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Hello %%FIRST%% A wonderful time was had by 200 BSLA members, clients, and sponsors at the annual BSLA Celebration Gala on May 3 at the Hotel Marlowe. It was a great evening catching up with colleagues and peers, recognizing significant contributions to the profession, and celebrating the twenty award winning projects. Highlights included a delightfully humorous globe-spanning tour of gardens through the eyes of Lifetime Achievement Honoree Joseph Hudak. The BSLA also marked the official end of Joseph Geller's service as BSLA President with a donation in his name to The Emerald Necklace Conservancy - this year's Award of Excellence honored organization. The evening ended with a special award to Sergeant Lucas Murray of the Boston Parks & Recreation Department. Luke shared the moving video he made chronicling his successful coordination effort to get a Kompan playground built in Iraq during his deployment as an Infantry Team Leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many thanks for the support from our sponsors: Anderson Landscape Construction, Inc., Boston Illumination Group, Inc., Brilliant Lighting, Inc., Conceptual Site Furnishings, Inc., Landscape Forms, Nite Image, Omni-Lite, Inc., Old Town Fiberglass, Inc as represented by Lantz of New England, and ValleyCrest Landscape Development for the table centerpieces, as well as the BSLA membership for making this such a terrific event! Green
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Boston 2007 RIASLA L.A.R.E. Review Sessions Last Session: Wednesday, May 30 All sessions are $30.00 each or $125.00 (total) if you register for at least 5 sessions in advance. All sessions must be paid and registered for a minimum of one week IN ADVANCE! This is necessary to be able to contact you in case of a change of venue or class date and in order to have enough handouts for the class. For questions, please contact Karen Beck at 401-273-6600 (days), or e-mail: kbeck@commonwealth-eng.com. Saturday,
June 2 2:00
- 5:00 pm The public is invited to participate in a Saturday afternoon workshop on June 2, 2007 to review and comment on the Walden Passage Feasibility Study which is analyzing the feasibility of a combined wildlife-recreational crossing of Route 2 between Crosby's Corner and the Sudbury River, in the vicinity of Walden Pond, in Concord and Lincoln. The workshop will take place from 2:00 - 5:00 pm at Concord's Peabody Middle School Cafeteria, 1231 Old Marlboro Road, Concord. This workshop is the third and final workshop to encourage public comment and review of the Walden Passage project, and in this workshop, the preferred location for the wildlife passage will be discussed. The Walden Passage feasibility study was initially proposed by the Walden Woods Project in 2004 and is currently being managed by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the Regional Planning Council for the Boston Metropolitan region. The study is funded by the Federal Highway Administration's Transportation Community and System Preservation Program (TCSP). The MAPC has contracted with an interdisciplinary team from UMass Amherst to examine the feasibility of establishing a combined wildlife and recreational overpass. The project team includes experts in: wildlife biology, conservation planning, landscape architecture, landscape history, and engineering. The first public meeting was held on October 21, 2006 at the Concord Carlisle High School in Concord, MA. Members of the Concord and Lincoln communities were present. The UMass team introduced the project and discussed the significance of connectivity for wildlife as well as cultural and engineering considerations that will be addressed in the feasibility study. Meeting attendees raised questions concerning: feasibility of combined human/wildlife crossing; cost/funding resources; documenting current human and wildlife movement; addressing community needs and concerns; local and regional context; increased visitation issues; and, structural concerns. The second public meeting was held on January 27, 2007 at Lincoln Town Hall. At this meeting, the UMass team presented three alternative locations for the combined wildlife-recreational passage. Attendees discussed the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative and priorities for the project. The UMass team will conduct the final public meeting on Saturday, June 2, 2007, 2:00 - 5:00 pm. A project web site includes additional information about the project and the alternative locations for the proposed passage at: www.umass.edu/waldenpassage. The final report for the project will be completed in August 2007 and will be available for public review through the Conservation Departments of Lincoln and Concord. Contact
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July 18 Tower
