Florida Landscape Architect Gail Boorman received special recognition recently in a formal, ceremony and OG reception at the White House. The occasion was the 29th Landscape Awards Program sponsored by the American Association of Nurserymen, as First Lady Nancy Reagan presented awards to several individuals for significant environmental contributions.

Boorman received recognition for the design of roadway landscape improvements on South Barfield drive, Marco Island, Florida. The natural elements of the area strongly influenced the design, which uses earth sculpting and plant massing for a bold sense of visual continuity.

Florida Land Design and Engineering, Inc. also received a National Landscape Award at the same ceremony for their Tampa Bay Office Park Waterscape. This project, developed by the Landmarks Group, has been recognized by local and regional environmental regulatory agencies as a show case of innovative environmental planning and landscape architecture.

“Simplified Irrigation Design” is the title of a new book by Mississippi State University Landscape Architect Pete Melby. The 188-page publication, available in both paperback and hard cover from PDA Publishers Corp. of Mesa, Arizona, was written not only for Landscape Architects and other professionals, but for anyone interested in or responsible for grounds maintenance. Melby developed the book with the assistance of a $5,000 research grant from the Toro Irrigation Co., of Riverside, California, which has annually provided scholarships for MSU students. A 10-year member of the faculty and teacher of several design courses, he holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University. Arranged and written so the subject is easy to learn, the book focuses on all aspects of irrigation design. Also covered are cost estimating, specification and irrigation graphics. Melby said the current demand for professional landscaping is such that a thorough knowledge of ‘irrigation can offer a “tremendous” career potential. 602-835-9161.

The following jurors, representing a broad range of disciplines and -perspectives, will judge the 1988 ASLA San Diego Design Awards Program. Mike MacCaskey, Southern California Editor, Sunset Magazine; Bill Davidson, President, BIA of San Diego; Robert Spaulding, Director, City of San Diego Planning Dept.; Ron Roberts, Councilman, City of San Diego; George Lattimer, Developer; Ted Smith, Architect; Emmett Wemple, Landscape Architect; Francis Dean, Landscape Architect Editor. “Call for Entries” started in June with submissions due in September. A variety of categories will provide for entrance of built, not-yet-built and never-to-be-built projects with simplified submission requirements to encourage wider participation from Chapter members. The program will.culminate with a Design Awards Gala at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and Space Theatre, featuring a reception in the Science Center and a multi-media show in the Space Theater.

The Northern California landscape architecture firm of Eldon Beck Associates won one of the three top awards for design excellence at the San Francisco Garden Show held April 13-17 at Fort Mason. Now in it’s third year, the Garden Show has become acknowledged as one of the nation’s premiere garden events. This year’s show focused on small garden spaces and presented 31 garden exhibits by various California landscape designers.

Another Marin County firm, Anthony Bertotti Landscaping, Inc. of Novato, joined Eldon Beck Associates in the construction and presentation of the award-winning exhibit. The award certificate cited the exhibitors’ high level of acumen in design and presentation, the materials and the skill demonstrated in the assembly and finishing of the exhibit.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) recently released an issue on design/build in the AGORA, a publication of the foundation, which is published periodically as a service to those associated with or interested in the landscape architecture profession. The design/build issue includes a series of articles which reflect the experiences of practitioners directly involved with discussion on the design/build practice and subjects covered in the publication include: “Design/Build in Perspective,” “Design/Build: The Full Service Option,” “Business Arrangements?EUR??,,????'??+Those Typical to Design Build Operations,” “State of Profession: Design/Build Firms,” ” Design/Build Gives Designers Total Control” and “Design/Build: A Place For Learning.” The design/build issue of AGORA was funded through contributions of the Associated Landscape Contractors of America, Adsit Landscape & Design, Inc., Gibbs Landscape Company, Inc., Lambert Landscape Company, Martin Associates, Inc. and the Brickman Group, Ltd. Copies of the publication are available from the Associated Landscape Contractors of America at $1.00 per member and $2.00 for nonmembers. To obtain a copy please write: Publications Department, ALCA, 405 N. Washington Street, Suite 104, Falls Church, VA 22046.

A tournament-quality championship golf course is set to open in the spring of 1989 on the estate of Chateau Elan Ltd. near Atlanta. The 27-hole, 7,000 yard complex designed by Denis Griffiths and Associates of Norcross, Georgia, will include an 1 8-hole course, a 9-hole executive course and a 3-hole short course for instructional use. It will be open to the public on a fee-for-play basis. The 4par-71 18-hole course will be supplemented by the 9-hole loop and short course to provide state-of-the-art practice and instructional programs for serious golfers. It will be managed by Linkside Company, a golf and real estate development firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, under the supervision of Henry M. “Hank” Johnson, a nationally known golf facilities management consultant and a senior instructor in the Golf Digest Magazine instructional program.

The Orange County/Long Beach Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) has selected Landscape Architect, Courtland Paul as the first recipient of the association’s Meridian Award.

This award is given to an individual who has significant contributions to the green industry and to the environment. During his 38 years of landscape design practice in Southern California, Courtland Paul has creatively helped over 3,000 clients too achieve their goals for the appropriate, efficient and aesthetic use of the land.

Courtland Paul is the senior principal and founder of the Peridian Group in Irvine, one of the nation’s largest landscape architectural and planning offices. Founded in 1951, the international scope of the firm’s projects involves the planning and design of parks and recreational facilities, commercial and industrial landscapes, as well as residential community planning.

