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LASN News March 198703-01-87 | News

New IFLA President

Mihaly Mocsenyi (Me hail Moey she knee) from Hungary has a been elected President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). Mocsenyi is the first member from an eastern bloc country to assume the position of president of IFLA. Here is his opening statement as copied from the IFLA News, Feb. 1987.

Dear Colleagues, dear Friends,

May I express my thanks to all who have placed their confidence in me and voted for me I hope to be able to come up to their expectations.

I promise not to misuse your confidence and, as far as my strength and possibilities permit, to do my best to contribute to the development of our profession on an international scale, bearing in mind the interests of IFLA. I shall be able to do this only if I receive the support and assistance of the members of the Executive Committee, the Grand Council, the International Committees and all national associations.

In the last few years, thanks to the untiring and very successful activity of all IFLA members and mainly of Zvi Miller as president, our organization has been developing at a great pace. Professional associations of many countries have joined us.

In the coming years, I think, together with the leaders of IFLA, I will share the most important task of strengthening our results achieved so far and settling matters in dispute. As president, beside these tasks, my activity will mainly aim at winning the professional associations of the Eastern-European socialist countries over to IFLA.

Ths sound financial circumstances of IFLA are important prerequisites of our further activity. Much has been said about this, at the recent sessions and discussions of the Grand Council in Ocho Rios. Here I could not be present although I was waiting for the Jamaican entry visa in Havana, a few hundred kilometers away, for two weeks, in vain. I hope very much that sooner or later we manage to find a solution to our financial situation, perhaps in Paris. So long I ask every association having the cause of IFLA at heart and being in a favourable budgetary position, to assist IFLA in solving its problems with their contributions.

May I express my thanks to all those who have congratulated me on my election and have assured me of their assistance. I ask for your understanding and help so that we can develop our beloved profession by our voluntary and common effort that human environment become more healthy and beautiful and that rural and settlement landscapes serve mankind in an equally more efficient way.

Call For Entries

The Pacific Coast Builders Conference is now accepting entries for their prestigious Gold Nugget Awards. This year there are four (only four9.) categories for Site/Land Planning. They are: Best Residential Site/Plan under 25 acres; Best Residential Site/Plan, 25 to 125 acres; Best Residential/Site Plan over 125 acres; and Best Commercial/Industrial or Mixed Use Site Plan (at least 50% of gross site area must be for commercial/industrial uses). The entry fee for each category is $185.00. Entry forms can be obtained by writing to: Gold Nugget Awards, 605 Market Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 or by calling 415-543-2600. The deadline for entries is April 22, 1987.

ASLA Texas Style

The annual convention of Texas Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects will be held April 25, 26 and 27, 1987, at Marriott’s Hotel Galvez, 21st & Seawall Blvd., in Galveston, Texas 77550. Highlighting this year’s convention is a technical conference and trade show.

The technical conference is featuring sessions on “Downtown Revitalization,” “Proposal Presentation,” and “The Business of Landscape Architecture.”

Nine hours of exhibit time will be provided exhibitors and food functions are planned in the exhibit area to provide maximum exposure.

For more information contact Mike Marks, 1601 Rio Grande, Suite 440, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 479-0425.

The Tijuca Rain Forest...

The Landscape Architecture Foundation, in association with The University Program Center at Texas a A&M University, extends an invitation to participate in a landscape design/ cultural tour of Brazil and Argentina on October 7-22, 1987. Your trip will include visits to such cities as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Petropolis, the former summer capital of Brazil. Tour participants will view such dazzling site as the Olde Portuguese Imperial Palace and the meeting of the Rio Negro and Amazon Rivers, spend an afternoon with host Roberto Burle Marx in a tour of his public and private gardens, and sail around Brazil’s many tropical islands.

The University Program Center is in the process of planning all tour components?EUR??,,????'??+air and ground transportation, accommodations, meals, and all cultural and garden-sightseeing highlights. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity! Space is limited, so call Mike Polon at the University Center today for further information (512/686-8176).

C.A.D.D. on Display A/E/C Systems

The principals of A/E/C Systems exhibit conference for design and construction professionals have announced an extensive, 17-track educational program for their 1976 event, scheduled June 23-26 at the Washington, DC Conventional Center.

Designed to meet the specific needs of design and construction professionals, the June conference program is the most comprehensive in the show’s eight-year history. A variety of learning opportunities are slated including one-hour seminars, three-hour tutorials, special panel sessions, vendor-sponsored user group meetings, and in-depth programs of up to three days.

The level-of-experience coding system implemented at AIEIC Systems ‘86 was welcomed by attendees as an aid to making appropriate selections from the extensive conference program, Borkovich reported.

Complete details on the AIEIC Systems ‘87 conference and exhibit will be available on March 16. To receive this information, call toll free 800/445-77790 or write the Conference Director, AIEIC Systems ‘87, P.O. Box 1 1318, Newington, CT 06111.

