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LARE Preparation Courses in Northern California

Freeman & Jewell Landscape Architecture is once again offering our popular series of preparatory courses for candidates taking the Landscape Architect Registration Examination. The courses are generally offered four times each year in Northern California, usually four to six weeks prior to the…[Read more]

LARE Preparation Courses in Southern California, UCLA Extension

Instruction focuses on the three essentials for successfully passing the
exam: subject matter mastery, problem-solving ability, and test-taking
strategies. Our intensive review courses are taught by working
landscape architects – talented professionals who can guide you in
preparing…[Read more]

LARE Preparation Course in Northern California

Date/Time: July 23-25, 2010

Description: Sections A, B & D 8:30 am-6:00 pm July 23-25, 2010.

Course Description: A detailed review of the multiple choice sections of the LARE. The course includes an overview of the LARE from the point of view of the objective sections as well as in depth review of…[Read more]

hello friends…
I’m looking for some help, ideas, or suggestions about my thesis topic (a sustainable waste management into a park or simply “Garbage Park”)…wherein, i want to run the park that depends on the sustainable waste management, like cost efficient and effective waste to energy methods and how it can be a sustainable,,,, etc…thanks…[Read more]

My head is still trying to recoup after taking both C and E for the first time…

Hi Everyone! I am relocating to the area and going to be coming to stay for about a month in mid June to mid July…first of all….does anyone know of any cool ASLA events I can join up on while I am there….and….besides the Denver botanical gardens….are there any other native Colorado plant gardens that would be great for me to start…[Read more]

I took section C. My plan was to get through the test on my trace without putting it on the test sheets. Get them worked out and leave the labeling and all that for the end. I thought it was a good plan since I got through it with a few hours to spare. I checked them over and then started putting them from my trace onto the sheets. With about an…[Read more]

How’d it go? No one has commented how things went today/yesterday.

Once upon a time, the reference manual had symbols for plants used in planting plan vignettes. These disappeared in 2006. I suspect this is what you may be referring to.

Susannah,

One vignette solution showed a swale constructed entirely in fill adjacent to a road. There was clearly no need for a swale given the existing topo depicted. They also…[Read more]

Why do you say that?

I’ve looked at SOME of the Section E material from Shake-n-Bake.
It was pretty bad.

I have used the Section C material. It’s pretty good.

Dear All,

I am looking for Landscape Archiyects for my office in Jeddah- Saudi Arabia, if you or some one you know interested please send your Cv to : aa.algilani@gmail.com
Salary based on experiance, benifits include, housing allowancw, helth insurance, and transportation. please forwared to those who might be interested, new graduates and those…[Read more]

Thanks Charles. The Seattle class had a good group of students. We had a sizable contingent from British Columbia and one person wandered in from Texas! There were many thoughtful questions posed. I enjoyed the experience.

YEAH!!! Last exam passed!!

To those who are waiting to check scores from the March 2010 multiple-choice… the scores are now posted. Good luck!

The Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (WASLA) just hosted Ray a couple of weeks ago here in Seattle. He taught his 3-day seminar on Section E. We had a full room and the comments coming in from those who participated have been very good. Everybody commenting said it was very much worth while and well worth the time…[Read more]

Hello! the ASLA CA Sierra Chapter is offering LARE Review Sessions for the upcoming section C & E exams. The classes will be held on Saturday, May 8th from 9am-3pm at UC Davis. The courses will be taught by Matt Mathes, ASLA and Erik Sweet, ASLA – authors of the PPI Section A and Section D review books.
Registration is offered at the affordable…[Read more]

Hey, anyone interested in forming study groups for Section E. I’ve taken the exam last year and didn’t pass, duhh. so I’m looking for study partners who can put the time to work on vignettes, go over them together on-line or on skype, etc….

Just contacted CLARB and scores will be sometime between Wed. and Fri. this week.