Cullowhee Native Plant Conference

Continuing Education credits can potentially be earned at this summer’s 30th annual Cullowhee Native Plant Conference. The date for this year’s conference, which is held every July at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., is July 17-20.

Some of the sessions at this year’s conference that would be of special interest to landscape architects include:

• Gardening with edible natives in a sustainable landscape
• Maintaining curb appeal with native plants
• Creating a garden of roadside wildflowers
• Breeding advances in Cercis candensis
• Native sedges and sedge-like plants in the residential garden

The conference also offers tremendous networking opportunities with other landscape architects, native plant nursery owners, other professionals, academics and students. The full conference agenda is available at: http://www.wcu.edu/7462.asp, and registration has just opened.

If you have any questions about the value of the conference to landscape architects, please contact Conference Steering Committee member and Durham, N.C. landscape architect Jesse Turner. Jesse can also verify your members participation in the conference if that is needed. Jesse can be reached via email at at jesse@jesse-turner.com or by phone at (office) 919 886-4440 or (cell) 919 623-7896. His web site is: www.jesse-turner.com.

click here for the event flyer and more info.

Company info:
LAND Architecture, LLC
100 St. Julien Avenue
Lafayette, Louisiana
337-993-3939
http://www.landarchitecture.net

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT – LAND Architecture, LLC – Closes May 15, 2013

LAND Architecture, LLC is seeking a visionary and self-motivated individual to join the LAND team as project designer.  This full-time position is based in Lafayette, Louisiana.  Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Michael Cullen, LA (mec@landarchitecture.net or 337-993-3939), to gain insight into LAND’s core capabilities.

LAND Architecture, LLC offers professional landscape architectural services to produce innovative and aesthetically pleasing design solutions.  LAND produces projects with distinctive, livable amenities and visual appeal.  LAND Architecture’s residential expertise includes outdoor living spaces, custom swimming pools, planting design, detailed grading, irrigation, architectural detailing of landscape elements, lighting, water feature design, furniture selection, project permitting, construction administration and observation, and project management.

Position Overview

This position requires an advanced knowledge of site analysis, construction techniques, planting design, implementation strategies and construction document production.  This position reports directly to the firm principal.

Position Qualifications

Landscape architect with a minimum of three years of licensure or graduate of landscape architecture with five years of professional experience with emphasis on residential site analysis, planting design, construction detailing and project management.

Salary – Commensurate with experience.

For information, click here.

Although at a late date, we wanted to inform you of a free symposium in New Orleans, scheduled for this Friday, November 9, and that due to the involvement of one of our faculty members, Assoc. Prof. and Graduate Coordinator, Austin Allen, the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture at LSU supports and recommends your attendance.

The registration link is at www.congosquaretalks.info, and following is a brief summary of the event:

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development, presents a Tom Dent Congo Square Symposium on Friday, Nov. 9.

Discussions in the morning will focus on how to incorporate diverse communities into recovery efforts when areas are devastated in various ways. From the Lower 9th Ward being inundated after Hurricane Katrina, to the disappearing coastline in southern Louisiana to Treme being ravaged by demolition and neglect, many communities in our region and nationally are struggling to recover from massive disruptions. We’ll discuss ways communities here and elsewhere are rising to such challenges.

In the afternoon, a series of presenters will provide the latest information on many of the real estate development projects that are either in process or under discussion in and around the historic Treme neighborhood. We’ll hear from the government officials who are leading the way, and from the developers who are investing the area. And we’ll look at how these many projects may provide jobs or other community resources.

A lunch-time discussion will look at the future of the Claiborne Corridor, the historic expanse of Claiborne Avenue. We’ll hear from some of those investing in the area, and their visions for how to revive a once-vibrant section of New Orleans.

Admission to the symposium free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and a cocktail reception will follow. Seating is limited, so please register in advance here.

Dear ASLA Chapters,

CLARB wants to help you help emerging professionals in your jurisdiction on their path to licensure.  Please take a moment to forward this email to those who have already started or are considering taking the L.A.R.E.  Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Get an Inside Look at the New Exam Items for Sections 3 and 4

Join CLARB this month for a webcast about the fully computerized L.A.R.E. and see a live demonstration of the new exam items for Sections 3 and 4.

By participating in the webcast you will:

• Learn how the L.A.R.E. is developed, why updates to the exam are necessary, and what content will be tested;
• See a live demonstration of the new exam items for Sections 3 and 4; and
• Understand how to register for the exam.

Mark your calendar and plan to join us on:

• Wednesday, November 7 at Noon Eastern Standard Time OR
• Wednesday, November 14 at Noon Eastern Standard Time

Each webcast will last approximately 30 minutes, contain the same information, and offer a “Q&A” session at the end.  Participation is on a first come, first served basis and is limited to 150 people per event.  To access the webcast, please note that you must log in AND dial in.