https://land8.com/members/lauraduplain/activity/ Activity feed for Laura Duplain. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:43:16 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9332004918adccb633e87d20911f59da https://land8.com/forums/topic/lare-florida-section-f/#post-558003 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:51:23 +0000 I noticed that Florida’s chapter of ALSA offers a study guide for $15 for Section F. I was wondering if anyone has purchased this and whether it was worth it? https://flasla.site-ym.com/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id=2365260 Also I was wondering if anyone found any books or resources that were helpful?

]]> 0 301818ae5b6eb071aaecd300f9ff8e1b http://land8.com/forums/topic/underground-tree-anchoring-systems/#post-152993 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:04:46 +0000 While working on Florida DOT projects, we were specifying Tree Frog http://www.arborguy.com/ on a few projects and they seemed to work out well.  As previously mentioned a bit on the pricey side in comparison to traditional tree staking, but aesthetically pleasing.  We primarily staked 15 gal to 65 gal oaks/crapes/etc. and sabal palms up to  24…[Read more]

]]> 0 4badd9aa0ea1a763afbe4defc921e0fa https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-skills-do-landscape-architecture-firms-need/#post-154396 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:19:04 +0000 great description of each LA tier!
I like your dad’s saying “if you can’t get it done in work hours, you don’t belong here”   it’s a matter of managing your time effectively and knowing when to delegate work, of course there are exceptions to every rule.

]]> 0 b7ff31fba8a704e78a24ebcbed6a1ae9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/can-you-give-me-a-realistic-picture-of-being-a-landscape-architect/#post-154670 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:43:39 +0000 btw out of those 100 students I refered to; approx. 30% of those students I started with graduated in that profession with me four years later.
as Robert pointed out…  It’s not for the faint of heart and you need to be flexible and willing to learn and adapt. 
It’s one of those professions most people never heard of except through HGTV (BL…[Read more]

]]> 0 1f51d004583b1506437b4f74b02e53eb https://land8.com/forums/topic/can-you-give-me-a-realistic-picture-of-being-a-landscape-architect/page/2/#post-154672 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:36:05 +0000 I was actually going to school to be an architect and didn’t get into the program, my school advisor said there was an opening in the Landscape Architecture class so I took the opportunity and found myself with a 100 other rejected architecture students and 3 students who truely wanted to be a landscape architect.
Overall I enjoy what I do;…[Read more]

]]> 0 75b71e463762bd5a20dd102b89ab5d74 https://land8.com/forums/topic/creating-cut-outs-of-people-vegetation-cars-etc/#post-175672 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:09:28 +0000 thanks for sharing, this site is great!

]]> 0 7353a00322074956b34b02982db5edc4 https://land8.com/activity/p/25313/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:01:31 +0000 I have sections 3 &4 left to take; unfortunately it seems that Florida ASLA is not currently offering a LARE Review.  Given that I will be required to travel out of state to attend a review, does anyone have any recommendations in regards to who does offer a good LARE review or who I should avoid?

]]> 0 68d4814a2d67cea03b68581b1cf032b3 https://land8.com/forums/topic/creating-cut-outs-of-people-vegetation-cars-etc/page/2/#post-175687 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:52:34 +0000 Thanks Lisa, I’m definately going to have to give that a try;
I look forward to seeing your tutorials; there’s still so much about photoshop I need to learn 🙂

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