LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture is once again ranked #1 in the country!
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In conjunction with their annual meeting, LCASLA is hosting review sessions for the upcoming LARE exam for sections A & B on Saturday, February 4th from 3:40 to 5:45 pm at the CPEX Office in the Shaw Center for the Arts (100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, 2nd floor).
The sessions are taught by Matt Mathes, ASLA (PPI Author of study guides used in 49 states).
Each session is offered at the amazing price of $60/section for LCASLA members, and $100 each for non-members. This cost also includes the review book for each section published by Professional Publications, Inc:
LARE Review Section A Practice Problems: Project and Construction Administration (LAAPP2), 2nd Edition
LARE Review Section B Practice Problems: Inventory, Analysis, and Program Development (LABPP2), 2nd Edition
* While the LARE exam format will change in 2012 for Sections C, D and E, the format will not change for Sections A & B
3:40 – 3:45 pm Welcome & Sign-In
3:45 – 4:45 pm Section A Review Session
4:45 – 5:45 pm Section B Review Session
5:45 pm Wrap up and questions
Please go to https://lcasla.wufoo.com/forms/2012-lcasla-annual-meeting-and-awards-banquet/ to reserve your spot and pay online. (You can see the speaker lineup and register for the LCASLA Annual Meeting here too!)
Contact Haley Blakeman at hblakeman@cpex.org if you have any questions.
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Registration for the 2012 Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet is still OPEN!!!…just click the link below
Meeting and Awards Banquet info:
When: February 4, 2012
Where: Shaw Center/Manship Theatre, Downtown Baton Rouge
see schedule below
Meeting and Banquet Schedule: (updated to show who the great speakers will be!)
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:30-9:00 Welcome, Conference Overview, and Chapter Open Meeting
9:00-10:15 Technical Sessions: (1.5 credits)
- -Irrigation (Jim Laiche)
- -Exterior Lighting Options (Don Taylor)
- -SWPPP Demystified (Diane Baum)
10:15-10:35 Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
10:35-11:00 Innovative Public Engagement (Janet Tharp: Kimley-Horn and
- Assoc.) (.5 credits)
11:05-11:55 ProPractice/Ethics (Sandy Kime: ASLA Ethics Committee) (1 credit)
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Buffet – no speakers)
1:10-2:00 New Orleans Water Management Plan (David Waggoner: Waggoner
- & Ball Architects) (1 credit)
2:05-2:55 Landscape Performance Series (Barbara Deutch: Landscape
- Architecture Foundation) (1 credit)
2:55-3:15 Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
3:15-3:40 Downtown Baton Rouge in a Decade (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
- Development District (DDD)) (.5 credit)
3:40-5:45 Bus Tour of Projects Downtown (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
- Development District (DDD)) (2.5 credits)
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3:40 – 4:40 LARE Section A Review Session (PPI study guide included)
- (Instructor: Matt Mathes)
4:45 – 5:45 LARE Section B Review Session (PPI study guide included)
- (Instructor: Matt Mathes)
5:45 Adjourn until Banquet
6:30 Awards Banquet Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar) – in Sponsor Room
7:30 2012 LCASLA Banquet and Awards Presentation
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Hotel Indigo (next to the Shaw Center) still has rooms available at the reduced rate of $129/night + tax +$16 parking. You can make a reservation by calling 1-800-HOLIDAY and asking for the LCA room rate for the Hotel Indigo Baton Rouge. The rate is available for Friday and Saturday night. Please make your reservations by January 14th to get the LCASLA rate. To check out the hotel, go to http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/hotelindigo/hotels/us/en/baton-rouge/btrin/hoteldetail/photos-tours, but you must call 1-800-HOLIDAY to get the special rate.
Remember, to get the special rate at Hotel Indigo, you must CALL and ask for the LCA room rate.
The Ornamental Horticulture update for the week of January 9, 2012 is now available in PDF format here.
Past updates can be found in the Ornamental Horticulture section under the News heading.
Click here for information and registration form on the Landscape Pest Management Workshop scheduled for Thursday February 2, 2012 at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station. This workshop has been submitted to LDAF for commercial pesticide applicator re-certification in Category 3 (O and T). Seating is limited. Register early.
The LSU AgCenter has scheduled a Landscape Pest Management Workshop on Thursday February 2, 2012 at the Hammond Research Station, 21549 Old Covington Highway, Hammond.
This is a great opportunity for green industry professionals to hear the latest on pest management in the landscape. The program has been approved by LDAF for re-certification credit for commercial pesticide applicators (Category 3 – O and T).
Registration will begin at 8:30 am with the program scheduled from 9 am until 4 pm. Lunch will be provided. See the program and registration information attached.
DUE TO LIMITED SEATING,
WORKSHOP IS LIMITED TO 72 PARTICIPANTS.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT ($40/person)
MUST BE RECEIVED TO RESERVE A PLACE IN CLASS.
Registration fee for the workshop is $40/person. Please make checks payable to LSU AgCenter.
LA Irrigation Association Re-Certification and Certification will be held in Baton Rouge.
When: March 14-15, 2012
Where: Ralph & Kacoo’s Restaurant, 6110 Bluebonnet Blvd.
Click here for additional information and registration form.
The Louisiana Irrigation Association has a Irrigation Basics Class for initial certification / testing and re-certification scheduled for March 14-15, 2012 at Ralph and Kacoo’s on Bluebonnet Drive in Baton Rouge. The registration form is attached. Additional details are available from Severn Doughty Sr., executive secretary of LIA, at scd357@cmaaccess.com
LA Irrigation Association Re-Certification Class will be held in Baton Rouge.
When: January 24, 2012
Where: Ralph & Kacoo’s Restaurant, 6110 Bluebonnet Blvd.
Click here for additional information and registration form.
The Louisiana Irrigation Association has a re-certification class scheduled for January 24, 2012 at Ralph and Kacoo’s on Bluebonnet Drive in Baton Rouge. The topic will be “Irrigation Systems: Installation and Maintenance”.
Additional details are available from Severn Doughty Sr., executive secretary of LIA, at scd357@cmaaccess.com.
