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Three BSLA Chapter Members Elected ASLA Fellows BSLA is honored to have three Chapter members elected as ASLA Fellows this year, Tom Ryan ("for 30 years of exemplary service to the chapter and the profession"), JP Shadley ("more than 25 years of exceptional contributions to the built environment and the profession", Niall G. Kirkwood ("for his tireless dedication to landscape architecture, demonstrated by the breadth of his service-oriented efforts").
For full profiles on all new ASLA Fellows, click here. Annual BSLA Planning Advance The BSLA ExComm met Saturday, September 26 for the Annual Planning Advance. The results of the membership survey were utilized throughout to ensure that the plans for the upcoming year would best serve the needs of the membership. A full report, along with a summary of the survey, will be available next month. At this meeting, the election of Ray Dunetz as President was ratified. Thanks to all the members who voted in the special election and, of course, for Ray for taking on this important position. Welcome New Members
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The Boston Society of Landscape Architects has created a Facebook group to further interact with members and provide a forum for all things BSLA and landscape architecture related. Get the latest news, view event information and network with fellow BSLA members through this social web site. To join the BSLA Facebook Group, you can search for “Boston Society of Landscape Architects” or visit our page by clicking here. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of other professionals. Not on Facebook? It’s easy to join, and it’s free! Visit www.facebook.com and sign-up. Click here for a pdf which has step-by-step directions on how to join and create your Facebook page. Connecticut College Arboretum has published its Autumn 2009 Program calendar. Visit their website for more details on their offerings. Wednesday, October 7, 2009 One Financial Center overlooking the
Boston Greenway Lynden Miller, well known NYC public garden designer, will speak about designing, maintaining, and funding beautiful, four-season plantings for public places. Her garden projects in NYC have become urban oases with economic benefits and the power to transform the way people behave and feel about their city. Lynden will sign her new book, Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape, after her presentation. Learn more... Wednesday, October 7, 2009 The next lecture in the Gardens & Spirit series co-sponsored by Trinity Church and the Arnold Arboretum Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 7, 2009, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm to hear Charles Jencks speak about his design process as it applies to landscapes and how we conceive of the universe. Known for his books questioning Modern architecture and defining its successors (The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; What is Post-Modernism?; The Architecture of the Jumping Universe; and Iconic Building–the Power of Enigma), Charles Jencks now designs landscapes and sculptures, and writes about cosmogenic art. His own celebrated garden that he created with his late wife Maggie Keswick in the Borders area of Scotland is not only beautiful but it is also an extraordinary exploration of modern physics and philosophy of the cosmos expressed in landscape. Tickets for the lecture are $20 members of Trinity Church/Arnold Arboretum, $25 non members. Purchase tickets online www.arboretum.harvard.edu/adult_ed, in person at The Shop at Trinity, 206 Clarendon Street or over the phone at (617) 536-0944, ext. 225. Friday, October 9, 2009 The first in a series of national symposia being held in concert with the book launch of Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project which will be published by the University Press of Virginia in late summer 2009. National speakers will provide a context for some of the most celebrated landscapes in New York City and the immediate region including Central Park, Battery Park, Riverside Park Shoreline and Promenade, and the Merritt Parkway among others. Speakers will explore the lives and built legacies of the designers and stewards of nationally significant historic designed landscapes ranging from estates and subdivisions to parks and scenic reservations. CEUs available. Go to http://tclf.org/events/pioneers for more information. Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:00 - 9:00 pm View or print the invitation (The Center is right across from the “Chauncy St” Downtown Crossing T exit, real easy!!) Cocktail hour and light refreshments begin at 6:00 pm; the runway show starts at 7:30 pm! The Emerging Professionals Committee is pleased to announce that it will be co-hosting the first annual USGBC affiliate Emerging Green Builders Halloween Extravaganza! Have you heard of the show “Project Runway”? Well here is our “green” twist on the idea – Project Greenway! Dress as your favorite LEED credit or green building theme and enter into the runaway show to win the first place prize. Those in costumes and students are $3.00 and all others - $8.00. (Cost include a drink ticket and event entry) *Please note you must be over 18 with proof of ID to get a drink ticket. As you know the USGBC is the U.S. Green Building Council; the Emerging Green Builders group is a diverse group of young professionals and local students in the building and green design industry. More info on-line@ http://bostonegb.ning.com Sponsor
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Thank you to the ASLA's "50 by 2010" Licensure Campaign contributors -
BSLA appreciates their commitment to this cause. |
| Thank You to our 2009 BSLA Circle of Support |
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of Support Landscape Architecture firms who would like to join the Circle of Support should contact the Chapter Office (508-620-5018). Benefits include a yearlong web link - a great value. |
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