Green Hills' Hill Center Design Honored
Tennessean
10/21/2009
“Two area landscape architecture firms recently won awards from the Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA), which were presented at the Growing a Deeper Knowledge Conference.”

Milestones
University of Wisconsin-Madison
10/21/2009
“Shawn Kelly, faculty associate in the Department of Landscape Architecture, has been inducted into the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects.”

Positive Economic News Continues for Landscape Architecture Firms
United Press International
10/21/2009
“For the first time in 18 months, the majority of landscape architecture firm leaders reported normal or above levels of work compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Business Quarterly survey.”

BWSC Receives ASLA Awards for Park Projects
Chattanoogan.com
10/20/2009
“The Tennessee chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects presented two awards to Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, Inc., at the chapter’s annual conference on Oct. 8, in Nashville.”

The Mall Is in Need of Some Turf Love
The Washington Post
10/20/2009
“A plan to set aside $200 million for resodding the Mall was eliminated from the stimulus bill after some members of Congress objected. That ‘really irked everyone,’ said Angela Dye, a member of an American Society of Landscape Architects blue ribbon panel on the Mall.”

A Senator's Ownership Manual for Americans
TampaBay.com
10/18/2009
“The book's primary audience is college undergraduates and advanced placement high school students, Graham says. But it's been used by a wide range of organizations, from the Service Employees International Union to the American Society of Landscape Architects, who ‘want their members to be more active and effective in engaging with government.’”

Education / Outreach
Biz Journals
10/12/2009
“Led by the Austin, Texas-based Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and two D.C.-based groups, American Society of Landscape Architects and U.S. Botanic Garden, the initiative calls for a final draft of the new standards in November, when the groups will solicit pilot projects.”

Dateline Pittsburgh: 10/22/2009
Post-Gazette
10/22/2009
“Landau Building Co. was recently awarded contracts from UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland to build a new SOECT/CT Room; Waynesburg University in Waynesburg to improve the Church Street pedestrian link; the landscape architect for this project is Pennoni Associates.”

Greenlee Pushes 'The American Meadow Garden'
San Francisco Chronicle
10/22/2009
“Greenlee said he's happy to be in Northern California, where people are more receptive to the meadow message, and he's been able to work with ‘some of the giants of landscape architecture.’”

It Came from the Moon, and Now It's Dying
Philadelphia Inquirer
10/22/2009
“The tree's decline over the last several years is not related to its lunar journey, said Williams and Susan Edens, cultural landscape architect with the Independence National Historical Park Service, which provides custodial care to Washington Square.”

New Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture to Be Offered in 2010
Washington University Record
10/22/2009
“The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will launch a new Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) program in fall 2010, announced Bruce Lindsey, dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design.”

Green Roofs Envy of Cities
The Post and Courier
10/22/2009
“Richard Jones, who is an associate principal at the landscape architecture firm Mahan Rykiel, said the roofs vary in costs. ‘Extensive roofs’ average $15-$20 a square foot and are a few inches deep with soil and vegetation to meet water or energy management goals. A four-inch depth can hold half to 70 percent of the rainfall.”

Expo Shows How Home Owners Can Go Green
Seattle Post Intelligencer
10/21/2009
“Held earlier this month at San Francisco's Fort Mason, West Coast Green covered two buildings separated by a hanging garden suspended from bamboo by landscape architect Josiah Cain and the Natural Builders.”

Lathrop Homes Residents, 'Alumni' Fight Plan to Demolish Complex
Chicago Tribune
10/21/2009
“Lathrop Homes, which opened in 1938 during the New Deal era, was one of Chicago's first government-subsidized housing projects for the poor. Housing about 225 families, the complex spans 12 blocks, with its 30 buildings taking up about 18 percent of the land. Noted landscape architect Jens Jensen sprinkled playgrounds, basketball courts, and baseball and soccer fields throughout.”

New Skatepark for Canarsie Moving Forward
New York Post
10/19/2009
“The skatepark is being designed by landscape architect Stacia Tull with the assistance of Jason Baldessari of Spohn Ranch Skate Parks in California.”