit the streets, the parks, and the sidewalks in their communities to share examples of landscape architecture projects and to explain the benefits your work brings to people’s lives. More than 250 events, half of which involved direct, one-on-one discussions, happened almost simultaneously. Collectively, these events generated more than 80 news stories in all media, reaching an estimated 15 million people.
So who says one person can’t make a difference? There are less than 30,000 people employed in the landscape architecture field in a nation of more than 312 million. Yet we were heard, big time. And we’ve only just begun.
Working hand-in-hand with our chapters and their dedicated public-awareness volunteers, we will continue that engagement with activities at the grassroots level supported by resources created by the national office. And this April chapters across the nation will once again celebrate National Landscape Architecture Month, introducing the profession to the public through a series of standalone events while also coordinating a common public outreach on April 26, Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday.
On the PR and communications side, much of our energy—and creativity—continues to be focused on web communications, because of the ability of the web to reach the largest audience. In 2011, the site attracted 644,000 unique visitors and more than 5 million pageviews, continuing healthy year-to-year growth.
To complement the public awareness materials, we have developed special areas on the site to serve as resources for policy makers, educators, students, and members of the other design and construction industries.
As part of the 08.17.11 events, we launched www.asla.org/design, a basic introduction to the profession as a destination for the curious public. So far, it has received more than 55,000 pageviews.
Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes features 30 case studies and eight animations that detail sustainable landscape design. These resources have attracted more than 370,000 pageviews thus far, and the animations have been viewed an additional 85,000 times.
To establish landscape architects in the forefront of discussions of key issues affecting the profession, we have developed detailed resource centers around topics such as transportation, green infrastructure, and livable communities, as well as corresponding resources for residential projects.
And we continue to leverage The Dirt blog to keep our voice in the mix. The blog is widely read and syndicated, consistently ranks among the top 10 on environmental subjects, and has received some 1.3 million pageviews since relaunch in 2009
These outreach efforts provide a solid foundation to support our equally significant progress on the advocacy front, in spite of the challenging political environment in Washington.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of a critical national rulemaking on stormwater. The process started with an EPA-commissioned National Research Council study on the effectiveness of the Agency’s current stormwater program. NRC’s conclusion: Big pipes and grey infrastructure are not going to solve the problem, but green infrastructure and low-impact development can.
To support its rulemaking, EPA asked ASLA to help document the use and effectiveness of green infrastructure approaches. We turned to you, and set an ambitious goal of 300 projects. You responded with 479 case studies, covering 43 states, D.C, and Canada. We provided all that data to EPA, and those case studies are now catalogued and available on the ASLA website. These projects are a compelling demonstration of the value of green infrastructure—and the critical role of landscape architects.
Another priority focus this year has been transportation. With the surface transportation bill coming up for renewal, we are advocating for inclusion of a federal Complete Streets policy in the legislation, along with supporting essential existing programs that support transportation alternatives, enhance community livability, and provide jobs for landscape architects.
Many of these programs came under a barrage of attacks in 2011, especially the transportation enhancements program. An example: On October 17, ASLA’s government affairs staff learned of a serious threat: Senator John McCain was preparing to offer an amendment to a fiscal year 2012 spending bill to gut the transportation enhancements program.
Since McCain did not include bicycle and trail projects on his hit list, many of our usual coalition partners opted not to challenge the proposal. So ASLA took the lead. We prepared a letter in opposition, got 12 other organizations to sign on, and put the letter into the hands of each senator’s chief of staff, legislative director, and transportation legislative assistant. And we sent out a red alert to all of you through our Advocacy Network. You responded. We had the best performance from the Advocacy Network to date, with 655 activists sending 1,338 messages to their senators over the two days preceding the vote.
It worked. The roll-call vote on October 19 was 59 to 39 to table the amendment, essentially killing it.
Your grassroots-level advocacy, combined with our D.C.-based outreach efforts, not only reversed the threat, but also raised ASLA’s profile on Capitol Hill. ASLA was cited by the influential Democratic Policy Committee as an opponent of the amendment, and multiple senate staffers cited ASLA’s opposition and outreach as a major contributing factor to votes against the amendment.
Threats are continuing, and vigilance and quick action are still required. I commend you all for your support of ASLA and your direct involvement in issues of importance to the profession and to the country. It would be easy in such very difficult and stubborn financial times to lose faith and withdraw. That’s not our style, and the relative health of ASLA and the profession is testimony to that, as are such success stories as I’ve just shared.
There’s a lot more I could tell you about, like the changes I hope you’ve been noticing in our fantastic Landscape Architecture Magazine, the second-largest Annual Meeting and largest Expo in ASLA history, and the progress of our Sustainable Sites Initiative partnership. I urge you to stay engaged and help us help you, as you all did so effectively in 2011. Thank you all.
Nancy C. Somerville
April 4, 2012
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Please join us for a free seminar on Designing Sustainable Splashpads.
This session is intended for Landscape Architects and qualifies for LA CES credit.
Register today as spaces are limited!
