Adam Trujillo

This may or may not be relevant considering the firm you work for but according to ASLA’s latest survey “Being licensed significantly contributed to salary – $77,700 for those holding a license compared to $52,700 without.”
http://www.asla.org/land/LandArticle.aspx?id=30026
Also, I’m currently working towards getting my license just to have o…[Read more]

I know if conceptual but….where are the trees!?! I’m so tired of shifting and folding ground planes to “create space.” Not everyone wants to walk up slopes of turf….

Yes, we did do that.  The project, surprisingly is going on its 15th year and still looks great.  Thank you. : )

I completely agree with you on this Ami.  I stress this point to the principal that we will get left behind in this economy if we don’t make a fundamental shift in our philosophy.  However, he takes the position that, he doesn’t want to take the responsibility 5 years down the road when the landscape is in dire shape, which I can’t really blame h…[Read more]

Rob, the disconnect is exactly my point.  I haven’t been able to find great examples to show him.  So that is why I am reaching out to this community for successful projects.  Have you seen any or designed any?

Ken Smith came in 2007 I believe.

any topics for tomorrow morning? it would be interesting to see what designers, landscape architects and firms have been doing to market themselves in this new economic limbo.

Ya, as far as materials and construction I would suggest searching online for how to build things. Even though I have had good experience in field observation, I went online and read how contractors built a deck or built a wall. It’s so much easier to understand when you see progress photos of what they are actually building. It helps understand…[Read more]

Sorry to hear that you didn’t pass. Looks like you’re almost there. My only suggestion would be to maybe make a change in the way you take the test? I’m not sure what your strategy is when you are taking the exam but maybe that’s where your approach needs to change? Because by now you probably know most of the material in order to pass it, you…[Read more]

Yeah, you make a good point about maintenance later down the road. Didn’t realize combining agaves would turn out to be so difficult when it came to deciding on a mulch….

There will be rows of Lomandra longifolia ‘Breeze’ and Dianella revoluta on both sides of the Agave. Its in Southern California, Sunset Zone #18. They will be getting full sun, which is why I was concerned about using the d.g. around them since I didn’t want them to burn up in the valley heat….

That’s because I’m cheap labor ; )

Don’t give up yet, our office seems to be picking up in the past couple weeks. I think things are s l o w l y starting to move again.

Good luck and thanks for the info!

So Rob, are you saying that the drought tolerant shrubs shouldn’t be planted along with agaves or just don’t use mulch? The agaves are going to be planted at the high point of the planter so drainage is moving away from them.

Both plants are low water use and the mulch will help prevent moisture loss for all the shrubs while also preventing weed…[Read more]

I don’t think it really matters on a resume. I don’t think someone would rather hire someone with a BLA than a BSLA.

Take a look at what Tournesol Siteworks has to offer. They are not the cheapest but are supposed to be one of the best. Unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to spec their greenwalls.

http://www.tournesolsiteworks.com/products/gr_vgm.asp

Sent you a message. Did you get it?

There is a civil engineering firm that my firm does a lot of work with and the Principal of the firm does a lot of work in Montana. I can give you his contact info and you can see where that takes you?

nice stuff! i’ll add them to my blog roll.

So for the article to say that walkability is a one variable formula can be pretty misleading. Because the actually study’s results say “Walking is most strongly related to measures of land use diversity, intersection density, and the number of destinations within walking distance.” Roland pretty much hits the nail on this issue. I don’t think…[Read more]

i love james carville! he always calls it like he sees it.