Southern California ASLA

Garden Dialogues 2017
2017-05-20 - 2017-05-21
In May, get exclusive access to private gardens in Southern California and hear directly from the designers and their clients about the secrets to creating great gardens. Light refreshments will be served.
Garden Dialogues provides unique opportunities for small groups to visit some of today’s most beautiful gardens created by some of the most accomplished designers currently in practice. Learn how clients and designers work together, and what makes for a great, enduring collaboration.
Thanks to the generosity of our hosts and sponsors, tickets for Garden Dialogues are tax deductible and proceeds benefit the educational programs of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
Saturday, May 20, 10:00 – 11:30 Montecito
Coyote House: 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Montecito: Coffee and croissants at Coyote House, Montecito
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: 12 pm to 2pm
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Tour with Susan Van Atta, FASLA, followed by local wine and cheese in the new Island Garden
Sunday, May 21, 12:30 – 3:00pm | Los Angeles (Mar Vista)
“Light/Breeze House and Garden”
Howard Rosen, architect, and Pamela Palmer, ASLA,
of ARTECHO Architecture and Landscape Architecture
in dialogue with Lisa Gimmy of Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture
Cultural Landscape Foundation WEBSITE
Sunday, May 21, 4:00 – 6:00pm | Pasadena
Eriksson Garden
Nord Ericksson, ASLA, of EPTDesign
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AIA Los Angeles Presents a Round Table
2017-05-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Johnson Fain, 1201 North Broadway, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
AIA|LA presents…
HOUSING & NEIGHBO(U)RHOODS – a roundtable conversation about a tale of two cities:
Los Angeles & Chengdu, China
HOUSING & NEIGHBO(U)RHOODS – a roundtable conversation about a tale of two cities: Los Angeles & Chengdu, China
Please join us for an architectural peer conversation tracing and reflecting the experiences across two cities on housing and “neighbourhood” architecture. What are the political, economical, environmental and social drivers underpinning new architecture? What is truly ‘new’ about it? And what are the lessons learned along the way?
As a roundtable, we will discuss: Public housing, Private Housing and Neighborhoods, a human experience of space, our cities need for housing and most of all, a conversation about design excellence in architecture.
REGISTER HERE

Landscaping Walt's Disneyland - Talk and Screening
2017-05-13 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Family Museum, 104 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
ON-SALE DATE AND TIME FOR 4PM PROGRAM
Walt’s Circle, Supporter, and Friend-level members: Purchase tickets by calling 415.345.6829 beginning Monday, March 6 at 10am.
All other member levels: Purchase tickets online beginning Tuesday, March 7 at 10am.
Public (non-members): Remaining tickets available online or at the ticket desk beginning Wednesday, March 8 at 10am.
Due to popular demand for this program, we are happy to inform you that we have added a second presentation, which will occur at 4pm on Saturday, May 13. This will be a repeat of the sold-out 1pm program. A book signing will follow each program.
Buy tickets: http://wdfm.org/calendar/landscaping-walt-s-disneyland
Landscape architect Ruth Patricia Shellhorn helped define the distinctive mid-century regional aesthetic of Southern California. Walt Disney originally hired Shellhorn in March 1955 to coordinate landscape plans between the WED office and the crews at the construction site at Disneyland. Shellhorn quickly saw that much more was needed. By the time Disneyland opened on July 17, Shellhorn had created detailed design plans for the front entrance, Town Square, Main Street, and the Plaza Hub, as well as a pedestrian plan for the entire park. Join Kelly Comras, landscape architect and author of the book Ruth Shellhorn, and Imagineer Julie Bush, a certified arborist and landscape architect, for a presentation on Shellhorn’s vivid contributions. Enjoy a screening of the award-winning documentary short about Shellhorn’s 57-year career, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Discover how Shellhorn helped create a warm welcome into the Happiest Place on Earth, fulfilling Walt’s vision for the park. Discover how today’s landscape architects maintain the storytelling atmosphere and themed landscaping that Walt envisioned.