This seminar will bring you up to date with the latest innovations on how to design environmentally responsible Splashpads.
We will explore:
• The innovative Capture & Repurpose Water Management System
• Traditional Water Management Systems options
• Factors influencing the sustainability of your installation
April 9, 2012
9:00am to 10:30am
RiverPlace Hotel
1510 SW Harbor Way
Portland, OR 97201
Call us at 1.877.5VORTEX Ext. 311 to reserve your place.
April 10 2012
9:00am to 10:30am
Hilton Eugene & Conference Center
66 East 6th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401-2667
Call us at 1.877.5VORTEX Ext. 311 to reserve your place.
These events are sponsored by:
Ross Recreation
nickp@rossrec.com
(503) 432.8950
rossrec.com
April 3, 2012
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2012 ASLA/OLCA Golf Tournament
when
Friday, June 1, 2012
where
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
12930 Old Pumpkin Ridge Road. North Plains, Oregon 97133
schedule of events
Registration Begins - 12:30 pm
Tee Time (Shotgun Start) -1:30 pm
Dinner & Prizes -7:30 pm
rules and registration
Your registration includes: 18 holes of golf, shared cart rental, a 1-hour custom club fitting & swing evaluation session in Pumpkin Ridge Learning Center, dinner & prizes.
Register Today!
Event Flyer PDF
March 30, 2012
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MARCH 2012
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04.20 | ASLA Oregon North Park Block Design Charrette
04.20 | ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals Social
04.21 | ASLA Oregon Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium
04.26 | UO A&AA Career Symposium
04.26 | Pine Nursery Design Charrette
04.26 | FLO's Birthday!
06.14 | ASLA Oregon EP 101 Series: Greenroof Tour + Roundtable - PDH Opportunity!
OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
03.31 | Community Horticultural Therapy Program
04.04 | Community Trees Field Class
04.13 | BCSLA Annual Conference
05.02 | Living Future unConference
05.03 | UFIS Soils and Urban Tree Conference
05.17 | Landscape Field Day
06.02 | Portland Memory Garden PDH Seminar
06.03 | Portland Memory Garden Open House
06.07 | Oregon Urban & Community Forestry Conference
08.05 | Transportation Research Board Meeting
ASLA OREGON CHAPTER 2012 SYMPOSIUM
Elevate your understanding of landscape by taking it to a higher level. ASLA Oregon invites you to expand your thinking over two days of inspired guest speakers, discussions and a design charrette. Join us for learning and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to earn valuable professional development hours (PDH’s).
download promotional mailer PDF
more information + registration - REGISTER BY 3/30 FOR EARLY BIRD RATES!
2012 sponsorship opportunities
become a 2012 supporting sponsor for just $100!
Your company name will be featured on the event program!
PRESENTING SPONSOR
ASLA Oregon Chapter is pleased to announce our
2012 Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium Presenting Sponsor:
Buell Recreation, LLC specializes in providing a variety of commercial quality park and playground products to public and private organizations throughout the western United States. We pride ourselves in representing proven manufacturers with the highest standards of integrity, who develop safe, durable and innovative products.
Learn more about Buell Recreation
View 2012 ASLA Oregon Chapter Sponsorship Opportunities
View 2012 ASLA Oregon Chapter Sponsors Page
landbytes
Launched in July of 2011, LANDbytes is ASLA Oregon Chapter's premier e-publication showcasing articles, briefs, reviews, spotlights and more! New this month:
Get Ready! Landscape Architecture Month is Coming!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
Happy Birthday, FLO!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
April is Landscape Architecture Month!
NLAM, 04.26, and YOU
Executive Committee Call for Volunteers
Communications Committee Call for Volunteers
Summer Internships
New Landscape Architecture Flyers!
ASLA Notes and Numbers Facts and Figures PDF
KEEPING YOURSELF CURRENT
Please help us keep our mailing list current.
Send updates or corrections of your contact information to info@aslaoregon.org.
Contact Us
Executive Committee and other contact information is available at the Chapter Website.
For mailing and other administrative inquiries about the chapter, contact:
ASLA Oregon Chapter
147 SE 102nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97216
phone: 503.227.6156
fax: 503.253.9172
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Follow Us
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Oregon ASLA Blog
LANDbytes
Event Calendar
Check out the online Calendar of Events for the most up-to-date listing of opportunities!
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March 29, 2012
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via Beth Flanagan, International Living Future Institute
Join Cascadia Green Building Council May 2-4 for Living Future 2012, where the green building movement’s leading thinkers and practitioners come together to share their deep expertise and dearest hopes, to leap ahead as a movement and as a society. Living Future is where cutting edge practice meets inspiration and where visionaries get down to business. This three-day unConference has earned a reputation as the must-attend event for many of the green building movement's most innovative and influential leaders. This years conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and is themed “Women Reshaping the World”. For more information please go to the Living Future 2012 Website.
