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March 21, 2006

Hello

There are two great BSLA events coming up this month - the Public Speaking Leadership Workshop and the discussion on Invasive Plant Species.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thursday, March 2
Public Speaking Leadership Workshop
Brought to you by the BSLA Emerging Professional Committee

All landscape design professionals and students are welcome

6:00 pm
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Stubbins Room
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

There are better ways of overcoming the fear and stress of speaking in public than imagining everyone in their undergarments … but it takes practice!

Bill Eubanks, ASLA, of Seamon, Whiteside & Associates, Inc. and Susan Hatchell, FASLA, of Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture & Park Design PLLC, will be guiding interested participants through a series of interactive exercises aimed to improve public speaking skills. This workshop is designed to cover the fundamentals of speech preparation and delivery to help professionals become better spokespeople and overcome the fear of public speaking.

Refreshments will follow the workshop. Please RSVP by Monday, February 27, by email to info@BSLAweb.org or by phone at (508)620-5018.

Thursday March 23, 2006
6:30 to 8:00 pm
BSLA - March Program - Invasive Plant Species

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
125 Arborway
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-3500

Please join the Boston Society of Landscape Architects for an informative discussion on new invasive plant species regulations and the effects that they will have on the profession.

All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served following the discussion. Please RSVP by March 21st at 508.620.5018.

Welcome New Members

• Jeffrey R. Hyland, ASLA, Melina/Hyland Design Group LLC, NH
• Mark Klopfer, ASLA, Jacques Whitford Company, Inc., MA
• David O'Connor, ASLA, MA
• Robert Pierce, ASLA, Peter Morris Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects, VT

Landscape Visions Lecture Series
at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Here from some of our fellow ASLA Members - Patrick Chassé, Marion Pressley, and Charles Birnbaum - at this inaugural daytime lecture series. For more details on the Lectures visit www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/detail.asp?filtid=613

Events

March 3-4, 2006
2006 Winter Conference & Eco-Marketplace
Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center
Marborough, MA
www.ecolandscaping.org
Learn more...

April 13, 2006
National Landscape Month
State House Exhibit

April 27, 2006
BSLA Gala and Awards Dinner

April 27-30, 2006
Historic Roads Conference
Boston, MA
Click here for more details - www.bslaweb.org/pdf/HistoricRoad.pdf

May 11-12, 2006
Fourth Annual International Greening Rooftops
for Sustainable Communities, Conference, Awards
& Trade Show
Hynes Convention Center
Boston Sheraton Hotel
Learn more...

LARE Review Program in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island ASLA Chapter will again provide review sessions for the 16th year! In their most recent newsletter, they remind us that "The RIASLA sessions have gained the reputation of being challenging, focused, information, interactive and whenever possible, fun."

Click here for registration information and the schedule - sessions are from February through May.

Landscape Visions Lecture Series
at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Here from some of our fellow ASLA Members - Patrick Chassé, Marion Pressley, and Charles Birnbaum - at this inaugural daytime lecture series. For more details on the Lectures visit www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/detail.asp?filtid=613

Job Opportunities

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Horiuchi Solien Landscape Architects is an award-winning design practice located on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. Our firm offers exciting career opportunities in a fast-paced, progressive design environment. We are a small practice, focused on creative, innovative design solutions. Our work is diverse and challenging, and includes housing, campus planning, institutional and public facilities, and private gardens.

We are now seeking landscape architects with 3-5 years minimum experience. In addition to proficiency with AutoCAD, MS Office, and PhotoShop, candidates must possess a solid background in design, construction documentation, and construction administration. Focus in residential garden design is desired. Excellent organizational and communication skills are essential.

We offer a competitive employment package. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Send letter of interest, resume and work samples to:

Daniel M. Solien
Horiuchi Solien Inc.
P.O. Box 914
Falmouth, MA 02541
dsolien@horiuchisolien.com

Lexington Tree Committee 2006 Lecture Series
Six Views of the Urban Forest
Cary Library - Free to All
More details..

Design Competitions

Inside:Out - Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric -
A National Open Design Competition

The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is pleased to announce "Inside:Out - Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric," a national open design competition that will transform the Tremont Street plaza and other public spaces surrounding the BCA, which occupies an entire city block from Clarendon Street to Berkeley Street in Boston's historic South End. The ideas phase of the competition will be open to all interested persons within the United States regardless of background or training. "Inside:Out", which has been in planning for over a year, will have a public launch in January 2006 with a "Visioning Event". Registration will open in February, five finalists will be selected in May, and the winner announced in September.

For more details visit http://insideout.bcaonline.org

Circle 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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