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1. know what a landscape architect does.
2. get really good at doing landscape architecture.
3. smell good.

Hey Tanya,
I agree.. there were a couple vignettes that seemed really straightforward!  I thought surely I was missing something. I was feeling really good, and actually doing well time-wise (which I could not believe)…. then I got to the double vignette…. Oh man.Ugh.  When I first glanced at the test, I had not realized that that one was a d…[Read more]

did not realize this there is actually a nursery called http://www.stepables.com, they specialize in just this kind of material

Any time! Glad to help… I learned a thing or two, too

Mr. johnson,
 
i appreciate all the information

4″-6″ voids seem to be the standard…
Laurentia fluviatilis
Blue Star Creeper – Sun to part shade.  Evergreen in warmer climates, semi-evergreen in colder areas.  Tiny-green foliage makes dense, low mat.  Tolerates heavy foot traffic, 3 or more times daily.  Prefers moist soil.  Blooms blue Spring-Fall.
Mature height 3″.

 
Thymus serpyllum ~~ Cre…[Read more]

Number one skill: interview well
Number two skill: interview well
Number three skill: interview well
 Number four thru seven: don’t smell bad, be well groomed, design/tech skills and experience
 
Most people are incredibly bad at interviewing, and I believe it is because they are convinced they don’t have any training or skills for it . This is n…[Read more]

The biggest thing that gets you ahead is work experience – the chicken and the egg. Autocad is more often listed as a requirement than not (never seen a requirement for 2010, but often see Land Desk Top listed as prefered). Hand graphics are listed as a requirement at least 1/3 of the time. I more often see other programs such as sketchup, r…[Read more]

went out tonite.

Hey Chad – do you market yourself as an irrigation designer for LA offices? One office I used to work in (CA) hired out all irrigation design work. With so many offices downsizing, your experience might be just the ticket…just an idea as long as we’re talking about marketing.

No Kidding??? You are hiking the AP?! That is totally awesome – I can hook you up with Shenandoah NP peeps if you need a food drop or a place to stay for the night, if you’re getting that far….

Hey, sorry it took me over a month to respond..
 
Yes I did get admitted for 2010 and they allowed me to defer for 1 year.  I had the same plan as you, but got cold feet about moving to a new city without any money or a job.  I am planning on saving up money while living with my parents back in Michigan until the move. 
 
Hope that helps. Mess…[Read more]

Sooo… what did you think?  Some of the vignettes seemed so easy I was wondering if there was some instruction I missed…the double vignette was ok, but I might have messed it up by including too much information….we’ll see…Hope it went well for you!

Thanks Ray. Did you send me a brochure yet? I am considering to fly out there since WA doesn’t offer anything.

More information needed. Are you working on one of the existing “Eco/Echo Parks” or are you trying to design an “eco-park” i.e. ecological park…?

You’ve had plant material from Holland and Italy used in the Middle East?  It was able to adapt to the drastically different climate?  Sorry, I know that’s not helping you.  Its just a surprising thing for me to read in this post.  Maybe its time for some SoCal desert nurseries to look into shipping plants your way.  They have a lot of inve…[Read more]

Hi Tanya,
I agree with you legislators are always dreaming up stuff that may fix one issue and break 3 others.  There are laws on the books that conflict with other laws.  It is just crazy.  Maybe if we forced our legislators to put a 15 year time limit on all laws it would force legislators to revisit some of the crap they threw up on the wall an…[Read more]

MN uses CLARB to both qualify LARE candidates and administer the exam.  CLARB saw it fit to allow me to sit for the exam.
As to my program being non-LAAB accredited, who is to speak to the quality of the program at the University of Minnesota?  A part of me thinks their undergrad program being non-LAAB accredited is purely a money-making s…[Read more]