Chapter Chat

Alabama and Mississippi ASLA

Alabama and Mississippi to Host Twin States Conference
Please mark your calendars for the 2008 Twin States Conference to be held at Mississippi State University, April 29–May 2. The Mississippi and Alabama Chapters of ASLA will be hosting this three-day conference featuring nationally known speakers, including ASLA President Perry Howard.

Meetings will be held in the landscape architecture facility. Two tours, a crawfish boil, and a golf tournament are being planned, and CEUs will be available. Expect more information in the near future.

Illinois ASLA

2008 National ASLA Awards
ASLA is pleased to announce the Call for Entries for the 2008 Professional Awards. These awards are given in an effort to raise standards of excellence, heighten public appreciation of quality landscape architecture, and expand public awareness of the profession and ASLA. Award recipients will be published in Landscape Architecture magazine and honored at the awards presentation ceremony at the 2008 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO, October 3–7 in Philadelphia. Entry forms are available on the national website.

Montana ASLA

ASLA Member Helps Local High School
Over the next three months Kent E. Watson, FASLA, will be working with about 25 Hellgate High School students in Missoula, MT. He will be guiding them through the process of redesigning their long-overlooked school courtyard. Watson’s outreach is a great way to get K–12 students involved in landscape architecture.

Nevada ASLA

Sign Up for Nevada LARE Workshop
Sign up for the next Nevada Chapter ASLA 3-Day LARE Workshop (Section E: Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management)
Registration deadline is April 11, 2008

Friday, April 25 from 12:00 to 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 26 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, April 27 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Instructor: UCLA Professor Jerry Hastings
$250 for ASLA members and $350 for Nonmembers
(Lunch for Saturday and Sunday provided)
Seating is limited

For more information including registration forms and course content, please contact Tammi Gaudet at tgaudet@wlbgroup.com or 702-458-2551.

New York Upstate ASLA

Central NY to Host Education Day and Trade Show
The Central New York State Nursery & Landscape Association will host its annual Education Day and Trade Show at the Welch Allyn Corporate Training Center, "The Lodge," in Skaneateles, New York.

Regionally, nationally, and internationally renowned speakers will address the role our industry plays in not only maintaining the quality of our surface and groundwater but actually improving them in the future. We feel this lineup of speakers would be hard to match at even the largest conventions in the country! For more information visit http://www.cnysnla.org.

South Carolina ASLA

South Carolina’s ASLA Sponsors Design Week
Design Week is a program of the South Carolina Design Arts Partnership, with support from many partners, and is scheduled for March 3-7, 2008. The South Carolina Chapter of ASLA is the lead sponsor for this year. Design Week allows design professionals to network with potential new clients in local communities that traditionally do not have access to design. It is also an opportunity to gain valuable new experience, meet and network with other professionals in many disciplines, and make a meaningful contribution to the state of South Carolina. Download volunteer form here.