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[Jonathan P. Williams, RLA]

Although not online I learned a great deal from the book ” Spanish Phrases for Landscaping Professionals” by Jason Holben and Dominic Arbini. 

Goes through sections like hiring, safety, planting, building, and maintenance. 

I then used the Before You Know it Software for the iPhone. 

[Urmila Venkat]

Hi

I am just getting started on the LARE and need to take section 1 and 2 first. Have you finished those? Could you guide me on the best material for those two sections  / would you have any material that you are looking to pass on / sell?

thanks

Urmila

[Urmila Venkat]

Could anyone let me know the best way to get study material for sections 1 and 2 of the LARE

if anyone has material that they want to sell / or know the best place to study from- it would really help

Thanks

[Dave McCorquodale]

99% of what we do is for residential pools and we use Pool Studio.  They have a landscape program called Viz Terra that is similar, but I don’t have any real experience with it.  Pool Studio is flat out the best way we’ve found to communicate our ideas to the clients (and that equates to more sold projects).  Being able to see in 3D what they are buying helps them see the vision more than plans and sections would.  

Biggest cons: construction drawing symbols for plants aren’t great; text labeling isn’t great; can’t cut sections; you have to lease the software (we pay about $90/month per seat)

I export the line drawings into AutoCAD LT and finish there, but used to print and hand label.

While it doesn’t sound like this is the exactly what you’re after, I thought it might be worth mentioning in the context of helping the client see the end result of what you’re designing.

[jane gomery]

I am working part time at home doing residential landscape designs. I have been doing the plans by hand but want to learn some computer skills to make it easier to create designs. I have tried Auto Cad and it is way more than I need. Any other simpler programs that work in plan view, elevations and sections that is in black and white. Is Illustrator the way to go? Blue beam? Vector ware? I am overwhelmed by the choices and want something compatible with other programs as well it simple to learn and use.
Thanks for your thoughts.

[MLCC]

Jennifer I’m in the same boat you are; I have to take Section 4  and that’s it ( have passed all the other sections). I was really hoping there would be some activity on here from the people who took it in December so we can get a feel for what’s it’s like. Thanks to Leslie for your feedback.

Maybe I need to post an open call to them, to provide us feedback… or maybe they don’t want to spill the beans, since they had the misfortune of being the guinea pigs. Of course, it was their choice to take it though!

I’ll post the question, and see if we can get some responses. I just saw the pass rate on the CLARB website for Section 4 was 45%. Better than it used to be. but still a pretty dismal pass rate.

🙂 Good luck to us all

[Bri Morrison]

ASLA has PDFs with reference materials for Sections 3 and 4 posted online! I would download them ASAP because, from my experience, CLARB and ASLA tend to post things and then mysteriously update them or remove them without any notification.

I put a link on the Pinterest board.

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

Dennis, you are correct. It has been a while (2000) 

 

from LARE FAQ:

 

How long do I have to complete all five sections of the
L.A.R.E.?
Please contact the registration board in the jurisdiction
in which you are pursuing initial licensure for more information.

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

My understanding is that you lose the parts that you passed after three years go by. In other words, you need to pass the complete exam in a three year window. Then you start dropping off the first year’s passed exams and need to re-take them before you lose the credit of the other exams that you passed.

 

Some states used to offer the exams twice a year while others only offered them once. Idaho used to do it twice, Massachusetts only does it once. You used to be able to pay extra to CLARB (imagine that) to allow you to take a section for your state in another state. I got my Idaho license by finishing the exam in Maine while living in Massachusetts in order to finish in that 3 year window.

 

I was still working on my intern time to be eligible for licensure in Massachusetts. I got my Idaho license so that I would not lose the initial exams that I passed while still living in Idaho as I would not have had the required two years internship to sit for the Massachusetts exam in time. The difference was only a couple of months, so by the time I was notified that I passed I was already eligible for reciprocity. Had I not done that, I would have had to wait a year, re-take three sections, and pay for them again.

[Roland Beinert]

I’m just getting going on this, and I’m finding money isgoing to be a problem. I think I can manage the $150 to start my council record (still not entirely sure what that means)next month. Then I’d like to take each section of the test one at a time to spread out the cost. My current job is not too dependable, and my parents can’t afford to give me more than a few hundred a month to help. Anyone know how long can I go between taking sections?

[Roland Beinert]

Right now I really need study material for section C and E. I have a study guide, flash cards and good books for the other sections. I could use some practice tests for all sections. I don’t have a lot of money, though, if you’d want that in exchange.

