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APLD
California
Chapter
Upcoming Events
For more information about each event, please click on the dates
below:
March 14, 2008
East
Bay
Gathering at SF
Flower & Garden Show
East Bay District
March 19, 2008
Thirty-Five Ways to Garden
for
the 21st Century
North
Bay District
March 25, 2008
Big,
Small or Not at All:
Trees
in Our San Francisco
Gardens
San Francisco District
March 25, 2008
The
Secret to Making Money
Without
Breaking Your Back:
A
Designer's Perspective
Sacramento
District
March 26, 2008
New
Plant Introductions
Peninsula
District
March 28, 2008
Spring 2008 Speaker Series
East Bay District
April 8, 2008
Options
for Outdoor Kitchens
East
Bay District
April 27, 2008
East
Bay District Booth
at
Secret Gardens of the
East Bay Tour
East
Bay District
Our online Events
calendar contains APLD events added or changed since the newsletter submission date (25th of each month) as well as
non-APLD events of interest to our members.
Landscapes Unlimited
Wholesale Nursery
4330 Bodega Ave.
Petaluma, CA 94925
707-778-0136
APLD California Chapter Member
FAQs
Are you a new member with lots of questions about how the APLD California Chapter works? Did you just renew and have a question about how your
dues are used? Interested in starting a new district in your area, like the North Bay members recently did? Check out our California Chapter Membership FAQs.
Do you have more questions that aren't yet answered? Send an email to membership@apldca.org to get your
questions answered and added to the FAQs.
APLD
California Chapter
Membership
Thank you to everyone who renewed their APLD California Chapter membership!
Your $40 California Chapter membership fee provides the sole dues support for all chapter and district
programs in California.
The many rewards of APLD California Chapter membership include:
-Attendance at California District programs and meetings throughout the state
-Monthly California Chapter Newsletter
-APLD California Chapter Website
-Listing in the California Chapter referral pages
-Local APLD Certification Workshops
-Local APLD District Garden Tours (where available)
-Local APLD District Mentor/Mentee Program (where available)
-Local APLD District Design Salons (where available)
-Opportunities to network with other designers and green industry professionals
-Participation in our lively APLDCA Members-only internet discussion group
Questions?
Please contact the California Chapter Membership Committee: membership@apldca.org.
Join the dynamic and informative discussion happening every day on the California
Chapter Yahoo! Group!
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APLD California
Chapter
March 2008 Newsletter
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Dear Members,
What a glorious time of year in California.
The sun is shining, the birds are singing and your Chapter Board has been busy;
developing our position statement regarding state laws and our education of how
we work within those laws. Due to recent messages on our Chapter
online forum we felt this information needs to be in writing and
continually be placed at the forefront of any of our educational
programs.
This is the position statement:
APLD CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
POSITION STATEMENT:
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS REGARDING
STATE LAWS &
REGULATIONS
AND INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES
The
Association of Professional Landscape Designers® (APLD®)
is an international membership organization that provides a forum for the
advancement of the profession of landscape design, as well as education to the
public about landscape design. It is
APLD's intent to educate and encourage its members to adhere to all laws and
regulations governing the practice of landscape design and closely-related
industries.
In the State
of California, our California Chapter
volunteer leaders have worked diligently to inform designers as to their role
in educating consumers about California landscape
contract law and the scope of our role as landscape designers. This effort has extended beyond traditional
educational opportunities to include the Chapter's online forum. As is true of any organization, APLD cannot
control opinions expressed by individual members, but can strive to educate
those who are not fully informed and attempt to change their opinions.
The California Chapter
recognizes the ongoing need to educate its membership on a wide range of legal
and policy-related issues in the field of landscape design and construction. This includes compliance with California Current law states
that all jobs with a value
over $500 must be installed by a licensed landscape contractor. state law
regarding the use of licensed companies to perform landscape work.
Volunteer
leaders from both APLD International and the California Chapter are
working to identify key issues and to develop an effective strategy for
disseminating this information to our membership. Our approach will include but not be limited
to: presentations at meetings to enhance
member awareness of regulations relevant to California landscape
designers; continued monitoring of online and in-person member forums; and
continued cooperation with affiliated organizations.
APLD will
continue its practice of educating its members regarding all aspects of our
industry and will do so at every opportunity.
We value the relationships developed with affiliated organizations and
look forward to continued partnership with all those interested in furthering
our educational efforts.
Have a great spring!
Colleen Hamilton, Chapter president 2008
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District News
Peninsula Chapter's
Writers' Collective
By Kathy Ormiston - APLDCA Peninsula District
Communications Officer
A lot of us garden designers aren't quite ready for our big
moment on HGTV, but we still have some important things
we want to say about gardening and design. Last year, garden designers
Karen Hunt, Judith Grant, and Janet Bell put together a "Writers Collective"
for all the interested Not Ready for Prime Time writers in the APLD's Peninsula
District.
