Job Posting

• Landscape Architect – 2-5 Years of Experience

Events of Interest

• ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO - 10/03/08
• The European Landscape Convention - 10/25/08
• Build Boston - 11/28/08
• Northern New England Low Impact Development Conference - 12/03/08

Thank you to Kathleen Ogden, of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., for volunteering to serve as the BSLA Membership Chair.

2008 BSLA Golf Outing A Great Success
The 2008 BSLA golf outing was a great success with almost 100 golfers participating. It was a great day of nice weather, good food, fun golf, and comaraderie.

The winning team was Team Sasaki (players listed below), with a net score of 12 under par.

Many thanks to all of our Sponsors, with a special thanks to our Tournament Sponsor, ValleyCrest Landscape Development.

We would also like to recognize our Golf Outing Committee, Fred Adams, Andrew Leonard, and Nadine Parzych, for all of their hard work on organizing another great event.

We hope to see everyone again next year.

Team Chinchilla, (pictured above in their answer to the clue to find “Coach Red”) took gold; “CRJA #2” took silver; and “Eden’s Gift” took the bronze. 

Thank you to all participants and to Landscape Forms for making this night a success!

• Nicholas Campanelli, Associate ASLA, Copley Wolff Design Group, Boston, MA
• Jennifer Chandler, Associate ASLA, Copley Wolff Design Group, Boston, MA
• Kristin Frederickson, Associate ASLA Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Inc., Watertown, MA
• Radhika Garg, Associate ASLA, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Somerville, MA
• Laurie Klenkel, ASLA, Brattleboro, VT
• David Lager, Affiliate ASLA, Netco, Lexington, MA
• Brielle Mendozza, Associate ASLA, Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Watertown, MA
• Adalie Pierce-McManamon, Associate ASLA, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Watertown, MA
• Fred B. Smith, Associate ASLA, Perennial Garden Design LLC, Dedham, MA
• Jennifer Toy, Associate ASLA, Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Watertown, MA

BSLA Member News

The Urban Design Competition - EDGE AS CENTER: Envisioning the Post-industrial Landscape - Somerville, MA, which is organized by the Boston Society of Architects / AIA, has been published as a chapter book. The honor award - Green, Comprehensive, & Sustainable - designed by Joseph S.R. Volpe Associates is featured.

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) announces that Kathleen Ogden, ASLA, LEED® AP has recently joined the firm as Senior Landscape Architect. Ms. Ogden will build upon VHB’s existing landscape architecture portfolio within its growing Landscape Architecture and Design Studio. Ms Ogden brings 15 years of landscape architecture experience to her new role at VHB. Her background encompasses assignments of wide variety including master planning, municipal and environmental permitting and schematic design through construction. Recently her work on The Park at River’s Edge in Medford, Mass., while at Shadley Associates, earned recognition from BSLA and the Environmental Business Council.

October 3-7, 2008
ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO

ASLA will host its annual meeting October 3-7, 2008 in Philadelphia. The 2008 theme of Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes + Communities will celebrate the contributions of landscape architects in the design, planning, management, and research of the life support system for the planet. Don’t miss the most important annual event for landscape architecture professionals! Register today.

Looking To Sharing Accommodations?
Are you attending the Annual Meeting and would like to share accommodations with another attendee? If so, contact Glenn Bayfield at glenn@hawkdesigninc.com

November 18-20, 2008
23rd Annual Build Boston Event
Build Boston is right around the corner. Below is a listing of the five BSLA sponsored workshops on sustainability. For more information on Build Boston 2008, visit www.BuildBoston.com

Site Sustainability on Institutional Campuses
Wednesday, November 19, 8:30 - 10:00 am
Every development today is being challenged to become greener, be LEED-Certified, and reduce its impact on the environment. Institutions – unlike for-profit developers who sell the completed development deal – maintain ownership in their projects for the life of the building and therefore have a greater interest in lasting sustainable solutions. This seminar includes case studies of institutional responses to sustainable site development opportunities.

