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Five Fantastic Panel Discussions at The Landscape Expo01-31-23 | 10
TLE-Anaheim
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Maintaining Historic Properties

TLE-Anaheim

- Featuring -
The Getty Center and Huntington Library

With the Getty Center's Grounds Manager, Lola Trafecanty, and The Huntington Library's
Director of Botanical Gardens, Nicole Cavender.


This panel brings together facility managers from some of
Southern California's most celebrated public landscapes for a
behind-the-scenes look at balancing preservation with progress.

November 5th at 11:15 a.m.


Industry Roundtable on Rebuilding After The L.A. Fires

TLE-Anaheim

- Featuring -
BIA SoCal and ASLA Southern California Chapter
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With BIA SoCal's CEO, Jeff Montejano, ASLA Southern California Chapter's Climate Action Chair, Alyssa Moffit and Director, Stephanie Landregan.

This panel brings together association leaders from building, landscape architecture, landscape maintenance, and aboriculture for a frank, birds-eye assessment of the recovery effort. Panelists will share progress updates within their disciplines, surface blind spots and cross-industry gaps, celebrate wins, and identify the knowledge and skills practitioners need most right now. Attendees will walk away with real-world insight and actionable guidance for navigating the rebuild and for building greater fire resilience into everything they do going forward.

November 4th at 1:00 p.m.



Designing for Maintenance

TLE-Anaheim

- Featuring -
RHA Community Works, Atlas Lab, and UC Davis

With RHA Community Works' Managing Partner, Scott Rice, Atlas Lab's Landscape Architect, Brenna Castro Carlson, and Associate Professor at UC Davis, Haven Kiers.

Panelists will explore real-world successes and cautionary tales from various landscape projects, with a focus on designing within realistic maintenance budgets, identifying chronic pain points in the field, and building the cross-disciplinary communication habits that lead to spaces that truly last. Attendees will leave with practical tools for bridging the design-to-maintenance gap on their next project.

November 5th at 9:30 a.m.



Regulations, Bans, and Restrictions

TLE-Anaheim

- Featuring -
The American Green Zone Alliance (AGZA)

With AGZA's Founder, Dan Mabe

This panel discussion will focus on state, county, and local regulations that impact both institutional operations and private business models. Expert panelists will provide updates on the status of AB 1346 and AB 1572, offering clarity on these statewide policies and their implications. The session will also feature candid discussions on county and municipal gas leaf blower bans from a contractor and operator perspective, highlighting real-world challenges, compliance considerations, and practical insights from the field.

November 5th at 11:15 a.m.



The Rise of Robotics

TLE-Anaheim

- Featuring -
The American Green Zone Alliance (AGZA)

With AGZA's Founder, Dan Mabe

This panel discussion will explore the growing role of robotic mowers and automation within the landscape maintenance industry. Panelists will examine how these technologies are currently being deployed, the underlying systems that enable their effectiveness, and what robotics rely on to operate successfully in real-world environments.

November 4th at 11:15 a.m.


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