Title 24 Energy Modeling and Net Zero Homes in California
2017-05-10 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | VCA Green
Beginning with the next iteration of the California Energy Code, residential projects will have to be net zero or have nearly zero energy consumption throughout the course of a year. This class will show examples of a single family and a multi-family net zero projects while discussing design challenges, cost impacts, and energy reduction strategies. We learn how recent shifts in the Code are preparing California for net zero homes and how we can start thinking about our designs for the future.
Learning Objectives
1. Learn about California’s expectations for Net Zero homes
2. Learn how code will help improve design, construction, and verification
3. Learn to identify areas of highest energy use and how the energy model reacts to changes in design
4. Learn when it is best to reduce energy consumption or to add clean energy generation
Date: May 10, 2017
Check-in: 5:30 PM
Presentation: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Location:
VCA Green Multi-Purpose Room, First Floor.
1845 West Orangewood Ave
Orange, CA 92868
Learning Units:1.5 HSW
Cost:
Members – $10
$20 – Non members + plus service fee
Speaker:
GLEN FOLLAND, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP (BD+C), CEA, CEM, CEPE, HERS II, CGBP
Senior Project Manager, Energy Modeler
Experience
12 years in the architecture, engineering and construction industry.
Relevant Experience
Mr. Folland operates as an energy consultant for VCA Green. He provides expert green building and energy consulting services for multiple clients from design through construction and occupancy. Mr. Folland is involved in producing green building certification support documentation and analysis. He utilizes his organizational and communication skills to coordinate multi-disciplinary green building efforts with owners, architects, engineers and contractors and conducts on-site visits for field verification of measures being implemented. Mr. Folland provides simple solutions for navigating mandatory code requirements such as CALGreen and provides expert knowledge of voluntary rating systems such as LEED and GreenPoint Rated.

ASK ME ANYTHING
2017-05-09 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
“Ask Me Anything” event is scheduled for May 9 at 3 p.m. EDT featuring Mark Focht, FASLA. Emerging Professionals are encouraged to participate in the event, which will be broadcast live on the ASLA Facebook Page.

Cultivating Diversity through Literature
2017-05-09 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Cal Poly Professor, Professor James Becerra will be hosting a Q&A session with syndicated columnist and Editor of the OC Weekly. The event will be held in conjunction with Libromobile (www.libromobile.com ) at CSUF Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) (www.grandcentralartcenter.com) in Santa Ana. The focus of the night’s discussion will be the creation of and resistance to a National Cemetery in Orange County.
For more information about this event, contact Andy Wilcox at his email: aowilcox@cpp.edu

San Diego Sunset Mixer with CPPLA
2017-05-09 05:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Japanese Friendship Garden-The Inamori Pavillion, 2220 Paseo De Oro, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
As part of the Cal Poly Pomona’s Department of Landscape Architecture year-long 60th anniversary celebrations, we cordially invite alumni and CPPLA friends to a special social event held at the recently constructed Inamori Pavilion in the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Join us for an evening of cocktails and appetizers in Inamori Pavilion and take a walk in the twilight hours through the meandering pathways of the Garden. A special presentation and tribute will be held to commemorate the late Dr. Takeo Uesugi, who designed the Japanese Friendship Garden. Dr. Uesugi taught and mentored many generations of landscape architects practicing across the Southern California region. Please join the Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona to help commemorate our past, mark our present and celebrate our pursuit of a bravely curious future.
Please send all event questions to the Department of Landscape Architecture event organizers:
Keiji Uesugi – kuesugi@cpp.edu
Andy Wilcox – aowilcox@cpp.edu

Sketching the Urban Environment
2017-05-06
Starting Location: Outside of the Civic Center/Grand Park Metro Station on N. Hill St.
The Landscape Architecture Alumni Connection of UCLA Extension invites you to join us and Chip Sullivan on a jouney through Downtown Los Angeles.
Chip Sullivan is a landscape architect and a professor at U.C. Berkeley. He is a recognized sketch artist and a master at capturing the essence of a place. Chip is the author of Drawing the Landscape and the recently published Cartooning the Landscape, which he will be selling and signing the day of. The book will sell for $30. If interested bring cash or check.
Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing, bring sun-protective gear, and your own water. We will break for lunch near Grand Central Market. Lunch is not included in the price. You may pack your own food if you prefer. Our event will end around the same place we start, so taking the subway will be easy and convenient.
Attendance is limited – sign up now: https://ucla-sketch-crawl.eventbrite.com
If you have any questions about the event, contact Shawn Maestretti at shawn@smlandscapedesign.com.
Announcement available here

