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Wednesday March 28th at 6:00 at Cane Land Distilling 760 St Philip St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.  Refreshments served at 6pm. Lecture to start at 6:30.
"Where Landscape Meets Architecture," a one hour discussion of best practices and detailing focusing on the boundary between the Built Environment and Significant Trees. Our presenters will be Bayou Tree Service and CARBO Landscape Architecture.

Ticket price includes a complimentary tasting flight of 5 Spirits donated by Cane Land Distilling  and light
bites sponsored by Bayou Tree Service and CARBO Landscape Architecture. 
 
CEU Credits: 1 LU/HSW credit by AIA

About Our Distinguished Presenters:

Bayou Tree Service is the premier tree preservation firm of Louisiana and Mississippi and has been dedicated to the care and preservation of the area’s historic trees since 1980. With two full service locations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the company is comprised of experienced Louisiana-licensed arborists who have mastered techniques and problem solving strategies to assess the needs of each individual tree.

CARBO Landscape Architecture is a nationally-recognized landscape architecture and planning firm established in 1995 as Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects.  The firm's experience consists of a continuum of successfully completed works, including:  residential and estate gardens; regional parks; institutional, corporate, and academic campuses; botanical gardens; environmental education venues; urban streetscapes; and large scale planning initiatives.

It is that time of the year again to mark your calendars and plan to attend the LCASLA 2017 Awards Banquet and Social.

The event will begin with a pre-banquet social from 5:30-6:30pm with wine, beer, and light Hors d’oeuvres, with dinner beginning at 6:30pm. The presentation of awards will follow dinner.  

This year we will not be notifying award winners prior to the banquet in order to build excitement and anticipation for the event.

Let it Rain: Living with Water in our Louisiana Landscapes

Presented by Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans and LSU AgCenter

• January 20, 2018 8:00 A.M. to Noon
• New Orleans Museum of Art Auditorium, City Park

Join our outstanding speakers and specialists in their fields, Dana Brown and Dan Johnson, as they discuss managing stormwater in your home garden. A forum of local experts, including Urban Conservancy, SOUL and Water Wise, will then present their options to maximize your landscape potential while using our bountiful rainfall.

Using Plants for Stormwater Management.

Sharing wonderful pictures from her book by the same title, Dana Brown will give a brief overview of water flow in the Southeast and which plants are well suited to meeting our water challenges. Learn about flowers, grasses, and trees which are native to our greater New Orleans area and beyond.

Using Green Infrastructure at Home.

Discover ways to manage the rain that falls on your property. Learn from Dan Johnson (a.k.a. Greenman Dan) how simple changes to your yard can significantly help lessen the costly damage created by stormwater runoff such as poor water quality, urban flooding, subsidence and the rising costs to maintain New Orleans’ pumping stations and drainage system.

Forum: Local Water.

Dana and Dan join leaders from three local groups to educate us on what is being done with stormwater management in the greater New Orleans area and how you can help. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions of our forum panel on anything from city projects to your own backyard.

Your morning of learning will include a continental breakfast from Café NOMA, complimentary admission to NOMA immediately following the program and an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful Besthoff Sculpture Garden adjoining the museum.

In addition, symposium attendees will receive a discount coupon to the Pelican Greenhouse Plant Sale which follows immediately after the program. Shop an amazing selection of native plants including a wide selection of shrubs and trees.

Registration fee is $35.00.

Please go to mggno.org/symposium for complete details and to register securely online through our Eventbrite site. 

Have a question? Call 504-452-9262 or email symposium@mggno.org. Follow us on Facebook.com/MasterGardenersOfGreaterNewOrleans for updates and the latest news. about our 2018 Winter Gardening Symposium.

Claudia West reveals the future of planting design in an inspiring presentation about a powerful alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities.  You will learn how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful and diverse.

As always you will have time to enjoy the Hodge Podge Volunteers hospitality offerings, plants Claudia will discuss during her presentation, book and gift shop sales at 8:15-9:00am, at the mid-morning break, and after the program until 2:00pm.  Claudia will be available to sign copies of her new book published by Timber Press you can purchase the day of the symposium.

Another special treat you can look forward to from our volunteers are tastings from their new cookbook “Passalong Recipes from the Podge – Digging Deeper” hot off the press and ready for you to purchase.  This cookbook is the second to be undertaken and published by our volunteers and has been in the works for over two years.  The recipes are all tested and delicious!

It pays to be an Early Bird!

Register by January 5, 2018 for savings.

EARLY REGISTRATIONS: $55 (Members), $70 (Non-Members) and $20 (Students).

LATE REGISTRATIONS: $65 (Members), $80 (Non-Members) and $30 (Students).

A ticket to the symposium is a great holiday gift for the gardeners in your family!

Click here to register today!

What to expect:

Enjoy a planning-oriented trivia night and happy hour hosted by APA LA Metro New Orleans Section. 

