Office Space

• Desk Rental/Sublease

Events of Interest

• BSLA Educational SessionStormwater Management - 5/27/09
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 2nd Annual Garden Fair - 6/19/2009
• Creating Your Own Oasis - 06/23/09 and 06/27/09
• Conway School of Landscape Design:
  Summer Landscape Design Institute Workshop - 07/25/09
• ASLA 2009 Annual Meeting & EXPO - 9/18/09

BSLA Gala and Award Program Celebration

The BSLA Gala and Award Program Celebration was held on May 7 at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge. Attendees enjoyed a spectactular presentation of this year's award winners. Congratulations to all the award winners. Stay tuned to the website in June for the posting of award images.

2009 BSLA Scholarships Awarded

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2009 BSLA Scholarship, Megan Burke from Andover, MA, attending the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Design; Kelly Reed from Poland, ME, attending the University of Virginia for Masters of Landscape Architecture; and Maxwell Cohen from Harvard, MA, attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst for Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture.

6:30-8:30 pm
VHB, Inc.
101 Walnut Street
Watertown, MA 02472

National trends for greener construction and more comprehensive stormwater quality management are resulting in changes in regulations across the nation. Massachusetts has recently experienced significant changes in stormwater regulations with a focus on groundwater recharge, water quality control and preservation of soils and vegetation. Opportunities for creative landscape architectural design through practices such as porous pavement/pavers, bioretention areas and rainwater recovery are becoming more common on sites across the country. A discussion of the new regulations, examples from multiple VHB Low Impact Development jobs will be presented and a discussion of how the change towards low impact development, stormwater management site features impact current practices for landscape architects, developers, engineers, contractors and agencies. Focus points for discussion will be maintaining site features for sustainability, new landscape and engineering designs as well as long term operation and maintenance of LID practices.

Speaker: Bethany Eisenberg, Director of Stormwater Services, LEED AP and Kathleen Ogden, Senior Landscape Architect, LEED AP / Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

• Discuss Stormwater Regulations 2008 changes and potential future changes
• Discuss Low Impact Development (LID) Techniques as they relate to landscaping and site design
• Define various options for LID techniques suitable for urban, redevelopment and new development projects
• Modify a proposed site plan by applying LID techniques while maintaining the development plan

Participants of this seminar will receive a certificate of attendance indicating the instructional contact hours which may be applied towards professional CEU requirements.

Welcome New Members

• Kermit Baker, Affiliate ASLA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Theresa S. Mattor, ASLA, Hollis Center, MA
• Paul W. Maue, ASLA, Paul Maue Associates, Andover, MA

Connecticut College Arboretum has published its Spring/Summer 2009 Program calendar. Visit their website for more details on their offerings.

ASLA 2009 Student Awards -
Call for Entries Deadline May 29

Each year, the ASLA Student Awards give us a glimpse into the future of the profession.

Award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architecture magazine and in many other design and construction industry and general interest media. Award recipients, their clients, and advisors will be honored at the Awards Presentation Ceremony followed by a special champagne event during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Chicago, September 18-21, 2009.

The prestige of the ASLA awards program relies in large part on the high-caliber juries that are convened each year to review submissions. 

Student Awards Deadline
Entry forms due by Friday, May 29, 2009
Submissions due by Friday, June 12, 2009

Go to: www.asla.org/awards/2009/rules_entries/index.htm

June 19–21, 2009
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 2nd Annual Garden Fair

This multifaceted event takes inspiration from the world's best and most famous flower shows and garden fairs including Chelsea and Philadelphia while remaining true to our Maine heritage. This year’s Garden Fair coincides with the Grand Opening of the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses on Friday, June 19. This garden is already being talked about as the nation’s most innovative sensory garden even before it has been completed. The Grand Opening celebrations will extend throughout the weekend, bringing even more excitement to the Gardens.

