Alan Ray, RLA

did you ever hear the statement “you get what you pay for” ?

For those confused among us, please remember this:
Architects design indoor spaces.
Landscape  architects design outdoor spaces.
Next question…….

at 60 yrs. I can tell you it’s always been as Roger Daltry said in the early seventies..”meet the new boss, same as the old boss” . If you think anything will change, I have a nice park in Manhattan I’d like to sell you….

Brazil is BOOMING!!!!
 

the BLA program at Mississippi State Univ. began in the mid 1960’s and accreditation was given  in 1972 if I remember correctly….I didn’t know what the big deal was at the time…now I do.
Oh, and they added the MLA many years later…not sure of the date.

My fave is “The Garden an illustrated History” by Julia S. Berrall. Viking Press, NY.
it takes you from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to Thomas Church…..very nice pictures and narrative.
it’s an oldie but a goodie…..

…and Italian landscapers….

By all means….I LOVE TREES !!!!!!!

Yes, I have found that lawyers understand the hourly rate concept very well, and yeah, they know they’re overpaid….

I must add that lawyers can be great clients.
I’ve had many great lawyer clients and am currently working for two
very good ones…..

Jason, you are absolutely right!
If only the bottom dwellers in this country would subscribe to this…
of course, half of them would not get paid…and that’s the reason they won’t do it.

I know it’s all wack!
I haven’t been sued yet,  just threatened……
typical bully ahole tactic….what suprises most bullies is when they
get smacked back!  he now knows I’m neither scared or intimidated so
he’ll probably go look for someone else to bully… that’s how this type
operates….
 

You own the copyright to your design. No one may use, copy, publish, alter or change  the design without your permission.
Not the contractor or the client even if she has paid for your design. You own it….We need to sue more people for mis-using and bastardizing our designs. We do have the law on our side.

everyone should read “From Bauhaus to Our House” by Thomas Wolfe,
especially the condescending architects with their falsesuperiority complexes…
this book hits the nail on the head!
 

architects design indoor spaces,
landscape architects design outdoor spaces.

Boston Ivy is the best !!!
Check out The Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia….
Boston Ivy does not dig into the wall it sticks to it.
I’ve seen fifty year old English Ivy pulled from a wall with no damage at all and I’ve seen it at five years
pull big chunks of mortar from between the bricks. The difference? I’d say it’s the mortar that…[Read more]

Japanese gardens at Golden Gate Park is very nice…..
 

Levi-Straus Plaza by Halprin is one of my faves……
 

…loved the Hendrix quote.

Don’t worry, ASLA will come to your rescue!
Just like they always have…..