NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Residential Design and Construction Workshops
Early registration deadline is today - March 29. BSLA members registration includes not only workshops, but also free admission to the Exhibit and a reduced fee to the networking breakfast. Read more...

Annual Gala and Award Program Celebration
The annual BSLA Gala and Award Program Celebration will take place on May 6 at the Hotel Marlowe with a new format. A casual networking reception will showcase this year's BLSA Award Winners. Music, food and a cash bar will be featured. Table hosts include BSLA Partners O'Brien and Sons and Omnilite, as well as Landscape Forms, Anderson Landscaping, Valley Crest, Trellis Structures, Perennial Landscaping, Northern Design, and Emanouil Brothers. Thanks to Landscape Forms for donating a new bench as a door-prize.

The National Association of Olmsted Parks will be a guest of BSLA, highlighting the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Project.

An eNotice will be sent to you this week with complete registration information.

Tickets are $45 in advance and $60 at the door.

BSLA and Continuing Education

BSLA can now offer CEU's with certain programs and seminars. For details.

UMass Jurors Needed
Three jurors are needed for the annual UMass Student Design Awards. The competition will be Saturday, May 8 in Amherst. If you are interested and available, please contact BSLA President, Ray Dunetz.

APRIL: Celebrate National Landscape Architecture Month
As part of the celebration, ASLA has posted the April issue of Landscape Architecture online for anyone to click and view in its entirety. Just click on the cover image to enjoy this issue online.

Welcome OmniLite as a BSLA Partner

BSLA welcomes OmniLite as a Partner again this year and appreciates their long-term support.

April 10, 2010
Volunteer Day Along the Charles

9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Community Rowing Boat House
Please RSVP by Thursday, April 8 to ChapterOffice@BSLAweb.org

BSLA to assist the Charles River Conservancy for a volunteer work day to celebrate Landscape Architecture Month.

Please join us for a morning along the Charles River with your fellow Landscape Architects and members of the Community Rowing community.

Our work will involve clearing a neglected section of park just upstream of Community Rowing and the Department of Conservation and Recreation's public boat launch. We'll meet at 9:00 am by the Conservancy Dump truck (parked near the boat launch). This work will improve vistas and sight along the river as well as open up an overgrown section of park. We'll be using loppers and other hand-tools to remove invasives and sight-blocking growth, and the Department of  Conservation and Recreation may bring along a chipper to maximize the amount of work we can accomplish.

Also, teenage children are welcome to come with their parents to help out.

Instructions on arrival: Please check in with Ray Dunetz, BSLA President, upon your arrival and prior to beginning work.

Charles River Conservancy contact person for project: John Broderick, 503-504-0458 Mobile phone.

Participants should bring:

• Appropriate outdoor work clothes (these clothes should be warm, and could get dirty)
• Work boots or sturdy old shoes

Charles River Conservancy will provide:

• Tools
• Supervision
• Work Permits
• Water

Note: Bathrooms are not available on site and are a reasonable walk away.

Please RSVP by Thursday, April 8 to ChapterOffice@BSLAweb.org.

BSLA OFFERS SEMINARS AT RDC
Residential Design and Construction

April 14-15, 2010
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston

Join fellow BSLA members at this year’s Residential Design and Construction event!

Residential Design and Construction (RDC) features over 200 exhibitors, bringing both cutting edge and tried and true industry products to the exhibit hall floor. More than 50 workshops and professional development opportunities are offered, covering topics like sustainable design, alternative energy, smart business practices, interior design, home renovation and smart growth/smart development.

The BSLA is sponsoring three workshops at this year’s event: (A16) Dynamics of small scale green projects; (A19) The aesthetics of low-impact contemporary landscapes; and (A26) Inside/outside: designing for a lifetime on Wednesday April 14. For details and to register for these workshops and dozens of others that may be of interest to BSLA members, go to www.rdcboston.com. 

