Jordan Lockman

I like the Natural/cultivated edge also. It would not work very well between sand and soil or in an active recreation area.

Your photos look like standard plastic edging and not the bend-a-board? Also why do people feel the need to put edging up against hardscapes like sidewalks, driveways, etc?

At my local tech school they put together a CAD class after multiple people had talked to them about it. It would not hurt to contact the instructor for the daytime class and see if they would be willing to do an evening class. Maybe see if you can find others in your situation. Also try the library for books or other information it is free and…[Read more]

In wood fireplaces we would use well casing sections. They were almost free and worked great. Also at home in my wood fire pit I made ring with Firebrick and dry laid stone on top of that. It has worked well. Again these are wood fireplaces not gas.

I worked design/build for the first 3 years out of school. It took a year and a half off the experience requirement since it counted at half time. I didn’t end up needing it though since I waited until I was seven years out to get licensed.
 
If you want to get a jump on things take all your tests and know that you have the luxury to take your…[Read more]

Look into North American Rock Garden Society. They have a nice forum on their site, that you can look through. I joined the local chapter and have learned a whole lot about alpines and rock gardens. Many of the rock garden plants are the same as what you can use on green roofs.
So sedums and succulants are the easiest to work with, silene,…[Read more]

Many firms do make a good living doing nothing more than answering RFP/RFQs. We have recieved some projects this way, but there is usually quite a bit of competition for them.

I used Dynascape at one of the design build firms I worked at. It was cheap at the time I am not sure about now. They also targeted design build firms with their marketing.
 
Our office uses Revit and Microstation, but we are an Architecture firm and the LA’s and Interiors go where the Architects go.

I am not even sure that an MLA is worth more outside of Teaching than a BLA.

I am not touching this one other than by saying both sides have handled this thing terribly and I really hope that everyone can come together for what is the best for our society.

Well put and I think that it matches what many of us have gone or will go through.

Wow!

The ones I have seen most often are steam heated by a garbage burner or coal plant.

It was helpful but really expensive. They give you the grading criteria which I found helpful.

Agreed I would really look at something that will broaden your horizons over redoing your undergrad in grad school.

I know someone that has been fighting terrible battle with the state board trying to get a license, because his degree was not accredited.

How did this work out?

Why go through the extra hassle of using making your porous pavers impermeable to collect water. Why not just have cheaper and easier to maintain concrete. Then collect the runoff directly into a cistern for rainwater harvesting. Seems like you are throwing out common sense for cliche green elements? You are creating a “Rube Goldberg” device…[Read more]

Learned this one the hard way as well. The design looks great in august or if you leave the foliage stay from the previous year. Otherwise there are the giant gaps until the soil heats up.
 
This brings up the challenge of dealing with maintenance as part of your design. When I am designing a garden for myself I use lots of cool season grasses…[Read more]

The more I think about it the more I see well placed and maintained mulch rings as a best management practice. In the early years of a trees life anyway.