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I am just guessing by one or two questions based on my test scores. Everything is still top secret over there. But being that close… is so frustrating, which I am sure I am preaching to the choir!

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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. 

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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!

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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!

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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/2013/03/10/facebook-google-sandberg-zuckerberg/1927887/

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

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

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Thank you so much! That would be great!

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This is gorgeous! Thanks for the post!

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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!

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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.

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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 park all designed out, I knew that was it. Another thing a professor in college told me, once a building is completed, that is the best it will ever be, all pristine and clean. With a landscape project it only gets better over time. If you go back to a landscape 5-10 years later the material is all grown in and looks great (with proper maintenance of course) and with a building, it sometimes tends too look older and used. Those are my thoughts. Good luck with your decision!

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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!

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What a great post! I unfortunately don’t have a picture of this particular place right now, but my most favorite place is the Boston Commons in downtown Boston. Surrounded by such large buildings, then you enter the gates and you are instantly taken away from the hustle of the city just a few yards away. They have plays, a large lake, vendors, rose garden and even a small pond for children to splash in. It’s a great place to get lost in!

My other favorite place, though it wasn’t really designed by a landscape architect, is Arcadia National Park in Maine. In the summer time, there are trails that line the cliffs that over look the ocean. Absolutely mesmerizing. The cliffs are open to climb on, so for hours I was trailing up and down the cliffs with this amazing view of the ocean! 

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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 irrigation and toilets, and we can do that to a certain point but not with reclaimed water from rain barrels. We do use natural infiltration to naturally purify the water as well as irrigation. I am not sure about the law on condensate, I will look into that! Thank you for the great comment. It is always great to get a different perspective on the subject!

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