Research Site of Interest

I have mentioned this website before. Associate Professor Linda Chalker-Scott provides answers for burning questions that have bugged you for ages, such as mulch teas and peat moss. This is a website that exposes us to research that pertains to our work. It is food for thought. Check out the Horticulture Myths.

http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott//research.html

Annual Meeting Proposal Requests

Dear PPN Members,,

ASLA is accepting proposals for Annual Meeting sessions until January 10, 2007. We are accepting proposals now!!

Please consider submitting a proposal in concert with other members of your PPN. We’ll also be asking PPN members to review Annual Meeting proposals and forward the strongest ones to the Annual Meeting Steering Committee. We want to make sure that the Committee has a lot of sessions representing PPN areas to select from.

ASLA ’s PPN website provides background information about various types of Annual Meeting programming: http://www.asla.org/members/ppn/annualmeeting.htm.

Here’s the link to submit your session online: https://www.eshow2000.com/asla/2007/abstract_collection_form.cfm.

Thank you!
Jennifer

Jennifer Fraulo Strassfeld
Manager, Professional Practice
American Society of Landscape Architects
636 Eye Street, NW Washington , DC 20001-3736
(202) 216-7852

Ephemeral Gardens

The Canadians have a thing for garden design events. This one sounded interesting.

The Ephemeral Gardens will be an artistic event where creators from different horizons are invited to bring an artistic viewpoint on the major themes of Québec City's 400th anniversary.

This viewpoint will be expressed through creator gardens : outdoor creations using mediums that combine different elements, including plant materials. The gardens will be on view at Espace 400e , a focal point of the festivities to be created alongside Louise basin in downtown Québec City. The goal is to create 6 contemporary art gardens. This call for proposals is aimed at seasoned and budding creators. They may be architects, landscape architects, or visual artists and may be from Québec City, Canada, or countries historically linked to Québec City: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Registration deadline is January 31, 2007

Link: Québec 400: Ephemeral Gardens

Contest Winner Gets a Landscape Architect!!

I recently came across this advertisement in Real Simple Magazine. Aveeno, maker of skin products( i.e. lotions and such), is holding a contest entitled "Seeds of Goodwill Contest". You can enter your local community garden which needs a makeover. The winning garden get a $5000.00 gift certificate to a garden supply store as well as a session with a local landscape architect(valued at $1000.00). To nominate your garden, visit
www.realsimplerewards.com/aveeno.