Photo courtesy of Jude Parkinson Morgan.
News and Events from the APLD Bay Area District
Upcoming Events:
APLD Bay Area District Designer Spotlight Series:
APLD 2019 Award Winning Designers Nina Mullen and Linda Middleton
Two award winning APLD designers talk about their work and the projects that won them APLD’s International Design Awards in 2019.'
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 from 3-5PM
At the Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
More Info Here
APLD Bay Area District Business Series:
The Business of Landscape Design: Demystifying Online Marketing
A panel of Bay Area landscape designers will discuss why and how to use online marketing channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Houzz, Yelp, and more to showcase your work and grow your business.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, from 3-5PM
At the Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto
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APLD Bay Area District Speaker Series:
Designer Pollinator Plants with Janet Sluis
Janet Sluis, horticulturist, program developer, and curator for Sunset Western Garden Collection will share her favorite plants for beneficial insects in the Bay Area.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 3-5PM
At the Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
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APLD Bay Area District Special Event:
APLD Everything-But-The-Plants Vendor Fair
Vendors from all over CA come together to share their favorite products & services for landscape designers.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 1-5 PM
At Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
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APLD Bay Area District Speaker Series:
Landscape Lighting for Designers with Mark Natale
Come and learn about all the techniques that landscape designers need to know for professional landscape lighting design.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 3-5PM
At the Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto
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APLD Bay Area District Author Series:
Private Gardens of Santa Barbara with Margie Grace, APLD
APLD award winning designer Margie Grace, APLD will talk about her new book Private Gardens of Santa Barbara.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 3-5PM
At the Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
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APLD Bay Area District Author Series:
Japanese Design Concepts in Today’s California Gardens with Lisa Paramore
Japanese garden design is alive and well, but current realities mean adaptations are necessary. How can we best incorporate Japanese design elements into contemporary spaces? Lisa will discuss various approaches to Japanese garden design, and the factors that are changing the way we create Japanese gardens. Some of these factors include a retiring workforce of skilled Japanese gardeners, changes in the availability of traditional plants, and California’s water-use restrictions on new gardens.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 3-5PM
At the Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto
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APLD Bay Area District Special Event:
The 4th Annual APLD Bay Area Designer Plant Fair
If you are a plant geek, you’ll want to be at this event! The last three APLD Designer Plant Fairs were a huge success, with over 100 attendees, more than a dozen growers and nurseries presenting new plants, and so many give-a-ways! This year the space will again be twice as large, with even more growers and nurseries, more food & drink and more time to soak it all in! Browse and mingle with the vendors & other landscape professionals, enjoy refreshments and learn details about the plants during a presentation session with the vendors... each followed by a raffling of plants!!
Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 2-7 PM
At the Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
More Info Here
APLD Bay Area District Author Series:
Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates with photographer Saxon Holt
Join us for a talk with renowned garden photographer Saxon Holt as he discusses his new book Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates which takes on the issues facing garden designers who work in areas with summer drought. Inspiring photos by Saxon showcase gardens that remain lush even with restricted summer water. The book includes discussions on topography and climate, as well as the threat of wildfire. With an A-Z index of recommended plants and their cultural conditions, this book will be an excellent reference for anyone designing gardens in Mediterranean climates.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 3-5PM
At the Veterans Memorial Center, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
More Info Here
An Event from the APLD Greater Los Angeles District
FRUITSTITUTE, FRUIT TREES FOR THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
Saturday, January 18, 2020, 10 AM-12 PM
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News and Events from the Sacramento District
Update & What’s Next?: Watershed Wise Landscape Professional (WWLP) Training
APLD CA and its members are ardently embracing the principles of the Watershed Approach to Landscapes. Here’s an update on what we’ve accomplished so far and what’s next. In 2018, the California Watershed Approach to Landscape Design handbook was published and put into the hands of our members.
Next, a successful US EPA WaterSense labeled certification training session, taught by Pamela Berstler of the Green Gardens Group (G3), took place in West Sacramento on November 7 & 8, 2019. Forty-seven APLD CA members and professionals who design, install, maintain, and manage landscapes attended this intense training.
We learned so much about soil health and how we can create and maintain life-filled soils. We stepped through a multitude of equations to determine plant water requirements, irrigation scheduling, irrigation system auditing, water budgeting, rainwater harvesting and more! Once we wrapped our heads around all those acronyms (TLA, PAW, MAD, IWR, ETo, DPWR, DU, TIRT – to name a few!), participants really enjoyed the small- and whole-group exercises!
