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www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/12945: (This) article unfortunately leads the reader to an important misconception. The boards of TCIA and PLANET are exploring ways in which the two organizations can work together, meaning we are within a due diligence period to determine if, by creating a new organization, we can increase the value of membership and maintain the strengths, talents, successes and culture that our organizations currently possess. To this point, a decision has not yet been made as to what the final outcome will be. So, it is extremely premature and possibly erroneous to conclude that the two organizations will unify.
We have a lot of work yet to do in determining what a new organization might look like and whether or not it successfully furthers the mission of the two associations. Now, the hard work begins to refine the core values, purpose, structure, and programs. It?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s also important to note that nothing will be final without input from members and a final vote (if we get that far.)
We will keep you and your readers apprised as additional details are worked out.
Mark Garvin Interim President / CEO, TCIA Sabeena Hickman, CAE, CMP CEO, PLANET
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/13079 and on p. 114 of this issue: This is the most outrageous law I?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??ve ever heard of! You can be sure I?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??m writing President Obama and the nitwit who proposed these changes! Guns on park visitors have no place in our national parks, period! What is the point if the guns are not loaded and safely stored? There?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s no reason to have guns (loaded or unloaded) in any of our national parks!
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/13020: Excellent article by one of Southern California?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????tightest attention to details?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? guy around. Richard puts on seminars for local chapter contractor association members on how to get your landscape projects ready for awards programs and he also adds tidbits on how to make the bacon. Thanks Richard for the shot in the arm brother!
Edward Wallace Owner, Midwest Landscaping Long Beach, Calif.
....?EUR??,,????'?????<????????There I was, pinned down by a deadly hail of tourist fire, frantically radioing for air support, or a least a tank.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
David Conn American University Grounds Superintendent,Tenley Campus Rockville, Md.
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/12972 in which ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????fly ash brick?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? (FLB) and fly ash pavers are being marketed. The Brick Industry Association basically asserts that fly ash is not ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????brick?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? and that only clay brick is fully compliant with ASTM C216-07a:
A bricklayer wants to know when he breaks a brick with his trowel or hammer that he is not releasing a dust of higher toxicity then a clay brick. I will never eat genetically modified fruits or vegetables and I will never lay a fly ash modular unit that resembles a clay brick.
David Delgado Mason Chino, Calif.
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/8280: This is a very interesting article and couldn?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??t have come before my eyes at a better time. As a landscape architect, I view some of my work as art, but not all. In fact, I recently submitted a design for an outdoor space utilizing natural features, symbolic of the environment surrounding the space. This space, as the article says, is proposed to be a place where nature, aesthetics and human perception meet and meld into something entirely new. This submission is for a competition sponsored by an arts commission, seeking an art commission at a state park. I certainly hope the selection committee is like me and views the work of a landscape architect as ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????art.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
Ryan Russell, Landscape Architect Land Plans, Inc., Cumberland, Maine
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/11192: In Clay Township, Michigan we are trying to get an aggressive campaign to educate the residents of Harsens and Russell Islands to combat this encroaching enemy (invasive plant). This menace continues to threaten the wildlife of this region.
Recently, a meeting was held at the Clay Township City Hall involving the Department of Natural Resources Environmental (DNRE) from Clay Township, DNRE officials from our state capital in Lansing, Michigan, officials from Clay Township and concerned citizens from Harsens and Russell Island.
The story is a little more involved, but the people from Harsens Island had just experienced a brush fire on Feb 3, 2010, the day before the meeting. Their island and our?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s have experienced major invasion of these pests.
Gene Bilewicz Rochester Hills, Mich.
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/12882: See the future! The same type of legislation is occurring all over. Organizations must be proactive about the benefits of healthy turfgrass and proper fertilization (amounts and applications) or we will not have any choices to make.
Sam Doak
In the January Product Focus, p. 22, PlayCore Co. was incorrectly listed as the manufacturer of Lightning Climber. GameTime should have been credited. LASN regrets the error.
www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/13026: The rendering on p. 42 should have been credited to Gateway Planning Group, Inc.
It depicts the transformation of downtown Owensboro?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s Ohio Riverfront as envisioned in the new master plan facilitated by the Gateway Planning Group, Inc., currently being implemented with over $100 million public investment in catalyst projects.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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