"Update to California's Title 24 2016"
2017-04-27 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | VCA Green
Presented by Ying Want, AIA and LEED Fellow, President – Okapi Architecture
Complimentary refreshments will be provided.
Free to attend.
Register HERE:

Garden Party
2017-04-23 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | A Private Home, Magnolia Avene, South Pasadena, CA, United States
The Los Angeles Community Garden Council (LACGC) partners with 40 community gardens in LA County to take care of the business side of gardening and give you more time to get dirty in the garden! We also offer gardening advice and workshops to more than 125 community gardens in LA County. Our gardens include:
Traditional community gardens where people rent a plot to grow their own fresh produce
Educational gardens where we teach gardening, landscaping, nutrition and cooking
Urban farms where volunteers grow vegetables for local markets and people in need
The Board of the Los Angeles Community Garden Council invites you to celebrate community gardening, Earth Day weekend, and Shakespeare’s birthday at a private home in South Pasadena
• Relax in the beautiful garden enjoying the music, appetizers, and drinks
• Meet other supporters of community gardens in Los Angeles County
• Tour the new South Pasadena Community Garden
• Learn more about the work of the Los Angeles Community Garden Council
• Support low-income families who want to grow their own food locally
• Bring your family — children can attend for free!
The South Pasadena Community Garden is just across the street from the home hosting the reception, and this is a kid-friendly event. South Pasadena Councilmember Diane Mahmud will be joining us.
To learn more about tickets and reservations, click HERE

16th Annual MGBCE: Connected Cities: Economic, Environmental and Equity Solutions
2017-04-20 | Southern California Gas Company, 9240 Firestone Boulevard, Downey, CA, 90241, United States
The U.S Green Building Council Los Angeles Chapter (USGBC-LA) Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo (MGBCE) is the longest running annual green building event in Southern California. The conference attracts a wide variety of building industry disciplines, including municipalities, utilities, public agencies, architects, engineers, building owners, contractors, non-profits, and manufacturers. All of these groups are working together to create connected cities that succeed in the three E’s: Economic, Environmental, and Equity solutions. You may view the full MGBCE 2017 Press Release here.
Download the Conference Flyer HERE

An Evening with Andrea Cochran
2017-04-19 | To Be Announced
SAVE THE DATE!
Details on this event forthcoming!

Women in Green Breakfast
2017-04-14 07:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | City Club Los Angeles, 555 South Flower Street, Downtown LA, CA, United States
Please join us for a discussion on social justice at the Los Angeles Women in Green Breakfast
Since November, new fault lines have emerged around a wide range of issues, ranging from labor and development to immigration and healthcare, civil liberties, immigration, climate change and women’s rights. Many of these issues impact women in the green arena both personally and professionally.
Women in the green building movement care about making the world a better place. But what does that really mean and how can we join a broader “movement of movements”? Where are opportunities for us to take the lead, and how can we be good allies to communities that are on the front lines?
Join us as we begin to explore these complex questions with leaders from the LA community in the areas of labor, law and social equity. Hear about the communities they serve, the greatest needs they have, their greatest sources of hope, and how women in green can play a role.
Sponsorship opportunities available HEREFeaturing Panelists:
Jackie Cornejo
Southern Region Equitable Development Strategist
Partnership for Working Families
Shane Murphy Goldsmith
President and CEO
Liberty Hill Foundation
Jennie Pasquarella
Director of Immigrants Rights, ACLU of California and
Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Southern California
Moderated by: Heather Rosenberg, Director Building Resilience- Los Angeles

Executive Committee Meeting
2017-04-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-03-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Teleconference
Chapter’s Monthly Business Meeting

Shaping a Sustainable Built Environment
2017-04-12 | University of California at Irvine
A dialogue for all of us: the social, economic, and ecological impacts of smart growth, for a sustainable future
April 12, 2017 at University of California – Irvine
Earn AIA HSW’s and USGBC CE Hours
Symposium Agenda, Learn More Here