We are also excited to be a part of RDC’s Association networking breakfast (SB1). The association breakfast is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with old friends and new, and to hear what’s happening with other industry associations. The breakfast features talks by Gail Ravgiala, Editor of Design New England and Lisa Quackenbush, President of cuePR

Admission to the exhibit hall is free for BSLA members when you register using promo code 10RDC245. Non-BSLA professionals who register for any RDCpackage, workshop or event, automatically receive free admission to the exhibit hall as well.

Circle of Support –

Bartsch and Radner Renews
Welcome back to Bartsch and Radner renewing their membership in the BSLA Circle of Support.

Warner Larson Joins
We are delighted to welcome WARNER LARSON to the Circle of Support.

All Landscape Architecture firms are invited to demonstrate commitment to the activities of the Boston Chapter by joining other firms in the Circle of Support. Contact the Chapter Office for more information.

Welcome New Members

• Pierre Belanger, ASLA, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
• Carl Besse, Rutland Nurseries, Rutland, MA
• John Filias, Jeffrey's Creek Land Contractors, Essex, MA
• Scheri Fultineer, Reisen Design Associates, Cambridge, MA
• Kate Kennen, ASLA, Utile, Boston, MA
• Xuan Lu, Affiliate, Student, Cambridge, MA
• Paula Meijerink, ASLA, Somerville, MA
• Von Salmi, Von Salmi and Associates, Westminster, MA
• Glenn Sovie, Maynard, MA

CLIENT CONNECTIONS
Newest BSLA Member Benefit

BSLA will post project opportunities in the Ebulletin for members in good standing. If you are interested in the project described, please forward your name, firm, contact information, and any weblink you would like the client to review. Just another great reason to join ASLA and BSLA!

Attention BSLA members -
Need CEU’s? – BSLA is now a LA CES provider!!

The BSLA is now a Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) Approved Provider!! As you know Continuing Education Unit credits are key to keeping your professional license current.

So what is LA CES? The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System is a collaboration of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, and Landscape Architecture Foundation. LA CES establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for evaluating professional development and continuing education programs for landscape architects.

Individuals who complete a seminar/course receive a certificate of completion. Participant records and course materials will be kept on file at the Chapter Office in accordance with LA CES guidelines.

Please note: Seminars and courses presented by the BSLA do not always meet LA CES guidelines. Seminars and courses which do will be noted at being so.

Information regarding upcoming CEU credit courses presented by BSLA will be posted in the monthly EBulletin and at BSLAweb.org. For additional information regarding LA CES and available courses visit http://laces.asla.org.

MA Section F Review Session
April 15, 2010

6:30 pm - at Fairsted in Brookline. See CALENDAR page.

RSVP's required. No cost for members of BSLA/ASLA. Non members: $45.00. Handouts provided.

NEW CALENDAR LISTINGS

See the CALENDAR page at BSLAweb.org for more information on -

Cambridge Go Green Award - deadline April 5, 2010

NJ Design Competition - deadline April 16, 2010.

The Henderson Foundation Grant for projects within Boston. Deadline for submitting is April 20, 2010.

Lecture at Trinity Church on Garden: Act of Faith on May 4, 2010

Need Summer Help?

A freshman at Wheaton College (MA) is interested in a future career in Landscape Architecture and is seeking an internship, coursework, or volunteer position over this summer.

Please contact Hollis Brasher directly if you have an opportunity that may be of interest.

Employment Opportunities

Thank You to Our EBulletin Sponsors

Reach out to your target audience. Put a Display Ad with link to your website in the BSLA EBulletin
Sign up to sponsor an issue of the monthly BSLA EBulletin and have your ad prominently displayed here - with a link to your website ($175 per issue). For more details...

Only 3 sponsor placements per issue. Contact BSLA Chapter Office, ChapterOffice@BSLAweb.org, 802-438-9858.

• Bartsch and Radner
• Copley Wolff Design Group, Inc.
• Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Inc.
• Reed | Hilderbrand
• Shadley Associates, P.C.
• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, P.C.
• Warner Larson Inc.