In addition to the APLD California Chapter’s generous support and that of our fabulous Sponsors, this WWLP training was made possible thanks to contributions by the City of West Sacramento, City of Roseville Environmental Utilities, Regional Water Authority’s Water Efficiency Program, and the California Water Efficiency Partnership – A Chapter of the Alliance for Water Efficiency.
So you may be asking, What’s Next?
Show the Flow Tour
An Educational Tour to Demonstrate the Watershed Approach to Landscaping & Stewardship in Action
Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Sacramento District is planning this mid-March 2020 tour. This is not your typical “landscape tour”. The Show the Flow is an educational exploration of public, commercial, and private landscapes where professionals and subject matter experts will tell the story of each landscape and the best practices used for designing and building resilient landscapes that sequester water and conserve resources. Thanks to the Chapter’s support, a video documentary will be produced as an ongoing educational tool.
Tour Objectives: Raise awareness, educate, and motivate professionals, suppliers, maintainers, and policy makers to take action and become watershed stewards. From the tiniest bungalow, to native grass bioswales with ancient Valley Oaks, to the Regional Sanitation’s Bufferlands restoration sites, each watershed is interconnected.
Stay tuned for more information about the March 2020 Show the Flow Tour because watershed stewardship is the responsibility of everyone who touches and impacts landscapes.
News & Events from the San Diego District
by Andrea Doonan,
APLD San Diego District President 2020
Greetings APLD CA! I’m super excited to be taking the reigns of the SD district in 2020. Our board a wonderful group of motivated people I’ve gotten to know over the past couple years and I am honored to be part of this network of amazing designers. I’m looking forward to connecting with more of you this year and beyond.
We have a lot in store for this winter. Right now we are focusing on our big two day symposium this February: Sharpen Your Vision 20/20, link here. The first day will take place at our very own San Diego Botanical Garden with an excellent line up of speakers plus a docent led tour of the garden; the second day will be permaculture focused tours including a farm to table brunch at Coastal Roots Farm. Our special events team Lisa Bellora and Angela Benson have been doing an amazing job organizing this event and we’d love to see you there! We’re also putting on a special workshop at Balboa Park’s Japanese Friendship Garden on stone composition. Lastly, I’m especially excited to join Greater LA back in Palm Springs for Modernism Week again this February. If you haven’t been, I recommend putting it on your list. So much fun to be in all the buzz of talks and tours at the mecca of mid-century modern architecture and design. It’s a blast.
APLD SAN DIEGO DISTRICT PRESENTS
JAPANESE STONE COMPOSITION:
The Secrets in Stones
This APLD workshop will focus on the traditional Japanese setting of stones with the aim of creating compositions that can be incorporated into many styles of gardens. Emphasis will include principles of composition and techniques for placement as well as hands-on exercises in the classroom using design boxes and small stones.
Saturday, January 11, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM
at the Japanese Friendship Garden
2215 Pan American Road East, San Diego, CA 92101
More Info Here
APLD SAN DIEGO DISTRICT PRESENTS
Sharpen Your Vision 20/20: keep the environment in focus!
This is a 2-day event to be held on Saturday, February 22 at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas, and on Sunday, February 23 at various locations in North San Diego County.
The conference will showcase expert speakers, a garden tour of the renowned San Diego Botanic Garden, a farm-to-table brunch, and tours of local permaculture and food farms. This event is curated for landscape designers, contractors, green industry professionals, and garden enthusiasts.
Saturday and Sunday, February 22–23, 2020
San Diego Botanic Garden
230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024
More Info Here
Welcome New Members
Please give a warm welcome to these new members of the APLD California Chapter.
Qualified Professional Members
An individual who is a landscape designer and has more than three years of professional landscape design experience. Membership requires documentation of education and experience.
Carola Fiore
Crear Landscape Design, San Diego, CA
Srvidya Krishnan
Fill Good Horticulture, LLC, Diamond Bar, CA
Emerging Professional Members
An individual who has been practicing landscape design for one to three years and is starting a career in landscape design. Membership requires affirmation of education and experience, but not documentation.
Chelsea Chan
David Thorne Landscape Architect, Inc, Oakland, CA
Kelly LeVoir
Encinal Nursery, Alameda, CA
Olga Dobrowolska
Artistic Garden Designs, Cotati, CA
David Meirik
MD Landscapes, Santa Rosa, CA
Student Members
An individual who is actively enrolled, on a full or part‐time basis, in a landscape design, landscape architecture or horticulture program. Membership is limited to five years of membership at this level and proof of enrollment must be submitted.
David Cruz Martinez, Oceanside, CA
Jennifer Bromme, Pacifica, CA
Karly Silicani, Walnut Creek, CA
Kirby Baldacci, Oakland, CA