Horticultural Encounter
2017-04-10 - 2017-04-13 | Village Nurseries Landscape Center, 10500 Garfield, Huntington Beach, CA, 92649, United States
Please join Village Nurseries at their 3rd annual Horticultural Encounter from April 10th through 13th located at their growing grounds and landscape center at 10500 Garfield in Huntington Beach. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Beauty and Wonder’ and will showcase plants in various landscape situations in displays such as Animal attraction, Dreams of Deep Shade, Perfect Parings and more! To sign up for a tour, you may contact Suzie Wiest at (858) 699-0442 or swiest@villagenurseries.com

UCI Sustainability, Green Infrastructure, and Beetle Infestation
2017-04-08 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Aldrich Park, UCI, Irvine, California, 92697
Where: UC Irvine – Aldrich Park
Tour: 10:00 – 12 Noon
Lunch: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Join the UC Irvine Office of Environmental Planning & Sustainability, Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects, and UC Cooperative Extension researchers to learn about green infrastructure on the UC Irvine campus as well as the impact of the shot hole borer beetle on the campus’ urban forest. UC Irvine staff will provide an overview of green infrastructure and significant landscapes on the campus. Following this overview researchers will provide an introduction to shot hole borer, infestation status throughout southern California, and current research. As the UC Irvine campus lost over 600 trees to the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer we will discuss current reforestation planning on the UCI campus. A short walking tour will be provided to discuss reforestation principles and replacement species.
Guest speakers include Leigh Kyle with Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects, Richard Demerjian and Matt Deines with UC Irvine, and John Kabashima with UC Cooperative Extension.
EVENT CANCELLED – Will Be Rescheduled

SITES Accredited Professional (SITES AP) Exam
2017-03-31 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The SITES Accredited Professional (SITES AP) Exam has launched and is available at your nearest Prometric location! The chapter with the most people and the chapter with the greatest percentage of their membership that register and take the exam by March 31, 2017, will be awarded a half-day SITES® workshop in 2017! Those members that have already taken the exam since the launch of the exam (including those that took it at the 2016 ASLA Annual Meeting) can also be included in the contest.
Please note that all test takers in the beta period (first 200 test takers,) will be able to take the exam again one additional time if they do not pass! The exam is currently still in the beta period.
To participate in the AP Exam Chapter Contest, respond to this email with a tally of your members that have already taken the exam and who are registered and plan to take it by March 31. Chapters in the lead will be announced early February, so submit early and often!
Register for the exam here!
An ASLA prepared webinar series to help you study for the exam is available at a discounted rate to members. The SITES accredited professional exam provides landscape architects with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, expertise and commitment to the profession. It also establishes a common framework to define the profession of sustainable landscape design and development.

Meet Up and Mixer
2017-03-30 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ABHE Landscape Architects, 617 W 7th St #304, Los Angeles, CA, 90017, United States
AHBE Landscape Architects is pleased to sponsor an evening mixer for the ASLA Southern California Chapter!
Please come to this informal event to meet up with colleagues and learn how you can help to make this year’s Annual Meeting a great success.
There will be updates on the latest news from National along with beer, wine and light appetizers. It is sure to be a fun and informative evening.
RSVP to: events@socal-asla.org
We hope to see you there.

