ASLA Oregon

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Urban Design Panel Charrette

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.

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EP Summer Greenroof Tour

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

Contact Christopher Olin for more information

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More April Events!

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

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2012 Sponsors, Exhibitors & Volunteers

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
We provide: Sod, Big roll sod installation. Drill Seeding, Slitseeding ,Aerification, Verticutting, Hydroseeding and Trees. Contact Abbas Soltani | asoltani@centurylink.net | 503-260-9608 | www.jbinstantlawn.net

2012 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS,
SUPPORTERS & VOLUNTEERS!

Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium, April 21st, 2012
View Symposium Page for More Information

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

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Upcoming Events Poster

 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.

Download Upcoming Events Flyer PDF - 11x17 Screen

Download Upcoming Events Flyer PDF - 11x17 Print

Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Page

Visit ASLA Oregon's Online Event Calendar

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ASLA Report to Our Members

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

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March 2012 Newswire

 

MARCH 2012

UPCOMING CHAPTER EVENTS (APRIL IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MONTH!) 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 AnnouncementS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 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 info@aslaoregon.org Follow Us Oregon ASLA Facebook Page Oregon ASLA on Twitter 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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Living Future 2012 unConference

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

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Happy Birthday, FLO!

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!

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National Landscape Architecture Month!

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!

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Landscape Field Day

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

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Pine Nursery Design Charrette

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

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Transportation Research Board Meeting

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

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April is National Landscape Architecture Month!

National Landscape Architecture Month 2012 (NLAM) Quick Links:

NLAM HOMEPAGE 

NLAM PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 

NLAM POSTERS FOR DOWNLOAD

CAREER DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES

NLAM 2011 RECAP

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED & THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

APRIL 2012 National, State and Local Activities:

04.04.12 COMMUNITY TREES FIELD CLASS

04.20.12 ASLA OREGON NORTH PARK BLOCK DESIGN CHARRETTE

04.20.12 ASLA OREGON EMERGING PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL

04.21.12 ASLA OREGON ENLIGHTENED LANDSCAPE[S] SYMPOSIUM

04.26.12 AND YOU

04.26.12 THE UNDERSTORY

04.26.12 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON A&AA CAREER SYMPOSIUM

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Community Trees Field Class

via Maria Cahill

Happy Oregon Arbor Week!

Community Trees Field Class

Join me for a field class on urban forestry to learn about planning, design, & construction strategies critical to increasing long-term tree canopy in urbanized settings. You'll learn about what trees need to survive and thrive and how you can make good decisions about locating new trees and preserving and protecting existing trees. (However, don't ask me to identify or recommend tree species. This isn't my expertise and won't be part of our discussion unless someone with a horticulture background signs up.)

Cost: $10

How: We'll visit trees around Multnomah Village on foot. Wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.

When: Wednesday, April 4th

Where: Starting at the Multnomah Center: 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR (If you're driving, there should be parking available on the street or in front, behind or to the south of the Arts Center.)

Registration: http://www.greengirlpdx.com/Events.htm 

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NLAM, 04.26.12, and You

via LAND E-news from ASLA

We’re one month out from April, which promises to be the busiest National Landscape Architecture Month (NLAM) yet. Last year all 48 of ASLA’s chapters realized the benefits of public outreach during April, participating with a variety of amazing events, and this year will prove no different.

Alaska, for example, will continue with its Garden Design Workshop concept, but will expand it to three cities. Mark Kimerer, ASLA, the chapter’s president, cites the benefits of outreach and NLAM.

“The Garden Design Workshop is an opportunity for local landscape architects and designers to reach out into the community and teach what they know to enthusiastic participants,” he says. “Typically AK ASLA only does one Garden Design Workshop per year. We will be setting a high mark by hosting three in different parts of Alaska. Our toughest challenge will be getting our small membership to be able to cover all the volunteer time in each area. We are up to the challenge and happy this will be a great NLAM in Alaska.”

Partnerships can make the planning easier and help bring notice to your events. The Idaho/Montana chapter is working with the Barber Pool Conservation Area Interpretive Trail Design Workshop to organize an educational trail design charrette involving the National Park Service, the Idaho Foundation of Parks and Lands, and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. This exciting project will provide a rare opportunity to work with students and the local high school environmental education program. The critical design themes will include stewardship and conservation, recreation and being active, landscape and resource management, and community agriculture.

