2009
AL-MS Twin States Conference

Understanding our environment.
Changing our behaviors.
Utilizing and Protecting our resources.
Birmingham
Botanical Gardens
April
15-18, 2009
Sponsor/Vendor Opportunity Form
Speakers
Robert Gibbs, ASLA, Gibbs Planning
Group, Birmingham, MI, will speak on “Sustainable
Urban Retail Planning and Development Principles and Practices”. (1.5
hours). He is nationally recognized and is considered a leading urban planning
consultant by some of the most respected mayors, architects and shopping center
developers in America. During the past 20 years, Gibbs has been active in
developing innovative yet practical methods for applying current trends in
residential and commercial development to more than 300 town centers and
historic cities across North America.
Keith
Villere, FASLA, served 3 consecutive terms as Mayor of Covington LA,
will share experience on why “Local
Government Needs Landscape Architects: How Landscape Architects can assist local
governments to improve sustainability and encourage economic development.”
Villere is recognized as the community leader and elected official who
revitalized downtown Covington and brought professional design and environmental
planning to the forefront in St. Tammany Parish, the fastest growing parish in
Louisiana. (1.5 hours)
Brian
Dougherty, FASLA, ASLA Vice President of Membership, will speak on
the benefits of and the importance of ASLA membership. Brian has been the
Director of the Parks and Public Space Initiative at the Oklahoma City Community
Foundation since 1998, a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement
and beautification of public land in central Oklahoma.
Temple Barry, CLARB, ASLA, “CLARB
– Renewed and Refocused: CLARB’s strategic initiatives programs, member services
and relationships.” Temple has worked to advance the profession of
landscape architecture for over 18 years through his service to the Mississippi
Landscape Architecture Advisory Committee, the MSU LA Department, and on the
CLARB Board of Directors. In 1986, he founded Barry Landscape, Inc., a
design/build firm in Jackson MS and Lakeland Associates, a firm of consultants
and landscape architects.
Brian and Temple join together for an important and informative session.
(1.5 hours)
Rip Weaver, ASLA/CLARB, Mt Laurel
Town Landscape Architect and Dick Brown,
Keystone Segmental Walls, conduct a detailed walking tour of the 600 acre TND
south of Birmingham concluding with our annual Crawfish Boil at the shores
of/with Spoonwood Lake. Enjoy crawfish and beer with a breathtaking view of the
stars at Double Oak Mtn. (3 hours)
Eha Naylor, OALA, CSLA, ASLA,
CLARB, a principle of ENVsion-the Hough Group, a Toronto – based design and
environmental planning firm with clients throughout Canada and abroad. Eha
comes to us with over 25 years of diverse experience and numerous awards of
recognition in environmental planning and site design for public and private
sectors. (1.5 hours),
Nelson Brooke, Ex. Director and
Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a non-profit organization dedicated to
protecting and restoring the Black Warrior River. Nelson advocates and educates
the public on the beauty of the River and threat to the Black Warrior watershed.
As staff Riverkeeper since 2004, Nelson patrols and photographs the River and
its tributaries. This presentation will explain how the organization works hard
to protect every citizen’s right to clean water in the river basin. (1.5 hours)
Frederick R Spicer, Jr., Ex.
Director of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and Host of this year’s 2009 Twin
States Conference, has more than 25 years experience in public garden
administration, landscape architecture and nurseryman. Henry
Hughes, Dir of Education, was a consulting urban forester in Alabama
for ten years, taught college courses in urban forestry and horticulture and has
been active professionally in forest regeneration and forest preservation
efforts, particularly in parks and along rivers. Fred and Henry, along with
Staff, give “An Insider’s View of Birmingham
Botanical Gardens”, with a master plan update and rare exploration of
infrequently viewed areas of the gardens. Don’t miss this unexpected tour. (3.5
hours)
Jeff Speck, AICP, LEED-AP, Canopy,
Inc., joins us for an ASLA celebration and speaks on “Neighborhoods
or Nothing: a Designer’s Challenge for the 21st Century”. Formerly
Director of Design for the NEA and Director of Town Planning at Duany
Plater-Zyberk and Co., Jeff now lectures nationally and is a city planner who
advises cities and developers around the world on how to make communities more
livable.
(1 hour)
“Designing Exceptional Places” a
workshop with W.
Gary Smith, ASLA, horticulture
therapy consultant from Toronto and Gene
Rothert, Director of horticultural therapy at the Chicago Botanical
Gardens. With more than 25 years of experience in public garden design and
master planning, Gary has distinguished himself as landscape architect who
celebrates plants and the connections they offer between people and nature. As
an ecological designer and professional horticulturist, he combines art,
horticulture and architectural features in innovative ways, exploring the
intersection between ecological design and artistic abstraction. As manager of
the Buehler Enabling Garden and Horticultural Therapy Services, Mr. Rothert is
responsible for developing and implementing the Chicago Botanic Garden’s
Horticultural Therapy Program. (3 hours)
Extra Activities
Welcome Reception at aloft hotel
Tour of Mt Laurel
Annual Crawfish Boil
Guided tours of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Golf Tournament
Student programs & activities
Horticulture Therapy Workshop
Trade Show
Hotel Information
aloft Birmingham Soho Square $105/night (205.874.8055) alofthotels.com cut-off date 3-16-09
Hampton Inn Mountain Brook $99/night (205.870.7822) Cut-off date 3-24-09
Ask for AL ASLA rates
Contact:
Sharon Nelson - Alabama
205.444.7743
deeps@ci.hoover.al.us
Bob Mercier - Mississippi
601.844.6555
bob.mercier@mercierlandscapearchitect.com
Sponsors
Nature Bridges
Summer Classics
Victor Stanley, Inc.
Aquatic Gardens & Fountains, LLC
Belgard Hardscapes
National Tree Preservation, Inc.
Goldleaf Farms
Rain Bird Corporation
Design Pavers, Inc.
Crow Friedman Group/ Bryson & Co.
LAI Engineering
Mississippi State Board of Architecture and Landscape Architecture