ARC/LA Firm Day at Cal Poly Pomona
2017-03-30 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Interim Design Center at Cal Poly Pomona Building 89, 89 Eucalyptus Lane, Pomona, CA, 91768, United States
We train them, you hire them!
Cal Poly Pomona’s Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, their faculty, students and alumni invite you to CPP ARC / LA Firm Day 2017. An event specifically designed to connect your firm with our graduating students. You have supported our programs over the years; here is your chance to hire new graduates to handle your growing staffing needs.
The Department of Architecture is continuing gains in DesignIntelligence rankings.
Top 20 Undergraduate Programs in the United States
Top 25 Graduate Programs in the United States
Top 10 Interior Design Program in the United States
Top Ten Program in Computer Application in the United States
Top Ten Program in Construction methods and Materials in the United States
Top Ten Program in Cross-Disciplinary Teamwork in the United States
Top Ten Program in Sustainable Design Practices & Principles in the United States
The Department of Landscape Architecture is celebrating 60 years of landscape architecture education, leadership and change in Southern California in 2017. Its achievements were recognized in the DesignIntelligence rankings, as follows:
Top 15 Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Programs in the United States
Top 15 Landscape Architecture Graduate Programs in the United States
We are contacting your firm directly knowing the position you hold in the industry and the high potential you represent as a source of employment for our graduates. With that in mind, please consider sending a representative to our annual Firm Day.
Program:
The event is scheduled for March 30th, 2017. The day is planned as follows:
8:00 am Event is open. Firms set up at designated tables.
9:00 am introductory remarks and panel discussion by Cal Poly alumni
9:30 am Interviews with students begin
12:00 noon Working lunch, food delivered to your table. Interviews continue
3:00 pm Event closes.
Location:
The event site is the Interim Design Center at Cal Poly Pomona Building 89 (IDC), located off the 10 Freeway at 89 Eucalyptus Ln, Pomona, CA 91768. Parking is provided directly in front of the building.
Registration:
The $150.00 enrollment fee (through Eventbrite) pays for your attendance, the university parking fee, a box lunch for you and an associate and a table with chairs with which to conduct interviews. Once enrolled, you will have the ability to review portfolios and pre-arrange interviews with our students. This information will be sent to you a few weeks before the event.
You may bring exhibits, laptops, handouts and other materials and we will make reasonable accommodations on the day of the event. You may also order additional tables if needed. Electrical outlets and Wi-Fi is provided.
Please click on the CPP ARC / LA Eventbrite link for full details, tickets and a schedule of events:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpp-arcla-firm-day-2017-tickets-31744424428
We also ask that you tell us a bit more about your practice to better inform our students about your firm. To participate visit our CPP ARC / LA Survey.
Thank You:
Benefits from CPP ARC/LA FIRM DAY will be used to support the event, the departments, and our architecture and landscape architecture student organizations.
Questions:
For questions on interns and the career fair contact:
Cal Poly Pomona Architecture
Prof. Luis Hoyos
lghoyos@cpp.edu
Cal Poly Pomona Landscape Architecture
Prof. and Chair Andy Wilcox
aowilcox@cpp.edu
Firm Day administrative support
Janeth Herrera Bucio
herrerabucio@cpp.edu

UCLA's Landscape Architecture Program 40th Anniversary Celebration
2017-03-25 | UCLA
2017 is the 40th year the Landscape Architecture Program has been offering courses here at UCLA Extension. As part of that celebration, we are putting on two celebratory events. Both events will take place on Saturday March 25th.

Creative Placemaking: Economic Development for the Next Generation
2017-03-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ASLA Webinar
Join the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design for a free webinar tracing creative placemaking’s economic development outcomes. The webinar will feature Zachary Mannheimer of Des Moines, IA, and his approach to economic development in small towns with a focus on retaining young people and creative professionals. Attendees will learn about the implementation of creative projects like a downtown building in Earlham, IA that is being converted into a new culinary school and restaurant, and about an abandoned hotel that is being developed into market rate housing. The webinar will provide landscape architects and other design professionals with an overview of the way creative placemaking enhances livability and economic opportunity for small towns and rural communities.
This webinar is hosted by Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design. For questions, contact the webinar organizer.
REGISTER HERE

