General Meeting and Social Mixer
2019-01-23 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | AIA Orange County, 1981 Orchard Dr., Newport Beach, California, 92660
Cost:
Free to AIAOC Members
$20 for Non Members (plus service fee)
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Village Nurseries - A Horticulture Encounter
2019-01-31 08:30 - 13:30
Partnering with the University of California Agriculture an Natural Resources South Coast Research and Extension Center, the regional home of the UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials, Darren Haver, Jared Sisneroz, and Karrie Reid of UC ANR will give an update on the progress of the irrigation trials.
Guest Speakers:
Mary Matava, President – Agronomist, Agri Service: Developing Healthy Soils
Joe Walker, Owner, Obra Verde Growers: Integrating Australian, New Zealand and South AFrican plants in the landscape
For agenda information and other details, click HERE
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Guest speakers will be accompanied by Village Nurseries’ Suzie Wiest, Regional Marketing Representative and New Plants Chair, and Nicholas Staddon, Village Nurseries Plantsman. Ms. Wiest and Mr. Staddon will introduce new plant selections as well as Village Nurseries’ field-testing program, in which you’ll have the opportunity to assist us in selecting new and high-performing plants for future landscapes.

LARE WEBINARS
2019-02-04 12:00 - 2019-02-08 14:00
Looking to start taking the LARE? Already started but need some extra help?
Join us for ASLA LARE Prep Week 2019 for a week long of webinars that will share information on the licensure and LARE exam processes. The webinars will also explore study strategies and test-taking tips that apply to all four sections of the exam. Register below and bring your questions for the seasoned and newly licensed landscape architects after the presentations.
NOTE: Webinars are held at 3:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Learn More Here

ASK ME ANYTHING!
2019-02-20 12:00 - 13:00
ASK ME ANYTHING WITH
Alpa Nawre, ASLA of Critical Places + Alpa Nawre Design
Join us live to ask your questions.
Live on Facebook! Go to: fb.me/AmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitects to join the conversation.

Designing the Disneyland Landscape
2019-02-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Disney Hall at Smoke Tree Ranch, 1850 Smoke Tree Lane, Palm Springs, CA, 92264
Walt Disney hired landscape architect Ruth Shellhorn in March 1955 to coordinate landscape plans between Disney’s office, WED Enterprises, and the crews at the construction site at Disneyland. 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. Extraordinary plantings and installation, supervised by Jack and Bill Evans, helped make Disneyland “the happiest place on earth.”
This presentation and a short documentary film will take place in Walt Disney Hall at the legendary Smoke Tree Ranch. A rare chance to personally experience the beauty and solitude of this very private enclave. Walt was a ‘colonist’, the moniker used by Smoke Tree Ranch residents. As a gift to his fellow colonists, Walt funded the Walt Disney Hall, which sits adjacent to the beautiful pool and the Ranch House, the very center of Smoke Tree life.
Arrive to a beautiful pool setting and enjoy a full bar and delicious hors d’oeuvres created by the Ranch chefs. As twilight falls, guests will be ushered into Disney Hall for the presentation.
Disney Hall at Smoke Tree Ranch, 1850 Smoke Tree Lane, Palm Springs, CA 92264
Co-sponsored by the California Garden & Landscape History Society (cglhs.org)
Tickets are $125. For more information: https://tickets.modernismweek.com/e/modernism-week

Midcentury Modern Campus of UC Riverside
2019-02-21 15:00 - 18:00 | UCR Palm Deert Main Theater, Building B, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA, 92211
Some of the best designers of the midcentury era are already well-known for their residential commissions. But many, such as architects Albert Frey and landscape architects Fred Barlow and Ruth Shellhorn, included campus planning and design as an important element of their oeuvre. Developed in the post-war period of phenomenal growth and optimism, U C Riverside was the first University of California campus to be planned using modernist design principles and vocabulary. Core elements of the original UCR site plan and architecture have been preserved and continue to exert a significant influence on the continuing development of the campus.
Presented by Kelly Comras, FASLA with
Jacqueline Norman, UCR Campus Architect and
Ramasubramanian Umashankar, UCR Principal Physical Planner
A reception and opening of the photographic exhibition will follow the lecture.
UCR Palm Desert Main Theater, Building B
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Tickets are free. For more information:
https://tickets.modernismweek.com/f/modernism-week/the-midcentury-modern-campus-of-uc-riverside