The Writers' Collective is currently made up of ten plus
APLD members who write articles for the Home and Garden sections of the Palo
Alto Weekly and the Los Altos Town Crier. The Town Crier
publishes our articles monthly and the Palo Alto Weekly publishes our
articles four times a year. The Palo Alto Weekly articles also appear in
the Menlo Park Almanac and the Mountain View Voice and they may
also be reprinted in the Pacific Sun in Marin.
We've been publishing the articles for about six months now
and we have found it to be a great way to get some exposure for APLD and
educate people about garden topics we feel passionate about. Even better,
writers often pick up a client or two after having an article published.
Some of the most recent articles have been: "The Side Yard
Escape: How to Create a Side Yard that's both Beautiful and Functional" by
Astrid Gaiser, "Renewing a Garden: A Few Steps can take the Landscape from
'Old' to 'Fresh'" by Laxmi Natarajan, and "Mulch Provides more than Curb
Appeal" by Patricia Evans.
Each article is 500 to 700 words long or about one page,
single-spaced. We also submit several topic-related photos to accompany the
article. Another bonus is the Palo Alto Weekly takes glamorous head
shots of our authors to accompany the articles.
As our membership grows, we will likely try to pick up
additional newspapers. The key for our group has been to seek writing
assignments with smaller newspapers that are located where our designers live.
Currently, most of our writers live in the towns of Palo
Alto, Mountain View
and Los Altos so those are the
local papers we have targeted.
If you want to start something similar in your district,
check to see if any designers in your group have contacts with local Home and
Gardening section editors. These designers could have previously written garden
articles or they could have had their gardens written about. Having these types
of contacts will help you get in the door. If you don't have any connections,
just try cold calling the editor - what do you have to lose? Once you get your
phone call or email returned, discuss some sample topic
ideas with the editors and ask them what their current needs are.
Chances are good these editors are hungry for free local gardening
expertise to fill Home and Gardening pages.
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Water Conservation:
Practical Applications
By Deva Luna - CLCA
I read this on my herbal tea bag: "We believe in living as if there is a tomorrow." That's a short version of an
oft-quoted definition of sustainability: meeting the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
How
do you know if you are making the world better or worse for your kids and their
kids' kids? Even small things help. The next Sustainable Landscaping Seminar
hosted by CLCA is designed to move all participants a little bit forward in being
actually 'green'. There will be information for both beginners and experienced
contractors looking to make their landscapes more sustainable. Come to get
practical information you can apply immediately.
Water
Conservation: Practical Applications, is
the title of the second in a series of CLCA sponsored Sustainable Landscaping
Seminars. It will be held on March 29th,
from 8 am to 2 pm, at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.
Come also to see Foothill College's
new Environmental Horticulture buildings with their state of the art Green
Roofs.
Keynote
speaker Tom Ash, a nationally known
water use expert, will put our water situation in context, addressing watersheds,
usage, legislation and industry approaches to legislation. There will be a 'nuts and bolts' talk; Urban
Farmer Store owner Tom Bressan will
demystify drip and subsurface irrigation--his talks are hands-on and
entertaining. Additional professionals will be leading small group breakout
sessions termed 'Table Topics' where attendees will learn tips about drip and
subsurface irrigation, ET controllers and weather monitoring, water auditing,
irrigation design, how to tune up an existing irrigation system and more. There
will even be sessions available on Irrigation for Beginners and Sustainable
Landscaping Basics.
The
CLCA Education committee wants to act in alignment with green practices. We
believe small steps can make a difference. Organic box lunches will be provided
by JZ Cool Eatery & Catering in recyclable containers. All organic waste
will be composted at Foothill's Sustainable
Garden. In addition, we ask all
participants to bring their own reusable cup for drinks during the day, thereby
saving the resources that disposable cups or plastic water bottles would use.
(Container Recycling Institute states that 60 million plastic water bottles are
thrown into the garbage EVERY DAY.)
Who
should attend? This seminar is designed for landscape professionals who would
like to move their business in the direction of greater sustainability. For a
downloadable registration form and directions, contact Terry Lyngso at tlyngso@lyngsogarden.com.
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Welcome to New APLD California Members:
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First
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Last
Name
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Company
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City
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Todd
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Allen
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Jackson
Landscape
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Capitola
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Mary
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Barclay
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Classic
Landscapes
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Healdsburg
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Amie
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Barnes
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Silverado
Landscape Design Inc.