[Jason T. Radice]

Alexandria is filled with one way streets, and the main commercial street, King Street, ends on South Union and delivers vehicles who then go park in a garages a block north on and Union several surface and garages south on Union, and a large marina is also accesed from Union. There are also numerous alleys that can only be accessed from Union where businesses, service, and parking are located. There are also quite a few residences along Union…and they pretty much all have cars (townhouses that have garages). There is on-street parking on King as well, as there needs to be in the commercial district here. The big waterfront building (the Torpedo Factory), food, and the small public waterfront is very easily accessed by simply crossing Union from King, and then the waterfron it is one small uninterrupted space. I can tell you, nothing moves quickly through this area. Due to the traffic, pedestrians, and the stop signs, bikes are not speeding through, and neither are cars. The pedestrians (tourists) just don’t look where they are going and think they can just walk out into the intersections whenever they feel, They don’t follow the protocal for a four way stop intersection. They walk out right in front of the bikes, which have stopped at the sign, and even the cars. Sometimes there is a cop directing traffic and yelling at the tourists to stay on the curb until he tells them to cross at the intersection of King and Union, but I’ve only seen that a few times on especially heavy days. And as for the ‘spoiled drivers’, because of jaywalking pedestrians and pedestrians not waiting their turn to cross according to traffic laws, drivers can sometimes wait five minutes or more to make a simple turn onto King. Thats why it gridlocks…then nothing moves.  

The curb here acts to prevent mid-block jaywalking and creates a physical separation between moving vehicular and bicycle traffic, as there are no parked cars along most of the retail frontage on Union to act as a buffer, parallel spaces are on the other side of the street. I don’t think planters would work here, and would just take up more of what limited sidewalk space there is. If they really wanted to improve things for pedestrians, they would install sidewalk bulbs at the corners of King and Union to make more space for pedestrians and actually put in signals with walk cycles. They could also remove some of the on-street parking directly adjacent to King and widen the sidewalks a few feet on each side. This would also help by actually widening the street a bit for cars and bikes, as with the parking present, there is a bit less than two full lanes. Its a tight squeeze.  

What also is interesting is that there is no retail or dining establishments one block to the north of King and maybe two blocks South from King, so there isn’t much that would benefit from this expenditure that could not be accomplished by other less expensive and safer means. This “shared street” concept really isn’t addressing the problems with the area at all.

[Jason T. Radice]

As someone who is intimately familiar with S. Union Street, I can say this is a HORRIBLE idea on this particular street. South Union is the main street that is closest to the Alexandria Waterfront and has access to various parking facilites in the area, so there is a great deal of vehicular activity. It is at the very heart of the ‘tourist’ area with it’s intersection with King Street, so in good weather and on weekend, there is a great deal of pedestrian traffic. As well, it the main bicycle path through Old Town on the Mount Vernon Trail. Union street links the bicycle only portions of the trail on either end. Ihave ridden the  Mt. Vernon trail on a regular basis, and in my opinion, the Union Street portion is by far the worst part of the ride. There is often so much vehicle and pedestrian traffic that gridlock forms as they fight each other just to move a few feet at a time. The pedetrians dart out into traffic at the crosswalks without looking and against traffic protocal (I’ve almost hit a few and have seen a few hit by bikes), and cars try to make whatever hole they can to squeeze through as the intersections are not signalized. It is a very tight street as well, with barely enough space for all to function together peacefully. The curb line plays a very important space defining role keeping pedestrians ON THE SIDEWALK where they belong and out of the bike and car traffic. This isn’t Europe, and most of what “works” there doesn’t work here (remember pedestrianized streets?) and it will take away from the historic appearance of the area. This can only make the situation even worse and more dangerous than it already is. It will do absolutely nothing to increase pedestrian traffic as some business owners have wished for, as only the addition of something people actually want (and in Alexandria, something they can afford) can do that. There really isn’t all that much to the waterfront there, anyway.

[Phil Moorehead]

I can also vouch for OSU, at least during my time there. My graphics classes were taught by Yumin Li, and I had Norman Booth for a studio entitled “Human Factors in Design” (Prof. Booth was capable of offering advice on representation topics from hand-drawn graphics and clay models to file management for InDesign documents). There were, of course, other highly competent professors, lecturers, guest professionals, and graduate students to offer advice and demonstrations, as well. 

I do think having some professional experience is key to appreciating why hand-drawn representation is critical. While drafting a plan in AutoCAD can certainly be more efficient and effective than hand drafting in some (perhaps most) instances, it’s the the sketches, sections, elevations, and axon’s of the design process leading up to a final plan where hand drawn graphics are indispensable. You could spend days in AutoCAD drafting a detailed section of a complicated multi-level intervention of some kind, only to discover a design flaw that you could have seen with a twenty-minute hand-drawn section.

CAD = good for final documentation

Hand-drawn = good for design

[Wyatt Thompson, PLA]

I’d recommend that you become familiar with all the books on CLARB’s Study Reference List – Toby mentioned several of them in his post. The list used to be much longer, but they pared it down several years ago. I do not know if they rewrote Sections A and B significantly when they went to the new format, but in my experience taking the exams in 2011, many MC questions came directly out of the resources on the old list in addition to the new shorter version. The expanded list is available online – check the LARE Google Group. If you can’t find it, I can try and dig it up and post it here.

Also, if you don’t have much experience with grading, check out Landscape Grading: A Study Guide for the LARE Grading Examination by Valerie Aymer. It doesn’t take into account the new computerized format, but I would bet it’s still a good resource.

Finally, remember, you are studying to pass the exams, but you should also view this study time is an opportunity to prepare yourself for the rigors of professional practice.