For questions please contact Beth Flanagan at beth.flanagan@gmail.com
Quick Links:
Living Future Website
Registration
Program and Speakers
Keynote and Reception, Dr. Vandana Shiva
March 29, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes MARCH 2012 Feature:
Happy Birthday, FLO!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
What are you doing on April 26? Join the coast to coast party, celebrating the 190th birthday of Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted with all your fellow ASLA members! April 26 is a day to remember and celebrate the man who first brought to the forefront many of the ideas that we practice today in Landscape Architecture. So gather some friends, blow out some birthday candles for Mr. Olmsted, and make a wish for the continuation of great designs that stand the test of time.
Check out more fun ways to celebrate Landscape Architecture month at www.aslaoregon.org/updates/articles/national-landscape-architecture-month.
Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Webpage!
March 29, 2012
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ASLA Oregon LANDbytes MARCH 2012 Feature:
Get Ready! National Landscape Architecture Month is Coming!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
April has been set aside by the ASLA as a month when activities happen nationwide to celebrate and promote the profession of landscape architecture. The focus of this month’s activities is “Public Health and Active Living 2012”, showing how we are addressing the major problems of obesity and chronic health problems due to lack of exercise by designing healthy community structures. This topic is a great fit for our active state – what a perfect chance to show people how we promote healthy lifestyles. Are there playgrounds or trail systems where you can show people how landscape architecture has been part of its creation? How about plaza’s where farmers markets happen or places where people wait to catch the MAX or bus? Can you get out there and let people know who designed that space? Now is the time to celebrate all you have done and promote the future of landscape architecture.
You might be asking, “what can I do?” Glad you asked! ASLA has put forward a whole webpage of ideas for activities along with detailed instructions and tips (and has a picture of Portland’s Mt. Tabor Middle School rain garden design). The below is just a sampling of what the website provides on the ‘Career Discovery Activities’ page. http://www.aslaoregon.org/updates/articles/national-landscape-architecture-month. Boy Scout troops can learn about plants and earn a badge during your time with them; Connect with middle and high-school students and design a rain garden or reading garden; Are you a native plant expert? Visit your local high school and show them how essential native plants are to our landscape.
One doesn’t need to be hampered by this list – create your own activity that will appeal to you and the audience you wish to reach. Back on 8.17.11, the first roll-out of the Understory, the Bend folks led a design charrette, people in Springfield did a workplace information blast to enlighten their co-workers on what their department had accomplished, and Portland canvassed downtown parks. http://www.aslaoregon.org/blog/2011/9/14/dues-increase-effective-january-2012 What will Oregon do this time to celebrate landscape architecture? I believe our fit and active state is primed and ready to show off all that we have done to promote physical activity and public health to the general public and to the nation. Be creative – have fun – and be sure to let people know about landscape architecture in April!
Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Webpage!
March 29, 2012
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via Jim Larson, Cascadian Nurseries
Cascadian Nurseries 2012 Landscape Field Day - May 17th, 2012
Featuring Dan Hinkley (Plantsman, Author, Speaker, Horticultural Consultant) and Nicholas Staddon (Monrovia).
Don’t miss it!
CEU credits are available for OLCA members and PDH credits are available for ASLA members.
Questions?
Contact Jim Larson
Ph: 503.647.9292
jlarson@cascadiannurseries.com
www.cascadiannurseries.com
March 26, 2012
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Join ASLA Oregon Chapter at an NLAM Design Charrette Event, April 12, 2012, in Bend, Oregon!
Join landscape architects as they lead a People’s Garden Design Charrette at the Bend Pine Nursery in Bend, Oregon. This partnership is a collaborative effort involving community members, the Deschutes National Forest, and Bend Parks and Recreation District.
Contact Robin Gyorgyfalvy for more information!
rgyorgyfalvy@fs.fed.us
541.383.4786
March 26, 2012
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via Robin Gyorgyfalvy, ASLA Oregon Chapter Public Awareness Representative
To Landscape Architects and Students interested in Transportation:
You are invited to a Transportation Research Board Landscape and Environmental Design Committee Mid-Year Meeting to be held in Bend, Oregon this summer on August 5-8, 2012. If you are interested in meeting outstanding and outgoing landscape architects in transportation, this would be a fabulous opportunity in a fabulous place. The theme for the meeting is “Multi-Modal Transportation and Community Connections” with experts from across the country and local presenters showcasing great things happening for Central Oregon communities through collaboration and partnerships. Give me a call if you are interested and if you have any questions. Hope to see you!
All the best,
Robin Gyorgyfalvy
rgyorgyfalvy@fs.fed.us
541.383.4786
March 18, 2012
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LARE EXAM Spring 2012: We are looking for 1-2 workshop instructors!
Have you recently passed Section C and E of the LARE exam? If so, we need you! ASLA Oregon is looking for practitioners/instructors to lead a one day workshop to assist fellow landscape architects who are preparing for the exam in June. The workshop will be held the end of April/May depending on available schedule.
ASLA Oregon will offer reasonable compensation for your time.
Interested?
contact:
Emily Hull
ASLA Oregon Chapter
Educaton Chair / EP Committee Co-Chair
hulle@pbworld.com
503.417.9364