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Sacramento
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Robert
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Betsch
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Illuminate
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Concord
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Karen
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Boness
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Wild
Willow Landscape Design
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Kenwood
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Cindy
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Bryars
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Bushnell
Landscape Design
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Roseville
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Janine
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Castaldo
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Pacifica
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Alison
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Flesch
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Alison
Flesch Landscape Design
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Woodland
Hills
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Kathleen
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Guillaume
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The
Fardener's Garden Design
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Martinez
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Kim
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Kabot
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Kim
Kabot Landscape Specialist
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Sebastopol
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Vanessa
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Kuemmerle
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Vee
Horticulture
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Emeryville
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Ellen
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Landfear
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San Diego
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Rebecca
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Madrone
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Garden
Magic and Mystery
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Fairfax
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Mary
Jane
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Marlow
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Landscape
Plus +
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Santa Maria
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Tauni
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Meade
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Tauni Meade Garden Design
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Stinson Beach
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Linda
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Nobriga
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Colonial
Landscape
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Ripon
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Sarah
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Ray
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Strada
Design Group
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Kensington
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Eric
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Rayner
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Rayner
Landscaping, Inc.
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Novato
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Tina
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Rose
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Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery
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San
Ramon
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Kristina
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Scott
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Oakland
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Liz
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Tilley
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Oakland
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Have you won an award or been published in a magazine? Do you know of someone who is worthy of notice? Please
consider sharing your news with other members! Click here to
read
guidelines and obtain a template for submitting articles to the newsletter.
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Samscaping Inc. Wins
Custom Residential State Award
CLCA announced the winners of the annual State Beautification Awards at its'
annual convention last November, this time held in Nashville,
Tennessee. Samscaping Inc. received First
Place in the Custom
Residential category for projects in the $200,001-$400,000 range. The
residence, located in Menlo Park,
is highlighted by a water feature built under the direction of new APLD member,
Jim Everett, a master water feature designer. The overall design and
installation was a collaboration of efforts by Laura Schaub, Jim Everett and
Sam Whitney, epitomizing a design-build effort in the field.
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APLD
California Chapter Upcoming Events
Please visit our online Events calendar for the most up-to-date
information on all APLD events, as well as non-APLD events of interest to our members. |
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Date
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Friday March
14, 2008, 3:00 -
8:00
PM
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Title
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East
Bay Gathering at SF Flower & Garden Show
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Sponsored by
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East Bay
District
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Contact
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Sharon Gibson,
sbgi@att.net
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Additional
Info
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http://www.gardenshow.com/sf/theshow/index.asp
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Description
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Heading to the
Garden Show anyway? Well, how about a Friday evening District gathering.
Admission is cheaper and the crowds are lighter!
Come join your
fellow East Bay APLD'ers for a fun evening...we'll have time to shop, chat,
eat, and enjoy the show gardens in a more leisurely manner.
And to cap
things off, we'll be able to visit gardens by East Bay District members
Shelley Somersett & Warren Lieber. (Shelley's will be an edible
garden...maybe we can hang out there for dinner! ...Just kidding, Shelley!).
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Cost
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Half day pass
to show (at 3:00 PM or later) is only $13.00.
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Location
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Cow Palace, Daly City
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Date
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Wednesday March 19, 2008, 6:15
PM
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Title
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Thirty-Five Ways to Garden for the 21st
Century
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Sponsored by
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North
Bay District
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Contact
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Gwenda
Joyce, 707.938.8877, artandland@hughes.net
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Attachment
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Ways to Garden.bmp Open
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Description
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The
North Bay District continues its year-long programming on sustainability in
the garden with our March meeting featuring Alrie Middlebrook, who will be
speaking on '35 ways to Garden for the 21st Century'.
Middlebrook
is co-author (with botanist Glenn Keator) of a new book entitled Designing California
Native Gardens: The Plant Community
Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens. She will discuss plant
selection for your specific type of garden, design considerations and water needs.
Alrie is a garden designer and owner of Middlebrook Gardens in San Jose, CA. Her company received the
2003 CLCA Sustainable Landscape Award.
6:15
PM--Reception, 6:45 PM--Talk begins. Books will be
available for sale.
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Cost
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Members
$5; Non-members $10.
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Location
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Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma, CA
95476
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Date
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Tuesday March 25, 2008, 4:00
- 6:00 PM
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Title
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Big,
Small or Not at All: Trees in Our San Francisco Gardens
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Sponsored by
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San
Francisco District
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Contact
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Jocelyn
Cohen, (415) 285-2342, jocelyn@jocelync.com
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Description
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We
are excited that this month Jocelyn will talk about a variety of appropriate
scale trees for our urban gardens. Also, she will cover challenges faced in
restoring and restructuring established trees to complement views and
maintain privacy. You will come away from the talk with an understanding of
trees that perform well, those to avoid, rehabilitation strategies, and the
presentation skills to inform your clients.