Digital Nature 2019
2019-02-27 18:00 - 2019-03-03 21:00 | The Arboretum
Experience amazing video and sound installations at Digital Nature 2019, a contemporary art exhibit viewed outdoors in the evening at the Los Angeles Arboretum. Contemporary artists will project their work onto the lush garden landscape. Inspired by the natural world and technology, the artists will explore themes as diverse as butterfly camouflage, bird songs and heavy metal, and inter-active digital wildflowers. Some are interactive, some with sound or live performances, others silent.
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Garden Photography Workshops - Saxon Holt
2019-03-16 - 2019-03-17 | The Arboretum
Join the Landscape Architecture Alumni Connection at UCLA Extension to Learn from Master Garden Photographer – Award-Winning Saxon Holt
Attend one or both days. Saturday will cover Basic Composition, while Sunday will focus on Thinking Like a Camera. Similar concepts and practices will be covered each day, but with enough variation that both days will be a unique experience.
All levels of experience are welcome, but these workshops are organized for serious garden photographers. Cameras, tripods, and laptops with editing capability are highly recommended.
The workshops will take place at The Los Angeles County Arboretum. Space is limited so plan ahead and make your reservation early.
View Full Announcement HERE
REGISTRATION HERE

UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials
2019-03-19 08:00 - 2019-03-20 11:00 | University of California
UC LPITTM evaluates plants for low water-use over 2 years. We irrigate plants regularly during the first summer after planting, then assess performance during the second growing season on three irrigation treatments corresponding to the Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS) levels of Low, Moderate, and High. Growth and quality ratings are collected by researchers during this period. The Open House allows landscape and horticultural industry professionals and educators the opportunity to see these new offerings and share with us your opinions and preferences by rating a representative sample of the plants in the field. See what it’s all about here: https://www.facebook.com/UCLPIT/.
This trials site is located at 7601 Irvine Blvd, Irvine, at UC ANR’s South Coast Research & Extension Center – event parking is free. A reminder email will be sent to you a week before the event. Participation will entail recording your quality ratings for one individual per treatment for each species/cultivar, providing you the opportunity to evaluate the performance of each species across all treatments without rating every plant in the field.
The ratings take roughly 60-100 minutes to complete and participants may arrive any time between 8:00 and 11:00 am. The event is free, but space is limited, so you must register by filling out the survey located at: http://ucanr.edu/SpringRatingsSocal. Participation is voluntary and is open to professionals, academics/educators, garden writers, and UC Master Gardeners. If you have any questions please contact gejohnson@ucanr.edu copy jasisneroz@ucdavis.edu.
Important Details: Participants should wear sturdy, comfortable shoes, as the fields are packed dirt. You may also want to pack sunscreen and wear a hat, as the plants are in full sun. Carpooling is encouraged, but not required. A tram running every approximately every 15 minutes will take you from the parking lot to the actual trial location. At the trial site, you will be provided a ratings sheet, writing implement and given general instructions when you arrive. Cold water will be provided. We hope to see you there!
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ASK ME ANYTHING
2019-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | ASLA Webinar
Jonathon Geels, ASLA of Troyer Group

ExCom Quarterly Face to Face Meeting
2019-03-23 09:00 - 12:00
Quarterly Chapter Business Meeting

HALS First Quarterly Meeting
2019-03-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Malibu Ceramic Works, 275 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, California, 90290
Tour the grounds of the Malibu Ceramic Works Workshop with owners Matt and Bob to learn about the history of Malibu Ceramic Tiles and the history of the site.
View and Print Announcement Here

