Shavawn Coleman

Does anyone know of any LARE Grading and Drainage or Site Design prep courses anywhere near Las Vegas?? I am hoping to take the exam in August/September pending I pass Exam 2 in April. 

Andres, I love using Houzz! I am on there all the time to get some new inspiration. I’ll have to look more into Measures and Dimensions and MagicPlan. Those might actually help out a lot on my next project! Thanks for your comment!

Tosh K, you are absolutely right. Maybe I need to write an article about the women in landscape architecture! I know on asla.org there is an article about them. Thanks for the great input!

Coordinates, you are most welcome. I love reading and sharing things like this. I am still finding my way around the design field as a young professional and I love seeing how far women have come. Coincidentally, I came across this article in USA Today about women and making it to the top. Very interesting read! http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2…[Read more]

Thanks for all the great input! This is really helping me out!

Thanks a lot for your help! I completely forgot about the SNRPC Regional Plant List. It turned out to be a great resource!

Thank you so much! That would be great!

This is gorgeous! Thanks for the post!

I wish I get to visit it often. I haven’t been for about 10 years. Living in Las Vegas, Boston isn’t exactly close. But if I can swing it, hopefully I will be there later this year for the ASLA Conference. Thanks for the picture!

Hi Boilerplater, I just clicked on that link and it worked. I’m not trying to mimic the job of ASLA, just was a little inspired by the lecture I went to and wanted to spread the word.

I suggest touring a few different firms. Each business is ran differently, so you can get a skewed perspective if you only visit one. What you ask is not a simple question, there are so many variables that go with it. I will tell you what convinced me to change, was seeing a project where kids were involved, and see their faces when they saw their…[Read more]

I would have to agree Alan. There is such a thing as over designing. Sometimes, nature has her design, and it’s up to us to know when to step aside and let her go.
Thanks for your input!

At Roland: We do try and do that too. Our landscapes for the most part are desert adaptive so that does help in water conservation. Thanks for the great feedback, I will keep that in mind with the next project. We actually just finished a project where we did this exact same thing!
At Jason T. Radice: I would like to try and use grey water for…[Read more]

Actually they have. It is slow going don’t get me wrong. On their website they have the interactive site where you can learn more about the profession at http://www.asla.org/design/ Every April there is National Landscape Architecture Month. And at least here in Las Vegas, the landscape architecture community is always up to something. I am…[Read more]

I have come to find there aren’t simple answers when it comes to this profession, which is a good thing, I think. I have also come across where people don’t know what I do. Someone thought I was one of the laborers that hangs out in front of the nurseries!