• Joseph Geller ASLA (moderator), Stantec, Boston, MA
• Tom Doolittle ASLA, Gilbane, Cambridge, MA
• Harry Fuller ASLA, Carol R. Johnson Associates, Boston, MA
• Patrick Maguire ASLA, Stantec, Boston, MA
• Michael McBride P.E., Harvard University Allston Development Group, Cambridge, MA

Green Roofs – The Conversation Continues
Wednesday, November 19, 10:30 am - Noon
This workshop is a continuation of the discussion started about green roofs at last year's Build Boston. Our inter-disciplinary panel discusses a variety of topics including: definitions of green roofs; advances in the technologies of green roof systems; and current strategies in the design and implementation of green roofs.

• Kaki Martin ASLA, Klopfer Martin Design Group, Cambridge, MA

Realizing Sustainable Soils –
The Hardball Politics of Soil Design
Wednesday, November 19, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Soils are an integral part of a site’s infrastructure affecting planting success, stormwater management, and long-term sustainability. Manufactured soils offer great rewards, but successfully designing, specifying, and realizing them, as well as justifying them to owners and regulators (when most people just see dirt), is the real challenge. This workshop is not about science, but about politics: it is designed to provide the language and information that allow designers to realize the promise of manufactured soils, from design to installation. We engage the issue of sustainability head on. As the Sustainable Sites Initiative looks to transform LEED, how can the competing goals of on-site soil reuse and ideal horticultural environments be balanced? How can manufactured soils be understood as sustainable? We answer these questions and more.

• Eric Kramer, Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Watertown MA
• Laura Solano, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Cambridge, MA
• John Swallow, Pine and Swallow Environmental, Groton, MA

Go Native: A Guide to Native Plants in Public Landscapes
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Landscape architects, designers, and ecologists discuss the critical selection and care of native plants in the public landscape. We present and discuss lessons from the natural landscape and native plant selection and management. We also share case studies and examples of recent installations.

• Clara Batchelor BSLA (moderator), CBA Landscape Architects, Somerville, MA
• Thomas Benjamin, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Watertown, MA
• Frances Clark, Carex Associates, Lincoln, MA
• Barbara Keene, Tree Specialists, Holliston, MA
• Greg Lowenberg, New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, MA

Vegetative Applications for Stormwater Management
Wednesday, November 19, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
This session focuses on vegetative applications as a positive part of a comprehensive stormwater-management plan. We discuss vegetated swales, rain gardens, bio-retention areas, and stormwater wetlands. These stormwater-management techniques, used separately or together, can mimic natural systems, provide various levels of total suspended solids (TSS) and pollutant removals, and promote stormwater infiltration. We present specific design and construction techniques, including issues pertaining to soils and recommended planting palettes, and use current research and examples to illustrate the various techniques.

• Robert Corning ASLA (moderator), Stantec, Boston, MA
• Kevin Beutell ASLA, Stantec, Wellesley, MA

October 25, 2008
The European Landscape Convention:
A Conference On Its Implications For Education And Practice
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University

Organized by Carl Steinitz and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Research Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning

Adoption of the European Landscape Convention is causing a quiet revolution in how most European nations view, legislate, plan and manage their landscapes. Instigated by the Council of Europe, this international treaty has been signed by 35 countries and ratified by 29. It is also being seen as a model for non-European countries, especially in Asia and South and Central America. The treaty has caused major reassessment of planning practices relating to the landscape, and has focused attention on the need for the education and provision of professionals to deal with landscape issues at urban, regional, national and international scales. A significant and parallel development is the Le Notre program, funded by the European Union to improve European (and worldwide) integration of education and practice in landscape architecture. Many in the next generation of academics and practitioners will be directly influenced by the principles, policies and guidelines derived from the European Landscape Convention. 

UMass Extension's GREEN SCHOOL
Now Accepting Registrations - Classes Start November 6

Green School, a comprehensive 11-day certificate short course for Green Industry professionals taught by UMass Extension Specialists and University of Massachusetts faculty, begins November 6, 2008 in Milford, Mass. This popular course is designed for landscape professionals, lawn care specialists, arborists and other horticultural practitioners wishing to gain an understanding of horticultural fundamentals and strategies, as well as their relationship to environmental quality, but who can't fit a full academic course into their schedules. Green School students come away with the knowledge needed to make environmentally appropriate decisions related to turf and plant selection, arboriculture, plant maintenance, and pest and nutrient management.

