Brad Lewis, (Center) of Kawasaki, Theilacker & Associates, role-plays a client during a 1 1/2 day project. The desing solution inculded small group final presentations.
Jenco Wholesale Nurseries, a horticultural distributor and grower, is completing its 20th year of service. The acronym Jenco stemmed from the founders Winston Jones and Morris Ethridge. The company was founded in 1966 in Coppell, Texas. In 1979, Jenco was acquired by Amfac Corporation, which was actively acquiring nursery operations across the country at that time. Amfac provided the opportunities for Jenco to open nursery facilities in Austin and Lubbock, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
As a result of the horticultural divestiture of Amfac, in 1984 a group of management employees transacted a purchase of three Amfac nursery companies. The combination of Jenco, Cal-Turf and Perry’s created a new corporation: Tri-West, Inc. Under this umbrella, Jenco has opened branches in Fort Worth, Texas, Wichita, Kansas and soon to be opening in San Antonio, Texas. Cal-Turf operates three turf ranches in California and one facility in Nevada, while Perry’s specializes in bedding plants, vegetables and groundcovers in California and Arizona.
The Texas A & M student chapter of ASLA recently held its annual three-day lecture/design event called Workshop ‘86. This year’s theme for the student/professional seminar was “Water, Water?EUR??,,????'??? Ubiquitous?” Its focus was on the responsible stewardship of an increasingly valued natural resource.
Landscape Architect, Brad Lewis with Kawasaki, Theilacker & Assoc., a LA firm in San Diego, highlighted his own experiences in marina design on San Diego’s waterfront. This is the second year Lewis has spoke at the workshop.
The workshop series originated in 1974 at the instigation of a small group of enterprising students. Started as a local project, it soon attracted regional interest and is now a nationally recognized information exchange, according to Kawasaki, Theilacker & Assoc. This event is coordinated in tandem with design professionals who “believe it is important to share their field experiences with future land/resource planners.”
Plans have already been laid for the 1986 Annual Meeting and Educational Exhibit of the American Society of Landscape Architects in San Francisco, November 22-25, 1986. Some 3000 delegates are expected to attend the meeting held in the Moscone Convention Center where 228 booths – the largest number ever at an ASLA convention – will be available. Beginning with the grand opening on Saturday night, the exhibit will be open for 11 hours during the first two days of the meeting without the conflict of scheduled events to allow maximum exposure for exhibitors. Such past exhibits have included containers, play and park equipment, street furniture, irrigation systems, plant material, book publishers, paving and computer systems for design professionals.
For further information and contracts contact Pamela Jensen, ASLA, 1733 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; (202) 466-7730.
