BSLA held its annual Fall Open House on November 5 at the office of Landworks Studio in South Boston.

A great time was had by over 70 people with brief announcements on current BLSA projects and upcoming events by Ray Dunetz (BSLA President) and PowerPoint presentations on their firms’ work by Fred Anderson, President of Anderson Landscape Construction and Michael Blier, Principal of Landworks Studio.

Special thanks to Michael and the staff of Landworks Studio for graciously hosting the event and to Fred Anderson of Anderson Landscape Construction for sponsoring the event and the narcissus bulb gift bags.

Photos of the event are on the BSLA Facebook page, be sure to check it out!

Build Boston 2009
The Landscape Architecture Symposium

Boston Society of Landscape Architects presented its popular day-long symposium on landscape architecture for the third consecutive year at Build Boston 2009. The day was a great success and all workshops were well attended. Many thanks go out to the panel moderators and participants.

 The workshops included -

Integrated Site Design That Connects People to the Local Environment - Kevin Beuttell, Robert Corning, Frank Holmes PE, Stantec; and Moderator,  Joseph Geller, Stantec.

Shaping Cultural Landscapes: Linking Institutions and People through Landscape - Andrew Gutterman, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Eric Kramer, Reed Hilderbrand; Lisa Green, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; and Neil Gordon, The Discovery Museums.

Landscape and Urbanism - Tim Love, Utile Inc.; Dorothée Imbert, University Graduate School of Design; Mark Laska, Great Eastern Ecology; Christian Werthmann, University Graduate School of Design; and Moderator,  Shauna Gillies-Smith, Ground Landscape Architecture.

Boston Landscape Architects Working Abroad – Tom Paine, AGER Group; Harry Fuller and Chris Jonoes, Carol R. Johnson Associates; Gavin McMillan, Hargreaves; Evelyn Bergalia, Martha Schwartz, Isabel Zempel, Sasaki Associates; and Moderator, Bill Taylor, Carol R. Johnson Associates.

If you have feedback you’d like to offer, please send an email to the BSLA Chapter Office, ChapterOffice@BSLAweb.org. Plans have begun for Build Boston 2010 and your suggestions on possible themes or workshops topics are welcomed.

BSLA Awards and Gala

Are you planning to submit a project for an award this year? Participating is a great compliment to yourself, staff, and client. Start now and avoid a hectic rush as the deadline approaches. Winners earn a great marketing asset.

For entry details visit www.bslaweb.org/awards.htm

BSLA Members on ASLA Jury

Doug Reed, FASLA, Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Inc. will serve on the 2010 ASLA Professional Awards Jury and Stephen Stimson, FASLA, Stephen Stimson Associates will be serving on the jury for the Student Awards.

These prestigious awards will be presented at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO next September. Entries are due in February.

For more information on categories and entry requirements for all the ASLA 2010 Awards, click here.

Welcome New Members

• John Dempsey, Toole Design Group, Boston, MA
• Dennis Duff, Dennis J. Duff - Landscape Consultant, Watertown, MA
• Alison Durst, Brookline, MA
• Maggie Leonard, Northampton, MA
• J. P. Monro, Monro Associates, Portland, ME
• Robin Pierce, Village of Essex Junction, Charlotte, VT
• Ian Ramey, Shadley Associates, P.C., Lexington, MA
• Glen Valentine, Stephen Stimson Associates, Boston, MA

Interested in how our young people connect with nature?

A Community Forum on December 5 will explore how Boston can become a model to make this connection. Research shows that children who have regular contact with nature learn and grow better...physically, developmentally and in relationship to the natural world. Sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation.

For more information visist www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/nacc/index.php

SHIFTboston call for entries

Co-sponsored by the BSA, the City of Boston, DIGMA and the Urban Arts Institute, SHIFT is an ideas competition seeking innovative, radical ideas for new Boston city elements such as public art, landscape, architecture, urban intervention and transportation. Think: what if this could happen in Boston?

Submit your entry by December 11. All eligible entries will be included on the SHIFTboston website and be part of an exhibit; the winning entry will receive a cash prize, be recognized at a January forum at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and be displayed on billboards, bus shelters and more in the Boston metro area.

Jurors include Thom Mayne AIA, Scott Burnham, Brian Healy AIA, Mitchell Joachim PhD, Audrey O'Hagan AIA and Ana Salinas Mata.

New MLA Program in Town!

The Boston Architectural Center received approval this month to offer a Masters in Landscape Architecture. Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has approved the five year program which will promote and support faculty and student interdisciplinary research and education in the context of Boston and the surrounding areas. The Department will act as a repository of knowledge and research in the exploration of public green spaces, interstitial urban spaces, geology, hydrology, urban ecology, history, and culture in the greater Boston area. While the programs emphasis will be on the urban condition, the breadth of knowledge and research will extend to the Charles River and Mystic River Watersheds, the state, the region, and the Northeast Corridor.

Information on the graduate program is forthcoming; for more information on the undergraduate program, click here.

Bulletin: Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound

Connecticut College Arboretum has just published a rewritten and redesigned Bulletin: Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound. “One particularly exciting innovation…the fold out, composite image of a typical salt marsh showing the location of key plant species between the water’s edge and the upland border.” Also of note: ..will make positive identification of 25 characteristic plants ..even easier to achieve.” Purchase from the Arboretum office for $5.00. 

Connecticut College Arboretum has published its Autumn/Winter 2009 Program calendar. Visit their website for more details on their offerings.

Sponsor an Issue of the Monthly 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.

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
• Beals and Thomas, Inc.

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.
• Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
• Elliott Brundage Landscape Design