The Prairie Gateway chapter will address tragedy in its community by building a series of rain gardens for Joplin, Missouri, still recovering from a devastating tornado. The work is being done with area nonprofits as part of a grant-funded program through Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center.  Student chapters are getting to work, too. University of California–Davis students will create and host a float to display the profession of landscape architecture during its highly visible Picnic Day.

We’re still waiting to hear from chapters so that we can properly publicize NLAM 2012. We have reached millions through media outreach during NLAM, and we need to hear from you now to do it again. Report events using this form and stay tuned for further updates.

04.26.12 and Olmsted’s Birthday

As chapters finish up their NLAM events, landscape architects across the country will drop what they’re doing, 08.17.11-style, for an hour to once again take to the streets. LRSLAstudio has taken the lead, creating an inside-joke poster to recruit landscape architects and allies to participate. Can you best them? Join the competition at www.facebook.com/theunderstory to form a team creating a piece similar to LRSLAstudio’s—the design with the most likes will win T-shirts for everyone on the team to wear on 04.26.12.

View the full article at ASLA.org

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UO A&AA Career Symposium

via Kassia Dellabough, PhD
Director, UO A&AA Office of Outreach & Development for Students

You are invited to participate in the 9th Annual A&AA Career Symposium. This is an opportunity to meet with students from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts and serve as a mentor and assist with their career choices and preparation for their respective Fields. The school has nine departments and programs: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Fine Art, Arts Administration, Art History, Product Design, Historic Preservation, and Planning Public Policy and Management. Your candid feedback and advice is invaluable! Students from both the Eugene and Portland campus will be attending. We provide transportation for the Eugene students and they all pre-register.

NEW THIS YEAR!
Recruitment Opportunities - info table displays and individual interviews. Sign up for space. LIMITED SPACE so sign up early! We will follow up directly with you with billing and set up details.

MENTOR SESSIONS:
Select from roundtable topics, small group portfolio reviews or practice interviews all designed as informal mentoring opportunities to assist students in their next steps.

DATE: April 26, 2012

LOCATION: Left Bank Annex, 101 N. Weidler, Portland, OR

SCHEDULE:
9:00 - 5:30 Optional Recruitment Table/interviews
*welcome to participate in regular sessions

8:30 - 9:15 - check-in, coffee & pastries

9:15 - 9:30 - WELCOME

9:30 - 12:30 -MORNING SESSION:
Opt for small group portfolio reviews, practice interviews or round table discussions

12:30 - 1:45 - networking lunch

2:00 - 5:00 - AFTERNOON SESSION:
Opt for small group portfolio reviews, practice interviews or round table discussions. Also a “speed dating” activity

Hope you can join us!
DEADLINE to register, Monday, April 2

Kassia Dellabough, PhD
Director, A&AA Office of Outreach & Development for Students
264 Lawrence Hall
541-346-2621
d:541-346-8272

Learn More and Register Today!

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Portland Mayoral Candidates Forum

Event Notice: Portland Mayoral Candidates Forum

March 14, 2012
7:30-9:30pm / Doors Open at 6:30
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Avenue 
Portland, Oregon

Why Should We Care?

The future Mayor of Portland will have help shape the quality of life and the future of our neighborhoods, our largest city, our metropolitan region, and our state. This forum is designed to give us all a “beyond the sound bite” insight into the candidates’ understanding of the issues, their views and their leadership skills – and to hold them accountable for what they tell us.

Moderator: Urban Studies and Planning Professor Sy Adler, PSU

Live Music and Refreshments:
Food and grog available at the theater.
Live music by Don West; piano courtesy of Classic Pianos.
http://www.classicportland.com

Tickets: $5 for PSU students, OAPA and ASLA members at the door (with student ID or member coupons)
$10 at the door or Ticketmaster (no discounts)

Sponsored by:
Oregon APA
ASLA Oregon
Winterbrook Planning 

Download Event Flyer PDF

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EP 101 Series Save the Date!

via the ASLA Oregon Chapter Emerging Professionals (EP) Committee

Hosted by the ASLA EP Committee and Columbia Green, this summer's EP 101 Series will feature a guided green roof tour and roundtable discussion taking a closer look at the wildlife, plants and technology associated with green roofs. A tentative date is set for June 14, 2012 - attendees will be eligible to receive PDH credits.

All are encouraged and welcomed to attend!
Pencil this event in on your calendar today!

