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Editor's Note
Stephanie Stroud
Thank you for three great years!
I became editor of our newsletter three years ago, and have since learned so much from you all about the profession in our great Evergreen State. Now, it has become time to move on and provide another professional with the opportunity to get the word out about your important work, coordinate with WASLA and our many amazing partners, and create allies in the profession. It has been truly a pleasure networking and coordinating with the many talented and dedicated folks in our landscape architecture community, and I look forward to staying in touch with you all.
If you or someone you know is an emerging professional, a landscape architect who would like to learn connect with others, or a designer that likes to write and is looking to meet folks and share the news, please contact: [email protected].
With Gratitude,
Steph
Washington Landscape Architects Unite for Park(ing) Day 2016!
Statewide, from Seattle to Spokane, we had a blast celebrating PARK(ing) Day. Special thanks to all who created a park, supported or assisted a park team, or ventured out to visit parks on the day of the event!
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Yes Greenway National Heritage Area
WASLA has been working with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust to advocate for legislation to designate the Mountains to Sound Greenway as a National Heritage Area. The Mountains to Sound organization and WASLA are working with the members of our congressional delegation to pass Greenway legislation by the end of this Congress in December.
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Student Spotlight: Josha Gawne, UW ASLA President
I am currently a graduate student at the University of Washington pursuing concurrent Master of Urban Design and Planning and Master of Landscape Architecture degrees. Prior to moving to Seattle I grew up in Metro-Detroit where I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Urban & Regional Studies at The University of Michigan-Dearborn. My academic interests include urban space activation, sustainable urban development, and technology & public space design. In addition to attending school I also run a natural & handmade body care company with my brother.
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LARE Section 4 Bootcamp
Grading, Drainage, & Construction Documentation
Friday October 21 - Sunday October 23, 2016
8:30am - 6:30pm
Residence Inn, 800 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
Through lecture, group discussion, and practice exercises, this intensive three-day course focuses on preparing students to take Section 4: Grading, Drainage & Construction Documentation of the Landscape Architects Registration Examination (LARE). This course includes a look at what material is typically covered on the exam and strategy tips on the new advanced item types. The course will include a short refresher on the fundamentals of grading and drainage. We will focus on building and reinforcing skills essential to successfully completing Section 4 of the LARE. Each student will receive a course syllabus containing approximately 330 pages of information pertinent to Section 4, a minimum of 23 grading and drainage advanced item type problems, and 100 test questions. Lectures, practice tests, practice exercises, question and answer sessions are part of the class.
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Calling All Mentors for the University of Washington!
 I am sending out the Call for Mentors early this year in the hope of building a team of 40-50 mentors for the upcoming school year at University of Washington. As always, we need your help to get started early and make this the most rewarding year yet for the mentorship program. The school year starts at the beginning of October and runs through early June.
Participation is easy. Please list your information below and send it back to me at [email protected]. Then the student representatives and I will pair you with a student by late September/early October and off you go!
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Landscapes on the Edge: Design and Implementation of Landscape and Restoration Projects on Puget Sound Shorelines and Urban Ravines
November 15-16, 2016
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
University of Washington Botanic Gardens Center for Urban Horticulture: 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98105
This program is designed to educate landscape professionals about the vulnerable nature of marine shorelines and provide guidance and instruction on how to better initiate, design, and implement successful landscape and restoration projects on upland buffers, shorelines, steep slopes, and beaches. Expanding your skill set in this area will allow you to meet the growing demand for this type of service, implement successful projects, create happy customers and positive word-of-mouth, increase your company's market share, avoid regulatory problems, fines, and lawsuits, and improve public trust in the landscape industry to meet these environmental needs.
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Kate Orff: Toward an Urban Ecology
Save the Date!
November 17th, 2016
Thursday, 6:30PM
University of Washington, Gould Court
Kate Orff, Founder and Partner of SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, will present her new book Toward an Urban Ecology, and the work of her New York-based firm.
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Ken Struckmeyer Student Scholarship Endowment Fund
After 40+ years of service to Washington State University and his students, Ken Struckmeyer has retired. His jovial and caring presence on campus is greatly missed. To honor Ken's career as professor, coach, mentor, and colleague; an endowment has been established in his name, the Ken Struckmeyer Student Scholarship Endowment Fund. The endowment is awarded to students who are aspiring declared majors in landscape architecture.
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Support the Kenichi Nakano Endowed Scholarship Fund for Landscape Architecture
 For over four decades, Kenichi Nakano graced the Pacific Northwest with exceptionally subtle and inviting modernist design, generously contributed to community and civic life, and mentored generations of students and professionals of all disciplines.
On August 8, 2012, we lost our teacher, mentor, and friend all too soon.
Your gift in memory of Kenichi to the Kenichi Nakano Endowed Scholarship Fund will leave a lasting legacy and support outstanding students in the University of Washington's Department of Landscape Architecture.
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UW Landscape Architecture Internship/ Practicum Portal
UWLA PAC, Internship + Research Committee
The Landscape Department at the University of Washington has been working hard on providing its students with valuable resources that can better connect them with local employers for internships and practicum opportunities.
Prior to developing these resources we sent a survey to our local employer list to get feedback on what firms wanted and if they would use specific resources. We took this information and over the summer developed a space where employers can submit internships and practicums and positions to a page that is only accessible by our students.
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