Soviet Landscape Architectural Tour

August 18th-August 27th

The following letter came in from Don Roberts, ASLA, with a request to help get the word out. There are only a few spots left to this exciting opportunity.

Dear Colleagues:

During the 1984 International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) world meeting in Hungary, many of us had the opportunity to meet and establish friendships with our colleagues from the Soviet Union. Through correspondence many have strengthened these relationships. Conveniently, the 1987 IFLA world meeting in Paris offers us the rare opportunity to see them and the Soveit Union PRIOR to the IFLA Grand Council and Congress, so that we may reinforce our appreciation and understanding of our Soviet colleagues and their works. In order that a more personal, face-to-face gathering and discussions may be possible, a select, small delegation, of which you are invited to be a part, is limited to approximately 30 people. These will include educators, authors, practitioners of landscape architecture, their spouses and interested friends.

This nine day tour will take you to Paris in time for the IFLA world meeting (August 28th-September 4). The tour package includes both land and air arrangements and a special reduced, round-trip connecting fare to New York City, our point of departure. (This “add-on” feature is detailed in the enclosed itinerary.) The land portion in the U.S.S.R. includes all First Class hotels, sightseeing, ground transportation, meals and an evening of entertainment in Moscow, in Leningrad and in Kiev.

We will all depart together, but return flights from Paris can vary somewhat as tour participants are not required to attend IFLA meetings. Returns must occur however, by September 18th, 1987 to hold the published price. A specific RETURN DATE MUST BE SET AT THE TIME OF FINAL PAYMENT (June 15th). Since time is critical with but six months to departure, your RESERVATION DEPOSIT of $300 should be in no later than APRIL 15th. All Reservation Deposits and Final Payments should be sent to Julie Neilson who is handling all land and air arrangements for this tour. Her address: Julie Nielson, THE TRAVEL LOG, INC., 528-B East First St., Tustin, CA 92680, (714) 669-0321.

Scholarship Deadline

1987 scholarship applications are now available from the Landscape Architectural Foundation. The deadline for entering your application is May 15. For more information contact: LAF Scholarship, 1733 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20009 or call: 202-223-6229.

CECA Landscape Show

The Landscape Industry Show, the largest and most complete exhibition of its kind on the West Coast, will convene April 22-24 at the Long Beach Convention Center. Sponsored by the California Landscape Contractors Association, this eighth edition of the Show will feature landscape suppliers from across the nation in a total of 312 exhibition booths.

“Nearly all types of landscape suppliers are represented,” said Show chairman Greg Meyer. “Those who attend will be treated to an amazing profusion of state-of-the-art products and services.”

Show hours will be: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, April 22-23; and 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24. Admission is free to all Green Industry professionals.

Complementing the displays will be 15 seminars for various segments of the landscape profession. Most of the seminars will meet in the rnornings, thereby allowing time for showgoers to visit exhibits later in the day.

Advance registration allows a special fee of $25 for each seminar, $60 for any three, and $175 for any eight. For registrations after April 15, the cost is $30 for each seminar.

New Sod

AG Sod Farms introduces Advantage Sod into the marketplace. Advantage is a turf-type tall fescue that has been grown and cultivated at t A-G Sod Farms to create a beautiful, healthy, green lawn.

Advantage Fescue has a deep rooting system making this turfgrass selection extremely drought tolerant?EUR??,,????'??+perfect for the needs of the water conservation-minded consumer. Their Advantage Sod also makes a durable, rugged lawn that can withstand even the abuse of a backyard football game!

Advantage Sod has proven to be highly disease-resistant. Its color is a vivid green all year long, making Advantage a desirable choice for winter installations, as well as spring, summer and fall.

Cal Turf Opens Sacramento Facility

Cal-Turf has announced its acquisition of MacGregor Turf farms in Verona, California, about 22 miles west of Sacramento. The 200-acre facility has been in business for two years and is about 50% developed. Founded in 1985 by Oakland attorney Richard Meier, the facility has supplied turf grasses to the greater Sacramento and northeast San Francisco bay area markets.

In addition to the new Sacramento facility, Cal-Turf has California turf farms in Camarillo, San Juan Bautista, Rancho California, and a Nevada facility outside Las Vegas.

Cal-Turf, California’s largest turf grass supplier, is a division of Tri-West, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the horticultural industry and the nation’s third ranked corporation in this field.

Warren’s Turf Expands

Warren’s Turf recently announced the acquisition of 390 acres of additional sod production land near Manteca, California. “This additional production capacity is aimed at satisfying expanding customer demands for Warren’s sod in the San Francisco Bay area and the San Jose, Stockton, and Sacramento Markets” according to Mike Holmes, Warren’s General Manager.

“The new farm has shown us a combination of soil type, water quality and availability, and temperature ranges that make it ideal for production of the popular sod varieties that we market in this area,” observed Frank Berns, Warren’s Branch Manager for the Northern California operations. “The first sod should be available from the new farm in early April of this year,” noted Berns.