Since 1951, Paul has worked with many Southern California commissions and civic groups. He is a past director for the Exploratory Learning Foundation in Orange County and served as its Site Committee Chairman for five years. Paul has been a past trustee of the Newport Harbor Art Museum as well as an appointed member of the Huntington Beach Design Review Board. In 1986 he was appointed Oral Commissioner of the California State Board of Landscape Architects.

Paul is a founding member and past Director of the American Institute of Landscape Architects. Throughout his career, he has held the presidency of the California Council of Landscape Architects, the California State Board of Landscape Architects and the Landscape Architecture Foundation. In 1982, Paul was installed as a Fellow of the American society of Landscape Architecture and appointed to the Fellows jury from 1987 to 1990.

Numerous projects have been selected by professional, civic and commercial groups for design recognition. In 1958, Paul was first honored by the American Institute of Landscape Architects with the “High Award” for Landscape Home of the Year. Paul was the winner of the “New York Gold Medal for Landscape Design” at the California International Flower Show in 11958 and honored by South Pasadena for his “Outstanding Contribution to the City” in 1968. His designs for the Broad residence and Rancho Simi Park were honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1982.

Numerous Gold Nugget Awards were earned from 1976 to 1980 from the National Association of Home Builders for the best landscape design. Three Grand Awards signifying “Major Achievement in Merchandising Excellence” (MAME) were won during 1975, 1980, and 1982.

The recently held third annual LAF/ CLASS Fund Roast was another success. This event added more than $7,000 to the scholarship fund, bringing the amount raised this year to over $30,000. In the five short years of existence, prior to this year, LAF/CLASS Fund has raised over $206,000 for a perpetuating scholarship fund for landscape architectural students in the southern California area.

This year’s evening of insults, ridicule and personal abuse was heeped on Klaus Ahlers, head of landscape contracting for Carlacio Industries. Klaus, one of the original members and driving force in the CLASS Fund, was mercilously ripped by his peers for the good of the scholarship fund at this thirty-five dollar-a-plate affair.

Leading off the evening was Orange County, California supervisor Gaddi Vasquez. According to Vasquez, “now that I know who is responsible for planting the trees in my neighborhood in Mission Viejo, (Klaus) I know where to send the medical bill for my allergies.” Following Vasquez in this years event were Courtland Paul of the Peridian Group, Ernie Carlacio of Carlacio Industries, Dr. Stephan Hassold (Klaus’ doctor), Bill Ahlers (Klaus’ dad), Rob Sawyer of LandConcern Ltd., John Culbertson of Pacific Sod, Pete Dilallo of Cardoza Dilallo Harrington, Landscape Architects, and Francis Sullivan of Sullivan Concrete Textures. The evening was sponsored by Sullivan Concrete Textures and Pacific Sod.

Because of his concern for the future of the industry, Klaus has been active in the California Landscape and Irrigation Council (CLIC) and has served as president in 1979 and 1987. He also served as chairman of the Irrigation Negotiating Committee for six years, as well as contributing his valuable time to the Pipe Trades Joint Adjustment Board Sub-committee, where he represents management in grievance procedures filed against contractors. But Klaus’ greatest personal contribution to the landscape industry over the past eight years has been his long personal involvement with the CLASS Fund.

David H. Tatsumi & Associates has been selected by LandGrant Development to prepare landscape designs for Lemon Grove Plaza, a community shopping center located in Lemon Grove, California. The 160,000square foot development will be anchored by Alpha Beta and Great American Savings. Building construction is expected to begin in late July. Landscape designs will provide a unifying theme to the progressive California architecture designed by Schoell & Paul of San Diego, California. Primary accents will be on vehicular and pedestrian paths and will function to encourage entry into the shopping center. David H. Tatsumi & Associates is a landscape architectural firm specializing in large- and small-scale retail centers throughout the Southwest. Currently, the firm is completing landscape designs for LandGrant Development on Rancho California Town Center, a community shopping center located in the Rancho California/Temecula area.

Environmental Images, a landscape architectural design and planning firm in Anaheim, California, has been selected by the city of El Segundo to design landscape plans for a greenbelt park. Washington Park is within a Southern California Edison (SCE) easement area and the park will be developed for local business and residential use. The plans will include picnic facilities, benches and game tables, making the area a pleasant stopping place. Environmental Images will be working closely with SCE and the city of El Segundo in insure that the landscape design plans meet their standards. Mike Baron, principal of Environmental Images and his well qualified staff, are pleased to assist the city of El Segundo on this project.

Woods Marketing Communications is a full service agency specializing in the development of marketing and promotional programs for the landscape and irrigation industry Technical writing, specification materials, marketing and public relations programs, as well as trade show and sales meeting organization, describe the services for industry clients. One unique feature of the firm is the focus on writing technical case histories on product applications and installations. Woods Marketing Communications also works with companies and individuals to place technical articles in professional publications. Linda L. Woods, Principal, is secretary of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants Southern California Chapter.

The second edition of its newsletter, Land Arch, is currently being distributed by David H. Tatsumi & Associates, a Costa Mesa, California based landscape architectural firm. Since its first issue in the summer of 1987, Land Arch, has undergone two significant changes. It has doubled in size and its circulation has risen from approximately 800 to well over 3,200. Kelly Gresh, Land Arch editor and director of marketing/public relations for Tatsumi & Associates, feels that the firm is very pleased with the progress of the newsletter. She emphasizes that “communication within the construction and design fields is very important and Land Arch is one means by which to inform present and future clients of our goals, design philosophy and skills.”