Hill Botanic Garden Join Massachusetts' largest green industry associations - MFGA and MNLA - for their fourth annual collaborative event, the 2007 Summer Meeting and Trade Show on Wednesday, July 18, 2007. The educational program organized by UMass Extension will feature: Dr. Bonnie Appleton, Professor of Horticulture from Virginia Tech, discussing research on Planting Bare Root Trees. She will discuss the production, harvest, and planting of bare root trees in the landscape. An on-site planting demonstration will be conducted. If the production, harvest, and planting of trees for landscape use is looked at historically, the horticulture industry didn't start with root balls packaged in burlap, rope, and wire, or in containers of a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. It started with - to be precise - bare root fruit trees. For a number of reasons (roots too deep in root balls, root deformities, soil/substrate interfaces, root ball weight, etc.) it may be time to return to the true "roots" of the industry, namely bare root. This newer use of bare root planting doesn't involve the traditional bare rooting of small dormant deciduous trees or evergreen seedlings, but rather the bare rooting of sizeable caliper landscape trees, and not necessarily when dormant. A cooperative effort between two consulting arborists and a university researcher is currently under way to further explore and validate this concept. The demonstration will feature a couple of root balls that will be bare rooted and examined to show why this process can be so beneficial. Chris Beytes, Executive Editor of Green Profit Magazine and Editor of GrowerTalks Magazine on "National Trends for Growers, Retailers and Landscapers and How They Affect Your Business". Keeping up with current trends, whether it be organics, Generation X, the mass market or gardening vs. decorating will help you keep your business dynamic and relevant to your customers. Other workshops include Truly Successful Annuals for Growers, Landscapers and Garden Centers, Big Problems: What we should know for management; White Rust, Daylily Rust, Hosta X virus, Lily Leaf Beetles, Old, New, Tried and True Perennials for landscapes and retail sales, Pruning Trees and Shrubs, Best Management Practices for Reducing Water and Pesticide Use in Turf, Scouting for Pests in the Landscape, Staying Competitive in the Nursery and Landscape Industry. Tours of Tower Hills' beautiful gardens and grounds.
To register go to www.mnla.com or call 413-369-4731. Wednesday,
September 19 Charleston Waterfront Park Receives 2007 Landmark Award - Sasaki Associates Designed Beloved Symbol of City’s Transformation WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007---The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that Charleston Waterfront Park will receive the 2007 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meeting, October 5-9, in San Francisco. A full description and photographs of the project are available online at: http://asla.org/awards/2007/07winners/366_sai.html. Summer
Intern and Landscape Designer Applicants must have strong design skills and an ability to quickly conceptualize design ideas. Excellent AutoCAD, graphic, and hand drawing skills are a must. Proficiency in Photoshop, InDesign, ArcView, Excel, and Power Point highly valued. Successful candidates will enjoy working in a dynamic environment with multiple assignments. Skill and experience interacting with clients and contractors, problem solving, or managing projects a plus. Summer internship candidates should be working toward a design-related degree. Landscape designer candidates should have a BLA or MLA and 0-3 years experience. Forward cover letter, resume and samples to Megan Carney, The Cecil Group, 31 St. James Avenue, Boston, MA 02116 or e-mail mcarney@cecilgroup.com. Visit our website at www.cecilgroup.com.
Student has qualified for his college's funded internship program which means he can take an unpaid position in a firm to get experience and will receive a stipend from his college for 8 weeks. View resume. SketchUp Modeling
Get SketchUp 3D models from a UMass M.L.A. who has 2 years of experience developing the landscape architecture SketchUp modeling protocols for a Connecticut firm. SketchUp models are exceedingly communicative! You can model an entire site or a single detail and then you can take pictures of your model from any angle or from within it, using a variety of display styles, from simple forms with photorealistic paint to artful “hand” rendering. The program can generate animations showing walk-throughs or flyovers which really tell exciting stories. These animations can be inserted into a PowerPoint presentation, making them easy to use. You can have quickly made models for design studies, or more carefully detailed models for presentations and renderings. Work time for a model compares to making a few good hand renderings, but instead you get an infinite number of images from a single model! Models can be altered as design development proceeds. Work is done remotely in Western Massachusetts, with occasional visits to your office. All support graphics, such as AutoCAD and Photoshop are also available to make your model work hard for you. Contact SketchUpConsulting@comcast.net. and start showing your ideas in all three dimensions.
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