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Keynotes by environmental justice activist Robert D. Bullard,
and a panel on landscape architecture on TV
featuring veteran hosts, producers and programmers of hit home
improvement shows: landscape architect and Grounds for Improvement co-host Dean Hill, ASLA; architect and the host of the HGTV hit show Curb Appeal John Gidding; nine-time Emmy winning producer Mila Holt of JOHLT Productions; network executive Steven Lerner, senior vice president of programming, for HGTV, DIY Network, and Great American Country; and Academy Award-winning producer Michael Williams of Green Harbor Productions.
The Inside the LA Studio series
will highlight the philosophy and work of the following landscape
architecture firms: Balmori Associates, !melk, Biohabitats and
Confluence.
More than 130 education sessions
are offered on such topics as agriculture and local food production,
green roofs and living walls, healthcare and therapeutic design, parks
and recreation design, plants and soils, sustainable design,
transportation and complete streets, urban design, stormwater
management, and wetlands. All sessions are approved for continuing
education credit with the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education
System, and many are also approved by AIA, AICP and USGBC/GBCI.
Members of the ASLA Colorado Chapter will team up with the local
affiliate of the ACE Mentor Program to design a project using products
donated by ASLA’s generous EXPO exhibitors to be installed after the
meeting. They will design a pocket park nestled along Speer Boulevard
into the heart of downtown Denver to serve as open space for the actors,
staff and students who attend the Denver Center for the Performing Arts
summer programs. The Legacy Project volunteers, students and product
donors will be recognized during the Opening General Session on
Saturday, Nov. 22, at 8 a.m., at the Colorado Convention Center.
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An Edible Landscape Celebration will
celebrate the local food movement on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 8 to 11
p.m., at the Mile High Station, 2027 Old West Colfax Avenue, Denver.
Organized by Nat Bradford, ASLA, a landscape architect working at the
forefront of the farm-to-table movement, the event will feature
celebrity chefs and a menu they've created just for the landscape
architecture profession using healthy, locally sourced and heirloom
foods:
Chef-Farmer Matthew Raiford
Executive Chef at the Lodge at Little St. Simons Island and owner of Gilliard Farms
Chef Alex Seidel
Owner of Fruition Restaurant and Fruition Farms and one of Food and Wine magazine's Best New Chefs
Chef Jennifer Jasinski
Owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendôme and Euclid Hall Bar + Kitchen; winner of
The James Beard Foundation Best Chef Southwest; and a finalist on
Bravo's Top Chef Masters Season 5.
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For advance press registration, please contact Karen Grajales at ktgrajales@asla.org and include your press affiliation, audience/circulation, business address and email/phone. Press passes provide working journalists
access to the EXPO floor, general sessions, education sessions, and the
working press room with computers, internet access and refreshments.
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