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Headlines Virginia Tech is celebrating the 30th year of its landscape architecture program. Paul Knox is the dean of the college of architecture, and Dean Bork the dean of the department of landscape architecture. Robert Weygand recently visited the campus to speak with students about the profession. Weygand, an administrative vice president at Rhode Island University, is a former Rhode Island congressman, lieutenant governor and state representative. Walter Hood, 45, a professor of landscape architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, was recently the subject of an article in the New York Times for his work to rejuvenate the downtrodden Lafayette Park in Oakland, Calif. The article touted Hood as the ?EUR??,,????'??Frederick Law Olmsted of the city's dispossessed neighborhoods.?EUR??,,????'?? The Idaho Botanical Gardens in Boise has begun work on its Lewis and Clark Native Plant Garden. Lewis and Clark recorded hundreds of native plant life they encountered during their historic journey, many of which are native to Idaho. Judy Ouderkirk, the executive director of the Idaho Botanical Gardens, said visitors that walk the garden trail will get some historical knowledge of the duo?EUR??,,????'???s expedition, while learning about the native plants. "At each node in the path is what we call a travellers?EUR??,,????'??? rest and it would have a specific theme,?EUR??,,????'?? explained Don Brigham Jr., a landscape architect. ?EUR??,,????'??One would look at Native American use of plants, another would look at Lewis as a botanist, Lewis as an herbalist, and even Sacajawea's influence in gathering plants." The groundbreaking ceremony took place on Earth Day, March 20, the spring equinox, an international day of recognition to take better care of Mother Earth. The garden will cover about three acres and take three years to complete.