June 14, 2012 ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals (EP) 101 Series
Local Innovation in Green Roofs: Wildlife, Plants, and Technology
Green Roof Tour and Round Table Discussion

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February 2012 Newswire

 

FEBRUARY 2012

UPCOMING CHAPTER EVENTS 04.20 | ASLA Oregon North Park Block Design Charrette 04.20 | ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals Social 04.21 | ASLA Oregon Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium 06.14 | ASLA Oregon EP 101 Series - PDH Opportunity! (date is tentative) OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES 03.06 | Reverse Vendor Trade Show 03.16 | Saint Paddy's for Parks Event 03.31 | Community Horticultural Therapy Program 04.13 | BCSLA Annual Conference 05.03 | UFIS Soils and Urban Tree Conference 06.02 | Portland Memory Garden PDH Seminar 06.03 | Portland Memory Garden Open House 06.07 | Oregon Urban & Community Forestry Conference 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 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: Updated Plant Hardiness Zones By Rebecca Wahlstrom AnnouncementS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ASLA Nationals Encourages All Licensed Landscape Architects to Use PLA Executive Committee Call for Volunteers Communications Committee Call for Volunteers Landscape Architecture Mentor Program ASLA Announces Slate of National Candidates EPA Issues Request for Data on Impervious Ground Cover ASLA Awards: Strategies for Success Phoenix 2012: Call for Annual Meeting Presentations Issued ASLA Legislative Victories, Potential Future Successes Plant Pathologist – Do You Want to Be One? BCSLA Call for Papers Summer Internships PDX Stormwater Sizing Input Wanted - Take the Survey! ASLA Amazon.com Store Wayne Grace Student Design Competition Let LASN Publish Your Pro-Bono Project! 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 info@aslaoregon.org Follow Us Oregon ASLA Facebook Page: NEW! Come LIKE us on Facebook! Oregon ASLA on Twitter 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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ASLA Notes and Numbers

via Terence Poltrack, PR and Communications Director, American Society of Landscape Architects

Download the ASLA "Notes and Numbers" Facts and Figures PDF

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St. Paddy’s for Parks

via Cheri Martin, Executive Director, Clark County Parks Foundation

Upcoming event:

March 16 St. Paddy’s for Parks at Shorty’s Garden and Home on Mill Plain in Vancouver. Enjoy celtic music performed by Beltaine, then groove to the music of Patrick Lamb. There’ll be traditional Irish food prepared by Beaches Restaurant and, of course, plenty of Irish beer! All to benefit the parks, trails, and recreation programs of Clark County.

For more information about St. Paddy’s for Parks and the Parks Foundation, please visit our website: www.parksfoundation.us.

We hope to see you there!
Cheri Martin

Download St. Paddy's for Parks Event Flyer

Learn more about the Parks Foundation's Community Grant Award Program

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2012 Symposium 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

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Community Horticultural Therapy Program

sponsored by Legacy Health and The Northwest Therapeutic Horticulture Networking Group

Integrating Allied Health Professionals in A Community Horticultural Therapy Program

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9am-5pm
@Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Wistar Conference Room
1015 NW 22nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97210

more information

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Communications Committee Call for Volunteers

via ASLA Oregon Chapter Communications Committee

The ASLA Oregon Chapter Communications Committee is currently seeking volunteers to assist with tasks including:

• Routine blog, calendar, web and newswire updates
• Monthly LandBytes Features 
• Event Planning Support (Symposium, Design Awards, Emerging Professionals Events, etc.)
• Promotional Materials and Web Graphic Design

Experience with web and basic understanding of HTML is recommended. 
Volunteers are eligible for free and reduced admission to ASLA events.

Interested?

Contact Communications Chair Christopher Olin for more information.

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Erosion Control Workshop CEH Opportunity

via acfwest

Erosion Control Workshop Offered for Regulators, Specifiers and Contractors
An erosion control workshop will be offered for regulators, specifiers and contractors on Tuesday, February 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Events Center. The registration of $25 includes lunch and is payable at the door. Space is limited, so pre-registration is recommended by emailing melissa@acfwest.com.

Presented by Profile Products, LLC, ACF West, Inc., and Fox Erosion Control, this workshop will feature important EPA regulatory updates, along with innovative new approaches for writing strong specifications for getting good results. Contractors will share case studies of challenging projects and Best Management Practices for erosion and sediment control challenges.
“Facing unpredictable Pacific Northwest weather conditions and increasingly stringent regulations, it is more important than ever to have the right tools in your erosion control toolbox,” says Damon Sump, Regional Sales Manager for Profile Products.
PCC Rock Creek Events Center is located at 17705 NW Springville Road, Portland, 1.5 miles north of the 185th street exit on Highway 26. Participants may earn six CEH credits. For more information, contact Melissa Hurley at 503-772-5115 or melissa@acfwest.com.