In the spirit of the giving season, Metro APA will donate a canned good to Second Harvest Food Bank for every participant in this event!

When:   Monday, November 13th. 6:00 to 8:00PM
Where: Bayou Beer Garden
             326 N. Jefferson Davis Pkwy
             New Orleans, LA

Please join New Orleans Architecture Foundation on Saturday, October 21st for a self-guided tour of eight stunning Uptown / University area homes, where you will learn about the history and architectural significance of each. 

TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket price provides entrance to 8 private homes and can be purchased in advance at noaf.org/events/fallhometour or the day of the tour at Café Luna at 802 Nashville Avenue.

PRICES
Friends of NOAF: $20 each
In Advance: $25 each
On the Day of the Tour: $30 each

Tickets will be available soon!

The 2017 Annual Meeting is fast approaching! 

Stay tuned for more information, including a full list of speakers and vendors.

Join us August 17th, 5:30 pm, at Tin Roof Brewery for trivia and drinks while we chat with the NDS Rep.

It's a great time to show off your trivia knowledge and talk shop.

Hope to see you there!

Join us August 10th, 5pm, at Avenue Pub in New Orleans for food and drinks while we chat with the Maglin Rep about all the cool new stuff in their catalog.

It's a great time to relax and talk shop.

Hope to see you there!

More information coming soon.

Please Join Us For the 17th Annual Tree School

A free, comprehensive, accredited one day seminar on all aspects of urban arboriculture.

Distinguished Speakers: 

James Urban: Urban Trees + Soils, Annapolis, Maryland

Kim Coder, Ph.D.: Professor of Tree Biology and Health Care / Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources / University of Georgia

Skip Kincaid: Director of Urban Forestry for Hansen’s Tree / Service & Environmental Wood Resources, O’Fallon, Missouri

Accredited • Lunch Provided • Free & Open to the Public

Attendance is limited - Sign up Today! Registration is required, please register by April 19th.

CEUs for Licensed Arborists, Landscape Architects, Residential Contractors and Architects

To register by phone - Call (504) 833–TREE.

Click here for more information about Friends of Jefferson the Beautiful

It is that time of the year again to mark your calendars and plan to attend the LCASLA 2017 Awards Banquet and Social.

The event will begin with a pre-banquet social from 5:30-6:30pm with wine, beer, and light Hors d’oeuvres, with dinner beginning at 6:30pm. The presentation of awards will follow dinner.  

This year we will not be notifying award winners prior to the banquet in order to build excitement and anticipation for the event.

The chapter would like to graciously thank Hilltop Arboretum for allowing us to hold our banquet at their facility for the second year! The cost for the evening will be $30 per person. Please click below to register for the event. We hope to see you there!

ASCE T&DI UNO Sustainable Infrastructure Seminar

Rating Systems for Public Improvement Projects - Envision

When

Nov. 16, 2016; 5:00-8:00 PM
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Where

UNO Engineering Building #12
Founders Avenue
Room EN-101 Lecture Hall
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Greetings! 

ASCE T&DI has scheduled this last-of-the-year seminar just before the busy Holiday Season.  So this is a second reminder to please join T&DI at the UNO Engineering Building #12 Auditorium/Lecture Hall for an informative seminar on Sustainable Rating Systems for Public Improvement Projects. The Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) collaborated with the Harvard School of Design to develop the Envision system, which provides guidance on sustainable best practices. Through this seminar, we will differentiate the leading rating systems (e.g., STARS, Greenroads, INVEST, LEED ND, and Envision).  We will present the basics of Envision and will use Envision on a real project.

Our two speakers for this important presentation are:

Derek Chisholm, AICP, ENV SP, LEED GA; AECOM, New Orleans; and,

Malay Ghose Hajra, Ph.D., P.E. UNO Assistant Professor

Click on the link below to register or RSVP.

Register Now!

Click here for mail in Registration Form

If you have any questions contact us below.

Sincerely,

Dan Aucutt

ASCE T&DI La. Chapter

djaucutt@gmail.com

225-978-3870

EARN SIX CEUs!

"Garden Design for Living" Symposium
Saturday, November 12, 2016, from 9 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
LSU Design Building Auditorium (room 103)

The Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture is hosting a symposium, "Garden Design for Living," held in conjunction with The Cultural Landscape Foundation's traveling exhibition, The New American Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden, on display in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery through December 9, 2016.

Symposium events include a keynote address from Eric Groft, principal of Oehme, van Sweden, followed by alumni practitioner presentations and a tour of The New American Garden exhibition. Coffee and lunch will be provided.

The symposium and exhibition are free and open to the public. Attendees of the conference may claim six hours of continuing education credits for landscape architects.

RSVP to Catherine Allin at callin1@lsu.edu or 225-578-1434.

Click here for more information about the symposium.

Click here for more information about the exhibition.