Architecture and Engineering Work Based Learning
2019-03-28 16:30 - 18:30 | ZGF Architects
AIA|LA & LAUSD: Workshop on Work-Based Learning, Internships & Job-Shadowing
Thursday, March 28 (4:30pm – 6:30pm)
ZGF ARCHITECTS LLP
515 South Flower Street, Suite 3700
Los Angeles, CA 90071
RSVP to will@aialosangeles.org
Purpose: This workshop will serve as a forum to understand the continuum of work-based learning experiences, to understand the importance of internships for students, and to develop partnerships between Career Technical Education teachers and architects & engineers to ensure a more inclusive pathway to the architecture profession.
Participants will learn more about the Work-Based Learning Continuum and the importance of internships, as well as, the logistics of offering internships to LAUSD students.
We will also create an ‘asset map’ to better understand the partnerships and internship programs that various architecture firms are already administering.
AGENDA:
• To review the ‘asset map’ so everyone has an understanding of partnerships already happening
• To present an overview of the best practices around the work-based learning continuum, internships and how firms and professional architects and engineers can best interact with pathways for student engagement and success.
• Based on mapping the geo-location of firms and schools, introduce firms to CTE teachers nearby.
• To solicit at least 20+ architecture firms to offer internships to LAUSD students for summer of 2019.
TO DO LIST:
• To create an asset map, asking all the firms to submit, ahead of the meeting, which schools they are already partnered with and what kind of work they do with these schools.
• To create a Google Map pinning the architecture/engineering pathways we have (from the map Seema created at our first meeting) and also pinning the architecture/engineering firms willing to partner.
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ASketchLA: First Meet Up
2019-03-30 10:00 - 12:00
Landscape architects who sketch
Sketch and network with SoCal ASLA’s outdoor sketching meetup group. All skill levels are welcome. ASLA members and non members are welcome. Bring your favorite pencil, pens, watercolor set, sketchbook or tablet.
No cost to attend.

Emerging Professionals Social Mixer
2019-04-03 18:00 - 21:00

2019 Firm Day - Cal Poly Pomona
2019-04-09 | Cal Poly Pomona
2019 CPP ARC/LA FIRM DAY is now open for registration! Mark your calendars for April 9, 2019! This collaborative event with CPPLA and CPPARC is open to firms of all sizes and types looking to hire landscape and architecture students!
The event welcomes representatives from nonprofit and public sector as well- please email for a special rate. New this year, the event is also open to manufacturers and vendors that would like to get their products in front of emerging professionals and participating firms.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpp-arcla-firm-day-2019-tickets-55725299872

ASKETCHLA - Claremont
2019-04-14 10:00 - 12:00

Ask Me Anything - Student Awards Edition
2019-04-17 12:00 - 13:00

ASKETCHLA - San Luis Obispo
2019-04-27 10:00 - 12:00

3rd Annual AIA OC Symposium
2019-05-03 08:00 - 17:00 | UCI Irvine, UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education, Building 8 510 East Peltason Drive, Irvine
Bridges OC – Building Connections for a Sustainable Future
A dialogue for all of us: the social, economic, and ecological impacts of smart growth.
Join us for a full day of connection and collaboration, insights and innovation!
Details and Reservaitons available HERE

Monthly ExCom Meeting
2019-05-08 18:00 - 19:30
Monthly Chapter Business Meeting / Conference Call

LA RIVER LA RIVER MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY MEETING #9 Pacoima
2019-05-15 18:00 - 20:00
More Information HereHereHere

AWA+D Symposium & AWAF Scholarship Awards
2019-05-18 08:30 - 10:00
Tickets and information Here

ASKETCHLA - Costa Mesa
2019-05-25 10:30 - 12:30

ASKETCHLA - West Hollywood
2019-06-09 11:00 - 15:00

5th Annual Santa Maria Style BBQ
2019-06-13 17:30 - 20:00 | BMLA, Inc., 310 North Joy, Corona, CA, 92879, United States
Printable Invitation
RSVP to Michelle
951-737-1124 x127
michelle@bmla.net

Ask Me Anything
2019-06-19 12:00 - 13:00

ARTWALK 2019 - Presented by AIA Orange County
2019-06-19 18:00 - 21:00
https://socal-asla.org/socal/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ARTWALK2019.pdf

﻿LA DESIGN FESTIVAL ROW DTLA
2019-06-20 - 2019-06-21
Participants include Scent Bar x Institute for Art and Olfactory x SALT Landscape Architects
June 20 – 21st
Row DTLA
Tickets and information Here

2019 Pacific Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit
2019-06-20 - 2019-06-22
Take your creative placemaking to the next level at the 2019 Pacific Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit June 20-22 in Los Angeles. This 3-day event is produced by The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking, ArtPlace America in and the Levitt Foundation to develop the field in Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska, American Samoa.
The main theme will be Shifting Tides, and topics will include keeping places, amplifying voices, weathering storms, and supporting movement. #CPLSummit will offer creative placemakers skills, inspiration, connections and ideas. #creativeplacemaking
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ASLA Members will receive a receive a 20 percent discount off the ticket price: partner20 – please use the code at checkout.