Title 24 Training Program
2017-03-22 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | the National Organization of Minority Architects, 3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA, 90010, United States
AIA Los Angeles & SoCalNOMA present
Continuing Education Unit Credit: 1.5 CEU to be offered through the training.
Okapi Architecture is offering a series of training events in southern California, funded by the Southern California Gas Company. The purpose of the training is to provide a 60-90 minute summary of the most recent changes to Title 24, discuss how to effectively utilize the Energy Code ACE website, and link architects to the statewide IOU Codes and Standards team who are charged with implementing the new standards.
Learning Objective
Attendees will leave the training with a basic working knowledge of the changes to Title 24. They will also have an initial orientation about the benefits of referring to and using the Energy Code ACE website that offers a wide variety of tools conducive to implementing the updated standards. Attendees will also view projects that have successfully implemented the changes in Title 24 as best practice examples. The presentations are interactive and designed to offer attendees the opportunity to ask key questions.
Presenters
Ying Wang, AIA, LEED AP BD+C and O+M and LEED Fellow, is a registered architect in California and other states. She earned master degree in architecture from Virginia Tech University. She has compiled an impressive thirty-plus years in architecture, program management and teaching.
As president of Okapi Architecture, she manages multiple multi-million dollar energy programs supported by the Los Angeles Department Water & Power, Southern Gas Company, and Southern California Edison. She provides technical assistance to the Statewide Savings By Design Energy Efficiency program, including Net Zero Energy and other sustainability measures.
Her architectural work while employed under Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Leo A Daly delivered high profile design and high performance energy efficiency. Those experiences transformed and spanned her interests into sustainability program practice and teaching profession.
She has been actively involved in the impressive market growth of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools) for many years. Believing energy efficiency is the solution to the energy crisis and climate change, she applies innovative solutions on the technical aspects of buildings.
She has managed the green schools program for Los Angeles Unified, San Bernardino City Unified and various southern California charter schools. Approximately 200 existing building renovations, and new schools have been built under her leadership. Those schools provide quality, energy efficient learning environments for students and teachers.
Stan Klemanowicz is licensed as an architect in California and seven other states and NCARB certified. His affiliations include the American Institute of Architects, Project Management Institute, Green Building Certification Institute, National Institute of Building Sciences and, is a Founding Member of Façade Tectonics. Several of his projects have been recognized by professional organizations for their design and technical achievements.
He has been associated with Okapi Architecture for over two years. He is the Okapi Principal for day-to-day management of the Savings By Design program and its technical administration, and is the primary contact for application to the program. His architectural experience of over thirty years includes managing the project delivery of hospitality, commercial, retail, mixed-use, industrial, and educational projects. His special emphasis has been technical development, construction documentation and administration.
He has been responsible for program and project management for over 300 projects for Los Angeles Unified School District, projects for the Port of Los Angeles including the over $1 billion Pier 400 development, Major Modernization Programs for the City of Santa Monica, and several facilities for the Los Angeles Community College District.
He has been team manager and leader for numerous major, iconic projects in New York, New Jersey, Texas, California and overseas. His participation in the development of an iconic high-rise bank building in Jedda, Saudi Arabia that, after thirty years of occupancy, remains a high standard for energy efficiency in the region was the foundation of his passive design philosophy. He has also been responsible for the largest LEED Silver project in the City of Los Angeles, and several LEED Gold and Platinum certified projects.
REGISTER HERE

"Kate Sessions: A Legacy of Botanical Beauty"
2017-03-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Huntington Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California, 91108, United States
The series focuses on landscape history and design, and is presented in collaboration with the California Garden & Landscape History Society. Please see details below regarding the program, “Kate Sessions: A Legacy of Botanical Beauty,” taking place on the afternoon of March 19th. We do hope you will be able to join us, and to spread the word!
Landscape historian Nancy Carol Carter examines the horticultural legacy of Kate Sessions (1857-1940), the pioneering nursery owner and garden designer who left an indelible mark on the Southern California landscape. Best known for her work in San Diego, Sessions is credited with introducing and popularizing many of the beloved tree species in the region.
Learn More Here

