Great Show in Montreal

The Canadians know how to show off their profession or maybe I just have a thing for Canadian design. While we struggle with modern versus tradtional, they embrace it all!! Check out this website for the 2006 International Flora Montreal.
The event runs from June 16-October 9, 2006. I hope that the city of Chicago can develop their event to a similar level.

This is worth a trip over the border. heck, it is worth a trip to it's website!!

www.floramontreal.ca

ASLA 2oo6 Annual Meeting-Residential Interests

From the pages of ASLA ONLINE Posted July 10, 2006:

Landscape architects specializing in residential design won’t be disappointed at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO, October 6–10 in Minneapolis. Residential design will be featured in field sessions, education programs, and in the annual professional and student awards programs.
Recognizing that more than 70 percent of our members’ firms offer residential services, and numerous studies project tremendous growth in consumer demand, we called on many of the leading experts in residential design to help us create programming to meet the needs of residential practitioners. These experts will be on hand to serve as faculty and networking resources throughout the meeting.
Fascinating field sessionsPart education session, part professional tour, two of the 2006 field sessions will highlight local residential landscape architecture. They are being planned and led by prominent designers who can provide a behind-the-scenes look at a number of extraordinary projects. Field session space will be limited, so register now to reserve your tickets.

In addition to important topics such as sustainability, plants, and design technology, a number of the 2006 education sessions will focus specifically on residention design and will feature some of the most celebrated landscape architects in practice today:
*A Sustainable Approach to Residential Landscape Designwith Jim G. Hagstrom,
*ASLAUrban/Residential Design with Shane Coen, ASLA, and Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA
*Residential Design in the Midwest with Douglas Hoerr, ASLA

as well as

*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Design as a Testing Ground with Pamela Burton, ASLA, and Mia Lehrer, ASLA
*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Design with Tom Oslund, FASLA, and Ken Smith, ASLA
*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Design Lessons from the Southwest with Steve Martino, FASLA
*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Garden Splendor with Peter Wirtz, International ASLA
*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Design Challenges in the Southeast with Raymond Jungles, ASLA, and Mario Nievera, ASLA
*Creating the Landscape of Home with Julie Moir Messervy, Affiliate ASLA
*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Design in the Pacific Northwest with Charles Anderson, ASLA, and Steven Koch, ASLA
*Inside the LA Studio: Residential Design in the Northeast with Ed Hollander, ASLA, and Stephen Stimson, FASLA

Amazing awards The ASLA 2006 Professional and Student Awards program features the Residential Design Award category again this year. Cosponsored by Garden Design magazine, awards in this category will be presented on Monday, October 9, during the ASLA awards ceremony. A special luncheon honoring all award recipients, their clients, and professors will be held following the ceremony.
Award-winning entry binders will be on display for attendees to peruse in the ASLA Commons during EXPO hours. The 2006 awards video featuring the winning projects will premier during the awards ceremony, and copies will be available in the bookstore.Register now and save $100.
The most popular host hotels will fill up quickly, so please reserve your room today.

Landscape Architects in Kiplinger's Personal Finance

ASLA members were featured in a recent Kiplinger Personal Finance. See good advice and great pictures at
http://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/features/archives/2006/07/backyard.html

The information on how landscaping , especially professional design, can add value to a property is great marketing points.

ASLA Design Medal Goes to Residential Design Innovator Steve Martino, FASLA

Steve Martino, FASLA has been selected as the recipient of the 2006 ASLA Design Medal.
The ASLA Design Medal is awarded to an individual landscape architect who has produced a body of exceptional design work at a sustained level for a period of at least ten years.
Steve Martino, FASLA, is the principal of Phoenix-based Steve Martino & Associates and a Fellow of ASLA. Martino has won countless awards throughout his career. Most recently, he received ASLA's 2006 Award of Excellence in Residential Design.
As powerfully regional and distinctive as Martino's work is, it has influenced landscape architecture far and wide. He has been in the vanguard of green design in the southwest for decades, using native and low-water plants to create lush, modern landscapes. His work has taught us all how to better appreciate what nature has given us and to live wisely wherever we live. Martino uses native plants in highly imaginative and artful ways, convincing his clients to use this approach and inspiring practitioners across the country.
Go to http://www.asla.org/awards/2006/medals/awarded/martino.htm and read the nomination letter from the Arizona Chapter of the ASLA and support letters from Raymond Jungles, ASLA, Bill Marken, Editor-in-Chief of Garden Design magazine, Frederick R. Steiner, FASLA, Reed Kroloff, Dean of Tulane University’s School of Architecture, Rosheen Styczinski, FASLA, Darrel Morrison, FASLA, and John Douglas, FAIA ASLA.

For a visit of the Steve martino and Associates website, click on http://www.stevemartino.net.

Sustainable Residential Landscapes

One of my favorite blog sites, Inhabitat has posted some information on sustainable practices for residential landscapes. I found this tidbit through the ASLA "The Dirt" eNewsletter (gotta love web editor Dave Connell and his wit!).

Go to the July 5th posting on http://www.inhabitat.com for more info on the topic as well as other interesting stuff.