Barbara Peterson

Bob, Andrew, Tim,
I apologize, I am “a little” late in my reply: thank you all for your helpful advice! Very much appreciated.

Hi Catherine,
I literally just saw your post yesterday and like you, am surprised that no female LA’s replied. I also see that you have moved to another firm: seems to have been a wise move.
‘Yes’, female friends of mine (me included) have experienced either overt or subtle sexism or ageism during our careers. We vary in how we address it ……[Read more]

Agreed. I am not suggesting recruiting. I do not like recruiting or attempts to convince people to enter any particular field. I agree that trying to “sell” someone on any profession does both that person and the industry a disservice.
But I do not believe that talking to young people and adults or answering questions about the profession is the…[Read more]

Fabulous: I had not seen the mags that you referenced but just checked their websites. I will definitely send the links to my friend.  Thank you.

ASLA (local, state and national) should do a better job at marketing LA but so should each of us. Remember, ASLA is made of people and if you are a member, you can suggest activities….
What have you done to “spread the word” beyond clients:
1. Have you signed up to be a Landscape Architecture merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts?  …[Read more]

Thanks to all: very helpful info.

I’m curious: what ‘brought’ you into environmental sciences in the first place? You say that you want a career involving sustainability and design but was it a love of the outdoors, a desire to “do something good in the world”, or “what”? Perhaps by reflecting on your free time interests, you may narrow down which route would be best for you.
It’s…[Read more]

Thanks. I’ll keep an eye out this summer.

Agreed. But in this case, “we” need to do a “ton” of scanning of older, needed documents that were never in a pdf format, and if we sent them out for scanning, we could have paid multi-fold for a printer or two. 

I like the use of gator bags…when they can be monitored.
For example: last year, I installed them on around several trees at a property where someone had turned ‘off’ the irrigation system despite the severe summer drought. In addition to adjusting the system to it’s regular 2 week watering cycle (native plants), I added bags to the trees in…[Read more]

http://www.asla.org/land/LandArticle.aspx?id=42809
This article just came in: a conference in May in Seoul, Korea.

http://www.asla.org/conferencesforlas.aspx#Apr14
Several conferences that you may be interested in if you haven’t already found “one” to attend.