Kyle H. Crooke, ASLA

Hi folks, it’s me on my lounge in Cairo, but active now in Abu Dhabi.
This is the place to try all this xerophytic plants and other material.
Whenever I come into a new arid area I try to studdy the the vegetation off the beaten tracks. Potential natural vegetation is the best indicator to meet climat and geology. We only (I guess that is the…[Read more]

Call for Entries for the ASLA California Sierra Chapter Design Competition will be pasted later today. Check back soon.

Hello- I’m new to the group! Currently our LA firm has been dealing with the recent water restrictions- How do we (as Landscape Architects) get the word out that turf is no longer the San Diego landscape? We are in our 3rd consecutive year of drought and something has to change.

ASLA CALIFORNIA SIERRA CHAPTER
invites you to our

ANNUAL BBQ and RIVER CATS GAME!

Wednesday, August 26th 2009

Raley Field Home Run Terrace (500 Ball Park Drive, West Sacramento)
This year we have reserved the Home Run Terrace featuring private seating lawn, lounge chairs and flat-screen TVs.

Gates open at 6pm, Game Starts at 7pm

$18 for…[Read more]

TIRED OF DESIGNING WITHIN A BOX?!?!?! READY TO LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW? WANT TO BE PART OF ENHANCING MIDTOWN LIFE?!

The Sierra Chapter of ASLA will be hosting a design competition for improvements to a Sacramento urban park.

Mark your calendar with the following dates:

July 15th: Call for entries is released

July 31st: Sign up/Entry…[Read more]

The ACE Mentor Program is looking for Landscape Architects to get involved!!!

The ACE Mentor Program is a nationwide program that introduces motivated high school students to various careers in the building industry. The local Sacramento Chapter has grown to include 13 local high schools since its inaugural year 3 years ago. The program takes…[Read more]

The California Sierra Chapter ASLA is currently requesting members to nominate candidates for the 2009-2010 Executive Committee. Below is a description of the offices available:

President- Elect (Full Member)
Vice-President (Full Member)
Treasurer (Full or Associate Member)
Secretary (Full or Associate Member)
San Joaquin Section Representative…[Read more]

That’s encouraging to hear you bring an ‘added value’ to your office and that you’re getting LEED projects (and platinum at that).Good for you!

hi, i’d been trying to blend hand drawing with computer, and i think i got a really good renderings. after i apply style in sketchup, i draw the vegetation by hands and put it on top in photoshop. when i Apply color in photoshop, i use the wet brushes. So check my renderings and if you like I can give you more tips.

I like your stuff Bob, I would like to see it a bit bigger.

Aaron-

Are you talking about getting pics up onto this group discussion or onto your folio? I always use the ‘simple uploader’ when uploading to my folio, I find it less glitchey as you mentioned. For posting here, just hit the camera button above and make sure you image is in an acceptable format (jpeg) and 72-150 dpi and less than about 500…[Read more]

I’m still getting an X when I upload. I’m finding this site very glitchy. Slow uploads, freezing up, inability to close down, etc.. Anyone else having these issues? How can I get my darn pics up??

sucess… thank you Nick, we may be able to go a little wider but these settings are much better… now we can post some images and give some better feedback.

Here is my test to see if the settings sugested will work, 400 pix wide and 100dpi

I think if you size the width of your images to about 400pixels wide that should fit just right, also you (everyone) should do everyone else a favor and keep your dpi under 150…more like 100 or even 72 to avoid sluggish scrolling.

Again why do some of the images get stretched out while others look fine… I am guessing that there is some kind of ideal image size for the group walls, does anybody know what that size limit is so that we can actually see what people are posting? Vladimir’s images are all stretched out while right below his Nick’s look perfect, is any one else…[Read more]

I cannot speak to PTLexamprep, but I can say that greenexamprep is fairly accurate when they claim that if you can score over 80% on their tests then you are probably pretty well prepared for the actual exam. Hang in there.

I thought I would contribute some different digital and hand techniques I’ve experimented with over the last few semesters as an undergrad. Before I returned to school for Landscape Architecture I enrolled in a 12 month cad drafting course and read all the landscape graphics books I could get my hands on, which still seem sort of…[Read more]

To all:
check out my new discussion group: townscapes, villagescapes

Does anybody have any suggestions or examples for rendering a master plan in a desert environment? I’m trying to finish up my capstone project so I can graduate and I’ve run into a little snag. I go to school in the south so drawing a rocky barren landscape with clusters of cactus is a first.