For more information visit www.mainegardens.org

June 23 and June 27, 2009
Creating Your Own Oasis

ADED 09065:Tuesday, June 23, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
ADED 09066: Saturday, June 27, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

To be held at Tower Hill Botanical Garden , Boylston , MA
Members $12, Non-members $15 per session

How do you create your own peaceful oasis? Where do you begin? In this informal and interactive class we will review a variety of techniques that can aid in improving the landscape around your home by following a step-by-step process to develop and execute proven design concepts for your property. We will set basic objectives, a budget, and outline the scope of work using creative thinking to achieve exceptional results. Attendees are encouraged to bring photos of their property for case study examples.

Instructor, Greg Bilowz of Bilowz Associates, Inc., began his career with two Associate Degrees from The Stockbridge School of Agriculture and a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design from its sister school, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Greg’s love for travel and his desire to study historical gardens throughout the world led him to the University of Sheffield, England where he received a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture. He has lectured for numerous associations on horticulture, design techniques and gardens of the world. He received the 2002 BSLA Design Merit award.

For questions and to RSVP, contact ann@bilowzassociates.com

July 25-26, 2009
Conway School of Landscape Design:
Summer Landscape Design Institute Workshop

This intensive two-day workshop will explore how to integrate historic resources into our modern lives and will include a visit to and design exploration of the landscape of a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Usonian home. The workshop will also explore how to adapt historic places for modern living. Click here to learn more.

September 18-21, 2009
ASLA 2009 Annual Meeting & EXPO

The annual meeting and EXPO will be held September 18-21 in Chicago and we are expecting another record-breaking attendance. The 2009 meeting theme will be Beyond Sustainability: Regenerating Places and People. Visit www.ASLA.org for event details.

Office Space

Desk Rental/Sublease Opportunity in Channel Center - Boston
Active Urban Design and Planning firm seeks a small Landscape Architecture or similar design firm (1 - 4 people) to share its light filled, loft like space at Channel Center in Boston's Fort Point Channel district. Located on A Street, it's a great location with easy access to South Station. Space includes desks, filing cabinets, shared use of two conference rooms, kitchenette use, phone and data lines and access to printers and plotters. Email Valerie Conyngham at vconyngham@cecilgroup.com for more information or to set up a time to tour the space.

Sponsor an Issue of the Monthly BSLA EBulletin
Sign up to sponsor an issue of the monthly BSLA EBulletin and have your ad prominently displayed here - with a link to your website ($175 per issue). For more details...

Only 3 sponsor placements per issue. Contact Christy Griffith, BSLA Chapter Office - Graphics and Web, griffith@BSLAweb.org, 802-438-9858.

Thank you to the ASLA's "50 by 2010" Licensure Campaign contributors -

• Reed|Hilderbrand
• Bartsch & Radner Design, Inc.
• Sasaki Associates, Inc.
• Hugh J. Collins, Jr. Landscape Designer, Inc.
• Halvorson Design Partnership
• Bellalta 3 Design
• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, P.C.
• Joseph Hudak, L.A
• Weston and Sampson
• Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture
• Dodson Associates
• Hines Wasser & Associates, LLC
• HNTB Corporation
• Pressley Associates, Inc.
• Terrence J. DeWan and Associates
• AMES A/E
• Steven W. Ribble, RLA, ASLA
• Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge
• Robert LaRoche
• SMRT, Inc.
• Mohr & Seredin Landscape Architects, Inc.
• WBRC Architects / Engineers Inc.
• Lawrence Johannesman
• Mitchell & Associates
• Mercer Bonney, RLA
• Shadley Associates, P.C.
• Clyde & Patricia Walton
• Beals and Thomas, Inc.

BSLA appreciates their commitment to this cause.

• Bartsch & Radner Design, Inc.
• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, P.C. Consulting
• Halvorson Design Partnership
• Reed | Hilderbrand
• Shadley Associates, P.C.
• Copley Wolff Design Group, Inc.
• Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Inc.
• Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
• Elliott Brundage Landscape Design