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You are in Idaho and have a degree in landscape architecture Roland – do they now require internship there?
 

This would be perfect for me if I had two more years of experience and a license. Then again, if I had two more years of experience an a license, I probably would already have a job in landscape architecture.

I would start with your liability insurance provider first. I am sure they can point you in the right direction.

I’m afraid professional liability seems to be one of those taboo subjects.  Nobody ever wants to discuss it in specifics, unless related to a code or design potential and then only in vague terms.
From what little I’ve gathered over the years, you’re looking for a lawyer.  I’ve been given the impression that most liability insurance providers e…[Read more]

Poke. Anyone? 

Building on a trailer is similar to a container planter on a building, so we are incorporating similar drainage and depth requirements. 

This is part of a much larger project that is focused more on wildlife and ecological monitoring and documentation.  We paired up with a few other firms to bid for the job last year.  As a small business, we we…[Read more]

This sounds like a pretty great project. You’re probably familiar with PARKing Day: http://parkingday.org/  I don’t know if anyone has ever done a moving parklet for that event or not, but it’s a great idea. If you follow some of the links from the main site to the individual city sites you should be able to find a bunch of photos and i…[Read more]

Of course then you have an especially invasive plant to deal with.

You may want to consider Japanese honeysuckle.  Loves heat.

Thank you, Toby. This is what I was thinking it was also. I appreciate the reply and confirmation.

I used to do this type of work back in the day. Its a “rollercoaster” industry with cyclical periods of feast or famine, much more so than the rest of the design world. Needless to say, there is high turnover. I was an LA who did the master planning and thematic design, graphic artists to do the renderings, architects did the structure, and…[Read more]

I recommend Latitude project management software. We replaced MS Project with it, because of its easy to maintain modules for job tracking, task, timesheets, reports, quotes and billing. I find it very fast and a great solution for project management.

Rob obviously has more direct contact with/knowledge of those in the field than the rest of us, or at least those who are LAs in that field.

All of my work is on these sorts of projects and the people Vi wants to join are the people I work with every day

And I strongly support your caution

The only way I see it not being useful is that it’s so…

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Rob obviously has more direct contact with/knowledge of those in the field than the rest of us, or at least those who are LAs in that field.  As he says, “depending on which part of the industry you’re aiming at” because to my mind there are a lot of other ways into what it seems like you want to do (the architects and set designers and e…[Read more]

Vi,

I can’t speak to any particular program, but I can say that — depending on which part of the industry you are aiming at — perhaps 75% of the professionals are Landscape Architects. Most of the rest are architects and then there are set designers, industrial designers, and misc people who have been doing it since before it became an industry…[Read more]

The thing is, I have researched many of the programs, etc. as well as companies, but there does not seem to be enough information… Probably, because, as Rob has said, the field is quite exclusive. Thank you everyone for your advice. I will indeed need to personally speak to individual companies as well as programs. 

As confirmation, however,…[Read more]

Evergreen Westeria. We Have used it before and works great.

Toby,

Are you experienced growing it?
I know it is grown in California, but it is a forest plant and tolerates the PNW and other mild areas. Will it do in the reflected heat of a south facing concrete wall do you think?