Green School runs November 6 - December 18, 2008. It is held one to two days a week from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Radisson Hotel in Milford, MA.

Green School's curriculum is based on research and information emphasizing environmental stewardship and integrated pest management (IPM). To see the full schedule or to register online or to print out a registration form, go to http://umassgreeninfo.org/programs/green_school.html

For more information or to have a registration form mailed, call UMass Extension at 413-545-0895.

Connecticut College Arboretum has published its Fall 2008 Program calendar. Visit their website for more details on their offerings.

December 3-4, 2008
Northern New England Low Impact Development Conference and Vendor Fair for the Real Estate Development Industry
Co-sponsored by BSLA

Grappone Conference Center
Concord, NH

Who Should Attend
Developers, stormwater design engineers, landscape architects, contractors, and others involved with real estate development, site design, and stormwater management.

Topics Will Include

1. Cost benefits of Low Impact Development (LID) designs
2. Latest findings on performance and maintenance of LID practices in cold climates
3. Examples of residential and commercial LID projects in New England
4. Evolving stormwater requirements at the federal, state and local levels, and how LID designs can meet permit requirements in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont
5. A vendor fair featuring LID technologies and services available in Northern New England
6. A special second day program offering an LID design practicum, a tour of the UNH Stormwater Center BMP evaluation site, and a workshop on landscaping at the waters edge.

Registration will open October 15, and will be handled by FB Environmental, an EPA contractor, via website: www.fbenvironmental.com  Vendor exhibit tables will also be reserved through this website.

Questions
Contact Myra Schwartz at 617-918-1696, schwartz.myra@epa.gov or Eric Perkins at 617-918-1602, perkins.eric@epa.gov

Job Opportunity

• Landscape Architect – 2-5 Years of Experience

Landscape Architect – 2-5 Years of Experience
Reed Hilderbrand, based in Watertown, Massachusetts, is looking for a well-rounded, self-motivated candidate with 2-5 years of landscape architecture experience in a professional working environment. Candidates will also demonstrate:

• Proficiency in CAD (with knowledge of VectorWorks being a plus)
• Exposure to Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• 3-D modeling skills and, ideally, experience using Rhino modeling software
• Practical knowledge in technical detailing and construction documentation
• Construction experience
• Strong verbal and graphic communication skills

Please send a cover letter, résumé, and work samples to:

Peter McGillicuddy
Administrative Director
Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architecture
741 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown, MA 02472
peter@reedhilderbrand.com

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Only 3 sponsor placements per issue. Contact Christy Griffith, BSLA Chapter Office - Graphics and Web, griffith@BSLAweb.org, 802-438-9858.

Thank you to the ASLA's "50 by 2010" Licensure Campaign contributors -

• Reed|Hilderbrand
• Bartsch & Radner Design, Inc.
• Sasaki Associates, Inc.
• Hugh J. Collins, Jr. Landscape Designer, Inc.
• Halvorson Design Partnership
• Bellalta 3 Design
• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, P.C.
• Joseph Hudak, L.A
• Weston and Sampson
• Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture
• Dodson Associates
• Hines Wasser & Associates, LLC
• HNTB Corporation
• Pressley Associates, Inc.
• Terrence J. DeWan and Associates
• AMES A/E
• Steven W. Ribble, RLA, ASLA
• Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge
• Robert LaRoche
• SMRT, Inc.
• Mohr & Seredin Landscape Architects, Inc.
• WBRC Architects / Engineers Inc.
• Lawrence Johannesman
• Mitchell & Associates
• Mercer Bonney, RLA
• Shadley Associates, P.C.
• Clyde & Patricia Walton
  
  

BSLA appreciates their commitment to this cause.

• Bartsch & Radner Design, Inc.
• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, P.C. Consulting
• Halvorson Design Partnership
• Reed | Hilderbrand
• Shadley Associates, P.C.
• Copley Wolff Design Group, Inc.
• Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Inc.
• Hines|Wasser + Associates, LLC
• Thomas Wirth Associates, Inc.