HALS (Historic American Landscape Survey) training at the lovely Virginia Robinson Gardens
2017-03-18 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virginia Robinson Gardens, 1008 Elden Way, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, United States
What is HALS?
HALS is the academic record of historically significant American landscapes. The HALS mission is to record historic landscapes through measured drawings and interpretative drawings, written histories and large format black and white photographs and color photographs. HALS builds on the HABS and HAER documentation traditions, while expanding the range of stories that can be told about human relationships with the land. HALS documents the dynamics of landscapes, as HABS and HAER have documented unique building and engineering structures.
What is a HALS Project?
To quote the HALS website:
“Historic landscapes are special places. They are important touchstones of national, regional, and local identity. They foster a sense of community and place. Historic landscapes are also fragile places. They are affected by the forces of nature, and by commercial and residential development, vandalism and neglect. They undergo changes that are often unpredictable and irreversible. For these reasons and for the benefit of future generations, it is important to document these places. Historic landscapes vary in size from small gardens to several thousand-acre national parks. In character, they range from designed to vernacular, rural to urban, and agricultural to industrial spaces. Vegetable patches, estate gardens, cemeteries, farms, quarries, nuclear test sites, suburbs, and abandoned settlements all may be considered historic landscapes.”
More information on HALS can be found at https://www.nps.gov/hdp/hals/
What will HALS Training include?
We have the good fortune to learn about HALS at the lovely Virginia Robinson Gardens, a 6-1/2 acre Mediterranean Classic Revival estate built in 1911, jointly administered by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation and Friends of Robinson Gardens. The Estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the perfect setting for learning the tools to document a historic landscape.
Speakers will include Tim Lindsay, Superintendent of the Virginia Robinson Gardens, and Janet Gracyk, Landscape Architect.
Tim Lindsey, horticulturalist and estate manager, will introduce us to the gardens, their history and significance.
Janet Gracyk is a landscape architect with an expertise on historical preservation and planning. She will lead the HALS training.
This program will provide you with the hands on tools to prepare a HALS documentation of a historic landscape, and give you the resources for preparing HALS documentations on your own. We will be based in the pool pavilion for the morning, and after lunch we will be in the gardens for hands on site inventory and analysis.
Cost: (Includes Lunch)
$50 – Professionals (RESERVE HERE)
Due to a generous sponsor who has come forward, ASLA students may attend this training for free. However, an RSVP is still needed. Students who want to attend should email: vphillipy@socal-asla.org
Students who have previously registered will be refunded and notified in writing by email.

LARE Pre Course - Section 2
2017-03-12 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Westwood Village, 10995 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
This workshop covers LARE Section 2: Inventory and Analysis: knowledge and skills related to inventory, data gathering, analysis, programming, regional land use planning, site land use planning, and principles of design.
Cost: $320
Advance enrollment required; no enrollment at the door.
Contact Details: Melissa McDonald
Phone Number: 310-825-9414
Email: mmcdonald@unex.ucla.edu
Instructor: Angela Woodward, ASLA, landscape architect (CA 2126). For over 9 years, Angela has taught LARE Prep classes and mentored many candidates to success. She has been on the national ASLA LARE Prep Committee for the past 5 years, and taught LARE Prep courses at numerous ASLA Annual Meetings.

LARE Prep Course - Section 1
2017-03-11 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Westwood Village, 10995 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
This workshop covers the LARE Section 1: Project and Construction Administration: regulations, contracts, and construction administration processes.
Cost: $320
Advance enrollment required; no enrollment at the door
Contact: Melissa McDonald
Phone Number: 310-825-9414
Email: mmcdonald@unex.ucla.edu
Instructor: Angela Woodward, ASLA, landscape architect (CA 2126). For over 9 years, Angela has taught LARE Prep classes and mentored many candidates to success. She has been on the national ASLA LARE Prep Committee for the past 5 years, and taught LARE Prep courses at numerous ASLA Annual Meetings.

Renewing San Antonio's Brackenridge Park
2017-03-03 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Mia Lehrer, FASLA, is proud to participate in the 2017 TCLF Summit Leading with Landscape III: Renewing San Antonio’s Brackenridge Park. In its third year, the “Leading with Landscape series” has proven to be an exceptional conversation on urban landscape issues for planning and design professionals as well as the general public. Mia will present the LA River as a case study to help inform the planning process for Brackenridge Park.
Register today for the one-day conference on Friday, March 3.
One of San Antonio’s most significant but least known cultural gems, Brackenridge Park was one of the nation’s earliest municipal parks and the water source for the area’s world famous missions. The summit will explore how the park’s layers of history, culture, and ecology inform its future design and stewardship and what lessons other municipalities can learn from the San Antonio example.
Join public agencies, planners, landscape architects, and the public for this summit where deep local knowledge meets national exemplars of planning and design to help create a future that balances the landscape’s complex natural, historic, cultural, and ecological systems.
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David Godshall - Terremoto
2017-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cal Poly Pomona, Bldg 7 Gallery
