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GREEN ROOF INFRASTRUCTURE
What: Green Roof Infrastructure: Design and Installation 201
When: Friday, January 27th, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Where: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Av., Austin, TX
Tuition: $399, Including lunch and a 100-page manual
About the Course: Attendees earn up to 7.5 LA CES credits. This course covers a multitude of implementation issues including actors' roles and responsibilities, construction contracts and administration, and material implementation. It provides the necessary information that will equip you to project manage the design and installation of a green roof
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LADY BIRD JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES
The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center is hosting a three-part workshop series this winter and spring, titled Principles of Successful Sustainable Landscapes, with both classroom and in-field training. The goal of this professional series is to help train contractors and design professionals for efficient and successful specification, installation, and maintenance of projects which have sustainable features, including: ecological restoration, native plants, low-maintenance and water conservation landscapes, as applied to roadsides, parks, turf, residential yards, commercial campuses and utility corridors.
For more information on the course and topics covered each day, please visit: http://www.wildflower.org/edg_workshops/
Please feel free to share with others as well. ASLA and LEED CEU credits available.
It is recommended that participants attend all three workshop sessions as content builds across the series, including the outdoor field components. Course certificates will also be issued to demonstrate that attendees completed The Principles of Successful Sustainable Landscapes Professional Workshop Series at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center of the University of Texas at Austin.
The workshops will be held at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center from 9am - 4pm on February 27, March 26 and April 23.
If you need more assistance, please contact Matt O’Toole (motoole@wildflower.org) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ASLA Holiday Social
Wednesday December 14, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm
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Austin Club, 110 E. 9th Street, Austin, Texas |
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2012 Statewide Land Conservation Conference
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The 5 X 5 Exhibition is a temporary installation comprised of various design concepts expressing contemporary issues in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design. The goal of the exhibit is to help improve outdoor environments at The University of Texas at Austin campus by exploring and experimenting with alternative solutions to the University's vernacular landscape. The exhibition will take place in twenty-five 5’x5’ raised concrete planters at the Northwestern corner of the Harry Ransom Center (HRC) from Friday, April 24th - May 8th. [MORE]
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