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4 Seminar
for Landscape Professionals Cosponsored by the Morris Arboretum and New Directions in the American Landscape “Always thought-provoking and cutting edge with plenty of new concepts and design solutions.” - A 2002 conference participant
Morris
Arboretum to offer 14th Annual Symposium on Landscape Design: Natural
Design in Context: Intimate to Grand Developed for landscape architects and designers, horticulturists, ecologists, artists, gardeners and other plant industry professionals, the seminar will be held January 27 and 28 from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at Villanova University. The same seminar will be held on January 15 and 16 at Connecticut College in New London, CT. Cost for both days is $279 with a student rate of $170 available. The fee includes breakfast, lunch and breaks. Continuing education units for landscape architects will be offered. For a complete brochure describing the seminar, please contact 214-247-5777, ext. 125 or 156, or email Jan McFarlan at jlm@pobox.upenn.edu. The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Morris Arboretum, The Connecticut College Arboretum and New Directions in the American Landscape of Larry Weaner Landscape Design. Many other educational activities are available at the Morris Arboretum, including classes in horticulture, landscaping, and art, plus lectures and tours. For a complete course brochure, please call 215-247-5777 ext. 125, or visit The Gardens at Morris Arboretum online at www.morrisarboretum.org. James Urban, FASLA Recruits Landscape Architects for the 2004 Tour des Trees
Ever wonder where all the new tree installation and maintenance information comes from? Well much of it is the result of research funded by the nonprofit organization called the Tree Research & Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund). The TREE Fund is the merged organization of the International Society of Arboriculture Research Trust and the National Arborist Foundation. The TREE Fund has awarded over $2,000,000 to over 300 research projects. Each year the TREE Fund raises a large portion of its money from an event called the Tour des Trees, a bicycle tour that covers roughly 500 miles in seven days. This year, Tour riders will start on August 2nd and travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh over the back roads of Pennsylvania, ending at the ISA Annual Convention on August 8th. Last year 90 riders raised over $400,000. In 2004 the TREE Fund hopes to exceed both the number of riders and money raised. Landscape Architects have historically had very low participation in this event while gaining significant benefit from the research. Work on structural soils, transplant shock reduction and Mycorrhizae are a few of the ideas that have made their way into the field of landscape architecture by way of research funded in part by the TREE Fund. It is time for Landscape Architects to step up to the plate and go to bat, er, RIDE for the TREE Fund. This year James Urban, FASLA, is challenging ASLA colleagues to join him in riding the Tour des Trees.
So what does it take to participate? The first challenge, at least for some of us, is to train for the ride. This is no easy fundraiser and you will earn your pledges. That said, it is a well-supported event with lots of volunteers to get you through each day. All meals and housing are provided by special Tour Sponsors, and the local communities all along the route pitch in to help. A sag van provides on-the-road support and will take you in if you can’t make a long day. You only provide your transportation to and from the event, a bike and your pledges. Getting the pledges is also a big challenge. Each rider must come with a minimum of $3,500 in pledges to ride. This is an attainable number and the TREE Fund can help with fund raising hints along with training schedules and conditioning tips. Riders who only want to ride a part of the Tour can find a partner to share the ride or participate for one or more days at $500.00 a day in pledges. All pledges are fully tax-deductible for donors. For more information look up www.tourdestrees.org or www.treefund.org or e-mail James Urban at urbantree@toad.net. EDRA
and Places Announce Design, Planning and Research Awards The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) and the design journal Places announce the seventh year of their award program that recognizes excellence in environmental design research and practice today. Awards are given in three categories: Place research awards recognize exemplary projects that investigate the relationship between physical form, design and human behavior or experience. All types of research about the design and use of places can be nominated—including projects that document the form or perception of places or landscapes, evaluate the use or manage-ment of places, or provide background for new designs or plans. Place design awards recognize completed projects that demonstrate excellence as human environments. Projects from all disciplines— including architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, public art, interior design and environmental graphic design—can be entered. Place planning awards recognize proposals for the future design, use or management of a place. Plans can consider a variety of issues, such as urban design, preservation, environmental manage-ment, community development, facilities planning, and visioning. The jurors for the seventh annual EDRA/Places awards are:
The EDRA/Places Awards are unique in the ever-expanding universe of award programs. Their primary concern is for good places and how people inhabit them. They invite participation from a range of design and research disciplines, recognizing projects whose significance extends beyond any one profession or field. And they emphasize a link between research and practice, demonstrating how a careful understanding of human interaction with place can inspire design. The awards program reflects the related missions of EDRA and Places. EDRA, a national organization of design professionals, social scientists, scholars and practitioners, was founded in 1968. Its conferences and publications explore the relationship between people and their physical surroundings, suggesting how environmental design can be more responsive to human needs. The journal Places covers architecture, landscape architecture, city design and environmental art. Its goal is to shift the debate about design from the discussion of design projects as singular, visual objects to the consequences design has in the environments that surround people’s lives. Places is published by the Design History Foundation and sponsored by Pratt Institute and the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. Send
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President's
Message The 2003 NJASLA Annual Meeting in Atlantic City also broke attendance records, crossing the threshold of 500 participants for the first time in NJASLA history. ASLA President Paul Morris gave a welcoming keynote and the meeting was considered a resounding success. The 2004 Meeting is taking shape and exhibitor registration is ahead of last year’s pace. The theme will focus landscape architects on becoming active in the Smart Growth movement in New Jersey and using their skills and talents in shaping such things as Transit Villages, communities for active living and “green” buildings. This year the Chapter expects to focus on forging alliances and developing a Public Relations/Media Kit to gear up for an effort to upgrade our licensing from a Title to a Practice Act in New Jersey. Stay tuned for new opportunities to become involved in NJASLA and advance our profession in New Jersey! NJDEP
Commissioner Campbell Announces New Green Acres Open Space Priorities Supporting Governor McGreevey’s Commitment to smart growth, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley Campbell recently announced new Green Acres open space acquisition and park development priorities that allocate greater funding for developed communities, protect the state's water resources and enact more stringent measures to safeguard existing Green Acres properties against pressures of development. “ The new Green Acres open spaces priorities enable us to make wiser property purchases by placing a greater emphasis on the quality not the quantity of land purchased in New Jersey,” said Governor McGreevey, “This more strategic approach to open space acquisitions bolsters my Administration’s smart growth priorities and ultimately ensures that New Jersey’s children grow up next to parks and not parking lots.” The top three priorities of NEP’s New Green Acres policy include:
Placing high priority on the protection of critical natural resources, DEP's new open space policy directs Green Acres to prioritize land purchases that protect the state’s water resources and critical plant and wildlife habitats. A new priority ranking system established through legislation (PL2002 c.76) will be established that triples the priority value for water quality and water supply protection and doubles the priority value of those lands that will protect flood prone areas. The ranking system also will provide for greater prioiritization of lands with endangered or threatened species habitat independent of water resource protection. Green Acres will be more proactive in pursuing the purchase of high quality water resource-related lands. To ensure the long-term protection of New Jersey’s preserved open space and recreation lands, under its new open space policy the DEP will establish more stringent measures that prevent existing Green Acres-encumbered parkland from being disposed of or diverted to non-recreation/conservation purposes. These measures include:
In addition to the DEP’s new Green Acres land acquisition priorities, New Jerseyans have approved the November 4 ballot proposition to provide an additional $150 million in open space and recreation funding. Governor McGreevey has commited to dedicating $75 million of these funds to establish or improve local parks, with the remaining $75 million going to open space purchases in the Highlands. Reclaimed
Water Permit In addition, the division will now include, in surface water and ground water discharge permits, special Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse conditions to ease the process for facilities wishing to implement reuse activities. With the population of New Jersey continuing to grow and drought occurrences becoming more dramatic, the concept of reclaimed water for beneficial reuse is receiving a lot more attention. Reusing wastewater
– it has existed for over 30 years, with California (1976) and
Florida (1977) leading the way. Today, thousands of wastewater reuse
projects around the country are examples of environmentally responsible
practice in landscape architecture. The potential for reuse is staggering. In 2002, Florida reused 570 million gallons a day of wastewater. With the reuse program in its infancy in New Jersey (1999), approximately 700 million gallons of wastewater a day are discharging into the ocean, bays, lakes and streams, while approximately 230 millions of effluent a day were reused for beneficial purposes in such projects as the Indian Springs Golf Course, the Bristol Meyers corporate park and the Bergen County MUA/PSEG Non-contact cooling water reuse projects. Spurred on by the droughts of 1999 and 2002, New Jersey is fast becoming a northeast leader in reuse of wastewater as other states in the region seek advice from DEP. If you have questions concerning the new general permit or wastewater reuse, contact Joe Mannick with Point Source Permitting, Region 2 (609) 292-4860, Mark Miller with Non-Point Pollution Control at (690) 292-0407. or Ben Manhas with Point Source Permitting, Region 1 (609) 633-3869. Information on Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse can also be found at the Division of Water Quality’s Web Page at www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/reuse.htm. Wanted:
Movers And Shakers Director/Coordinator
for National Landscape Architecture Month in New Jersey We are already organizing a State Capital Streetlight Banner program that will feature a Student Design Competition and display of new NJASLA Banners along West State Street, the thoroughfare hosting the Statehouse and prominent facilities of state government and culture. We also are incorporating the Legislative Breakfast in the first week of May (strategic to the presence of Legislators in Session) to provide a closing ceremony of National Landscape Month (NLAM). If additional financial support can be found, we will expand the Banner program to other prominent regional centers. An imaginative and energetic person with good organizational skills is needed. Come on board today to promote and plan an outstanding program of high visibility for Landscape Architecture that holds great promise for advancement for the Profession. Correspondent,
NJASLA Newsletter Chairman
of the NJASLA 40th Anniversary Photo Collage Exhibit for the February
Annual Meeting Chapter
Initiative ProgramGrant and other Program Ideas Contributors and those wishing to assist in National Landscape Architecture Month, the Newsletter, our 40th Photo Collage, the CIP or just generally get involved are strongly encouraged to contact any ExCom member or NJASLA headquarters ASAP. The next meeting of the Executive Committee is at 7:00 PM at the Manalapan, NJ offices of Schoor DePalma and you are welcome to participate. Find
–A- Landscape Architect Whether you are a sole practitioner of residential design or a corporate site planning wizard, you will want to be in our new interactive region-based public access directory. We at NJASLA know that Internet communication is a profit-making plus for our profession now that will increase in importance in the future. We have developed Find-A-LA to give you an instant presence on the computer screens of the millions of people who are regularly turning to this information stream for their special needs. With Find-A-LA your future client can find you quickly and already know what your specialty is and where in New Jersey you prefer to practice! This new feature will list only those NJASLA members who register for free! For a nominal service fee, this online advantage will provide enhanced visibility and access for those of us who are more savvy to the amazing public relations opportunities of the World Wide Web. Members with their own full-blown websites can get “linked” to have Find-A-LA send clients directly to our site. You don’t need to own a computer to get registered and take advantage of this new service. Just get to your local library computer or office Internet Explorer and go to www.njasla.org to find full information, a registration form and a demonstration of the Find-A-LA service. Notable
Quotable Of 2003 “...Landscape architect Henry Arnold of Princeton, N.J., likes to think of trees as beautiful, economical public utilities. Often, however, they are shortchanged in planning underground infrastructure, and as a result, wind up crowded for space. "Trees are not looked upon with the same seriousness as other utilities," he says. This is beginning to change as word spreads that tree size and longevity count more than quantity. "The benefit of an urban tree is proportional to its crown size or volume," Mr. Arnold explains. "One tree that lasts 50 years is worth more than 20 trees that last only 10 years."..... Planting Trees by Ross Atkin, The Christian Science Monitor for full text of this interesting article about urban forestry go to http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0416/p13s02-lihc.html Employment
Opportunity The Waetzman Planning Group is looking for a landscape architect who is licensed in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania to head its design department. We are a small planning firm that services clients in both the public and private sectors. Our main office is near the Blue Route, in Bryn Mawr, PA, and our client base is primarily located in South Jersey and Southeastern PA. Our design work includes both residential and commercial projects on a variety of levels. The candidate should have experience in site/subdivision design, ordinance/code research, municipal reviews, landscape design, proposal writing and site inspections. We produce many planning documents that include an extensive amount of mapping which is created by our design department. Therefore, proficiency in AutoCAD and GIS are required, and experience with Adobe PageMaker and PhotoShop are a plus. The candidate should demonstrate good organizational skills and have some supervisory experience. WPG offers a competitive salary and a full benefit package, including medical, dental and a 401(k) plan. Please send or e-mail your resume and work samples to the address below. Education Requirements: Bachelors or Masters degree in Landscape Architecture or related field. Contact: Larry S. Waetzman, AICP, PP; The Waetzman Planning Group; 1230 County Line Road; Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; Phone: 610-527-0600; Fax: 610-527-0445; e-mail: wpg@waetzmanplanning.com |
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