For more information:
Melissa Hurley
ACF West, Inc.
503-771-5115
melissa@acfwest.com

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Wayne Grace Student Design Competition

via Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Board (CLARB)

Submissions will be accepted until Friday, June 29, 2012 for this year's Wayne Grace Memorial Student Design Competition.

One grand prize winner will receive $1,000 cash + $1,000 credit towards taking the L.A.R.E. OR purchasing/renewing a CLARB Council Record! It only costs $25 to enter and students are encouraged to submit school projects.

Download and share the competition rules.


Download and share the promotional flyer.

This competition, open to any student or team of students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate Landscape Architectural Degree Program, recognizes outstanding student examples of landscape architectural work that clearly demonstrate (in words and images that can be easily understood by the public, regulators, landscape architects and other design professionals) how the practice of landscape architecture and licensing affects quality of life.

CLARB's not-for-profit charitable foundation, the Landscape Architectural Registration Boards Foundation (LARBF), created this annual competition in honor of Wayne Grace, a licensed professional who was dedicated to improving the quality of life in his hometown of Macon, Georgia through the practice of landscape architecture and worked to advance the cause of licensure throughout the United States.

If you have questions or need additional information about the competition, please contact Missy Sutton, CLARB Communications Coordinator, via phone (571-432-0332 ext. 113) or email. CLARB's office hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

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OSLAB Work Session

via Christine Valentine, Administrator, Oregon State Landscape Architect Board

Dear Interested Parties:

This notice is sent on behalf of the Oregon State Landscape Architect Board (OSLAB) to inform you about the next quarterly Board work session and meeting on Friday February 17, 2012. See the attached notice and agenda for details.

For more information about OSLAB, you can visit http://www.oregon.gov/LANDARCH/index.shtml.

- Christine

Christine Valentine, Administrator

Oregon State Board of Geologist Examiners (OSBGE, Suite 260)
Oregon State Landscape Architect Board (OSLAB, Suite 261)
707 13th St. SE, Salem, OR 97301
Phone OSBGE: 503-566-2837
Phone OSLAB: 503-589-0093
christine.valentine@state.or.us

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ASLA Amazon.com Store

via Brooke Hinrichs, ASLA Library, American Society of Landscape Architects

Dear ASLA Member,

We have just launched a new section of ASLA.org. Books published over the years by Fellows, Full, Associate, Affiliate, Student, and Corporate Members are now available at discounted prices through our ASLA Amazon.com store for both members and the public.

Visit the ASLA Amazon.com Store

Books are organized into seven categories:

Landscape Architecture
Sustainability
Gardens and Gardening
Trees, Plants, and Flowers
Biographies
Urban Planning & Design
Drawing & Design

If you are a member and an author and we’ve missed your book, please let us know as soon as possible. Your book must still be in print, fit into one of these categories, and be available via Amazon.

To be included, please mail one review copy of your book to:

Brooke Hinrichs
ASLA Library
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
636 Eye Street, NW,
Washington, D.C.
20001

Please contact Brooke at 202-216-2354 or bhinrichs@asla.org with any additional questions.

Buying a book through ASLA.org benefits ASLA’s library and educational programs. Please let your colleagues know and buy now to support ASLA.

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PDX Stormwater Sizing Input Wanted

via Brian Wethington, Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland

Researchers at Mississippi State University are teaming with professionals at Portland’s BES to look at how Portland’s unique sizing methodologies influence site design and the overall design process. We are asking Architects, Civil Engineers and Landscape Architects in the Greater Portland area, who have utilized Portland’s SWMM in the process of designing and developing projects over the last twelve years, to provide feedback using the survey linked below.

The survey will help us to gain an understanding of how, and if, stormwater policies influence site design and how they could be used to establish similar methods in other communities that are in the process of establishing new, or updated, green infrastructure programs. The results will also be made available to the City of Portland for use in any future revisions of the SWMM to help improve the city’s current sizing methodologies.

The survey should take about 10-15 minutes. The researchers hope to get as much feedback as possible from all design professionals that work with stormwater design in Portland, and they thank you for your time!

TAKE THE SURVEY NOW!

For questions related to the survey you can contact the researchers at:

Cory Gallo
cgallo@lalc.msstate.edu

Brian Wethington
brian.wethington@portlandoregon.gov
503-823-7090