Jocelyn
Cohen, APLD member and DBA Poetree Landscapes & Arboriculture, is an
aesthetic pruner of shrub & tree species under 20 feet. She focuses on
enhancing the natural habit of the plant for health and longevity. A
Certified Arborist whose services include arbori- and horti- cultural
consulting, including preservation reports for trees and landscapes during
development, Jocelyn's designs integrate older/beloved plants and existing
materials with the new. She teaches Arboriculture at Merritt
College and pruning workshops at
the East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden.
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Cost
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FREE
to APLD Members. $5.00 for Non-Members.
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Location
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San
Francisco County Fair Building, 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco
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Date
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Tuesday March 25, 2008, 5:30
PM - 8:00 PM
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Title
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The
Secret to Making Money Without Breaking Your Back: A Designer's Perspective
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Sponsored
by
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Sacramento
District
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Contact
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Please
RSVP by Fri, March 21 to: sacapldrsvp@yahoo.com
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Description
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Please
join us for a rich evening with other landscape professionals and inspiration
from our guest Sara Anderson - Designer and Contractor, Outdoor Environments.
Sara
currently operates a thriving design & build landscape company. Her professional journey includes owning a
nursery, winning the California Nurseryman's Award for research in Public Xeriscape Gardens, learning from Napa
Vintner's, designing for contractors, and her ultimate decision to become a
landscape contractor. Her experiences
may open your eyes to the benefits of growing your business in ways you had
not imagined.
5:30 PM-6:30 PM -- Food, Drink &
Conversation
6:30 PM-8:00 PM -- Presentation and
Discussion
For
additional information contact John @ 916.223.8172.
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Cost
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Cost
$5 for APLD members; $15 for Non Members
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Location
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Sierra
2 - Garden Room & Courtyard, 2791 24th St., Sacramento (in Curtis Park)
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Date
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Wednesday March 26, 2008, 3:30
PM - 6:00 PM
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Title
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New
Plant Introductions
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Sponsored by
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Peninsula
District
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Contact
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Kathy
Ormiston, kathyormiston@pacbell.net
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Description
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Join
us to get the scoop on the best new plant and grass introductions for 2008.
Speakers will include representatives from Monrovia, Four Winds Citrus
Nursery, and Greenlee Ornamental Grass Nursery. The speakers will talk about
their favorite introductions as well as reveal their favorite underused plant
gems.
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Cost
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Registration
NOT required. Free for all APLD members, $10 for non-members and $5 for
students with student IDs.
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Location
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Construction
Laboratory, New Horticulture Facility, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los
Altos Hills. Parking in Lot 8 (tiny entrance next to Fire Station).
The machine in Lot 8 accepts dollar bills.
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Date
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Friday March
28, 2008, 10:30 AM -
12:00 PM
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Title
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Spring 2008 Speaker Series
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Sponsored by
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East Bay District
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Contact
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Sharon Petersen, (925) 672-7729, gardenartistry@earthlink.net
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Description
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The Association of Professional Landscape Designers is proud to
present its 2008 Spring Speaker Series, for garden enthusiasts just like you!
--Splashing Color in the Garden, with
Patricia St. John, APLD. Friday, March
28, 2008.
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Cost
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$25 for each seminar or $60 for all 3 (pre-registered). APLD
members may attend for $20.00.
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Location
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Veterans Memorial Building of Lafayette, 3780 Mt. Diablo Boulevard,
Lafayette, California (at the corner of Mt. Diablo Boulevard and Risa Road).
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Date
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Tuesday April 8, 2008, 4:00
PM - 6:00 PM
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Title
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Options
for Outdoor Kitchens
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Sponsored by
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East
Bay District
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Contact
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Sharon
Gibson, sbgi@att.net
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Description
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Speakers:
Rick Fox on modular kitchen set-ups and Tom Raeth on custom-built kitchens.
Please
watch this space for further details.
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Cost
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Members:
$5.00. Visitors: $15.00. Students with id: $10.00. ($5.00 is for room
rental).
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Location
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Veterans Memorial Building, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette.
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Date
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Sunday April 27, 2008, 9:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
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Title
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East
Bay District Booth at Secret
Gardens of the
East Bay Tour
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Sponsored by
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East
Bay District
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Contact
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Sharon
Petersen, gardenartistry@earthlink.net
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Additional Info
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www.secretgardentour.org
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Description
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The
annual garden tour sponsored by Oakland's Park Day School, Secret Gardens of the East Bay, includes a Marketplace
with various local vendors and artisans displaying their goods and services.
East
Bay District is pleased to announce that in 2008 we will have our own booth
at this venue. The district portfolio
currently being developed for the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show will
be on display. (Yet another reason to submit your great designs!) In addition, East Bay District members will
have the opportunity to help staff the booth and interact with the
public. This popular tour draws
thousands of visitors each year, so we are delighted to participate. Watch this space for further details.
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Cost
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Admission
to the Marketplace is free.
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Location
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Park Day School, 370 43d Street, Oakland
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