Residential Design Is a Key Component of the ASLA Annual Meeting
Field sessions, tours, education programs, and awards focus on largest market sector.

Landscape architects specializing in residential design will find a lot to love at the 2007 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO, October 5–9 in San Francisco. Residential design will be a major highlight of field sessions, tours, education programs, and the annual awards programs.

Residential Design: Honor Award Private Residence by Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture Photo: Marion Brenner

Recognizing that more than 70 percent of ASLA firms offer residential design services and numerous studies project tremendous growth in consumer demand, the Society called on leading experts and award winners in the field to 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 sessions and tours
Part education session, part professional tour, 100 percent valuable. This year, an unprecedented seven field sessions and tours will highlight residential landscape architecture topics. These sessions are being planned and led by prominent designers who can provide a behind-the-scenes look at a number of extraordinary projects. Field session and tour space will be limited and require a ticket, so register now to purchase tickets to these great events.

Residential Gardens in Napa Wine Country, with Terri McFarland SOLD OUT

Legacy of Thomas Church: Hillsborough Area, with Richard McPherson, Landscape Architect

Legacy of Thomas Church: San Francisco/Sonoma, with Richard McPherson, Landscape Architect

Bay Area Urban Housing – High Density to Single Family, with Jeffrey E. Miller, ASLA, and Kyla E. Burson

Bay Friendly Gardens: Beauty and Ecology at Home, with Michael Thilgen, ASLA, Tamara Shulman, and Cynthia Havstad

Private Gardens, with Andrea C. Cochran, ASLA, and Ronald M. Herman, ASLA     SOLD OUT

Emerging Urban Neighborhoods, with Marta Fry, ASLA, and representatives from the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

Exceptional education programs
In addition to important universal topics such as sustainability, plants, and design technology, several of the 2007 education sessions will focus specifically on residential design and will feature some of the most celebrated landscape architects in practice today:

Arrica Elin SanSone, Cooking Light

Outdoor Kitchen Design, with Cooking Light writer Arricca Elin SanSone, J’Nell Bryson, ASLA, and Charles D. Hyams, ASLA

Inside the LA Studio: Steve Martino/Cactus City Design

Inside the LA Studio: Jeffrey K. Carbo Landscape Architect

Phil Maddux, ASLA, Sanchez & Maddux, Inc.

Inside the LA Studio: Andrea Cochran and Associates

Inside the LA Studio: MESA

Inside the LA Studio: Design Workshop

Inside the LA Studio: Sanchez & Maddux, Inc.

Client Roundtable: Home Builders                                  

Client Roundtable: Architects

Creating Inclusive Communities, with Andrew Nothstine

Media Roundtable: Consumer Publications, featuring editors from Garden Design, House & Garden, Better Homes & Gardens, Sunset, Southern Living, Cottage Living, and Cooking Light.

Great Patrons and Landscape Architecture, with Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA

Designing Extraordinary Mixed Plantings, with Scott C. Scarfone, ASLA

Amazing awards
The ASLA 2007 Awards program, which recognizes design excellence around the world,

Residential Design: Award of Excellence Elie Saab Residence by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture Photo: Geraldine Bruneel

will feature the popular Residential Design Award category again this year. Cosponsored by Garden Design, the awards will be presented on Monday, October 8, during the ASLA awards ceremony, along with the premier of the 2007 awards video featuring the winning projects. A special champagne reception sponsored by Landscape Forms will be held following the ceremony to honor all award recipients, their clients, and student advisors. For a closer look at the award-winning designs, visit the ASLA Commons during EXPO hours, where the winning entry binders will be on display.

At press time, more than 2,500 attendees have registered for the 2007 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO, and the most popular field sessions, tours, and hotels are filling up quickly. Click here to register today!  

Lori Crowe is ASLA’s marketing manager and may be reached at 202-216-2337 or lcrowe@asla.org.