APLD Connecticut Chapter

APLDCT Sponsors Landscape Designer Showcase in Hartford

March 20, 2012 by Debbie

The First Annual Landscape Designer Showcase in Hartford for Spring of 2012 takes place on May 5th. We will be working on transforming one block of Ashley Street in the Asylum Hill Neighborhood of Hartford through the generous donations of NINA and other sponsors as well as Landscape Designers who wish to give back to the community.

Friday, March 30th will be a garden prep day and there will be volunteers from corporate sponsors.

Planting and Judging will happen on Saturday, May 5th. Work will begin at 7 a.m. and Judging will begin at 1 p.m., with prizes awarded directly after. This well publicized event will be judged by Secretary of State Denise Merrill; Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra and others.

To sign up contact:

Lelaneia@DubayDesign.com

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APLDCT & the Connecticut Flower Show ~ A Great Way to Promote Your Business

February 11, 2012 by Debbie

APLDCT is proud to once again sponsor a booth at the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show.

Taking place from Feb 23rd – 26th at the Convention Center in Hartford, thousands of Connecticut homeowners come to see the fabulous show gardens, shop the garden-themed vendors and get inspiration for their own gardens.

It’s also the ideal place for them to find a professional landscape designer to work with in 2012!

APLDCT’s presence at the Connecticut Flower Show helps promote our organization, the value of professional landscape design and our chapter member’s very own businesses.

But we need your help to staff our booth. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to promote yourself, your landscape design business and potentially get some new business.

To find out more about volunteering — and all the extra perks that will be afforded to APLDCT volunteers — please contact Amy Schuster at Amyeschuster@aol.com.

See you at the Flower Show!

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Exciting Opportunity for APLD CEU credits

January 26, 2012 by Debbie

In case you haven’t heard….the NOFA Organic Land Care Accreditation Course in New Haven, CT was just approved for APLD CEU credits.

The NOFA Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care, has trained land care professionals in organic principles and practices for ten years.

The 2012 course will take place at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven on February 15-17 and 21-22.

The Course Basics

Thirty hours of instruction on topics like site analysis, rain gardens, soil health, pest management, lawn care and lawn alternatives give land care professionals the training to confidently offer non-toxic, ecological land care services. At the conclusion of the course, students have the option to take an accreditation exam (additional fee required) to become a NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional (AOLCP).

The NOFA Accreditation Course is approved for 28.5 APLD Recertification Credits.

Sign Up Today

Please visit www.organiclandcare.net for more information on the Accreditation Course or to register online. Or you can contact Kristiane Huber at kristiane@ctnofa.org or call the CT NOFA office at (203) 888-5146. The NOFA Organic Land Care Program is a regional project of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut.

The cost of the course is $550 (optional accreditation test is an additional $150) with discounts available for groups, early registration and NOFA Membership and an option of a payment plan for the course.

If you can’t attend the entire course but are interested in attending for just a day, the cost is $125 (lunch is included). Contact Kristane Huber for more info.

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And the Winner is…

January 13, 2012 by Debbie

There was a frenzy of activity at APLDCT’s table at the recent CNLA Winter Symposium in Manchester, CT.

While some of the visitors were definitely there to find out more about the professional landscape designers in Connecticut and how a professionally designed landscape can increase the value of any home, we have to admit that most visitors were stopped in their tracks when they realized they could win a free copy of Michael Dirr’s new book, Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees & Shrubs.

All visitors needed to do was drop their business card in the bowl and one lucky winner was chosen at random. And the winner is…Elizabeth R. Morin. Elizabeth is a horticulturist, an ARS consulting rosarian and a CNLA Nurseryman.

Congratulations Elizabeth, enjoy your new book!

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CNLA Landscape Design Challenge

December 24, 2011 by Debbie

Once again, the Connecticut Landscape and Nursery Association (CNLA) is sponsoring its Landscape Design Challenge. Connecticut landscape designers can submit their designs for the courtyard garden at Manchester Community College.

To get your creative juices flowing, you can view some before photos and a basic schematic drawing.

The Landscape Design Challenge is a wonderful opportunity for local garden designers to showcase their talents and to help transform the grounds of Manchester Community College into a beautiful sanctuary for the students and staff of the college.

A design, or a combination of several designs featured at the Landscape Design Challenge will be installed by CNLA during their PlantConnecticut Project later in 2012.

The Challenge takes place on Thursday, January 5 from 3:00-4:00pm in the Auditorium at Manchester Community College. Designs will be on view throughout that day.

As an added incentive to get involved in CNLA’s Landscape Design Challenge, all participants will receive free admission to the Winter Symposium, and free lunch, on Thursday.

For more information and to sign up for the Landscape Design Challenge, contact CNLA.

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Growing Your Business ~ An APLD CT Workshop

December 9, 2011 by Debbie

Math Science Division

Present

GROWING YOUR BUSINESS ~

Rethinking Strategy, Clients & Profitability

A Workshop for Landscape Designers

on Friday, January 6, 2012

This exciting, hands-on workshop, presented by Catherine Wiersema*, will encompass a threefold approach to improving your landscape design (or design/build) business.

Topics to be explored include:

♦ Strategic choices for new & established designers ~ the needs of established designers looking to refresh their practices at a higher level of profitability,as well as good entry products for newer designers struggling with too little work will be explored.

♦ Relationship cycle of client and designer ~ the roles of both the designer and client will be explored as well as the design cycle and contracts.

♦ Pricing and profitability ~ Pricing, profitability and budgets and their relationship to selling projects will be discussed.

Event Details

Date: Friday, January 6th

Time: Registration begins at 8:00, program run from 8:30 – 5:00

Location: Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT

Cost: APLD CT members – $155.00

APLD members from other chapters – $165.00

Non-APLD members – $175.00

Current NVCC students – $75.00

Note: Fees include coffee breaks and lunch.

This event offers a total of 5 APLD CEU credits

Registration deadline is December 30, 2011, don’t wait…reserve your spot today…

APLDCT now offers the convenience of paying for our events via PayPal.

It’s quick, easy and secure. And you don’t even need a PayPal account.

Just click the appropriate ‘Pay Now’ button below and follow the instructions.

It’s safe, secure and simple…

APLDCT members

APLD - other chapters

: Non-APLD attendees; NVCC students; *Catherine Wiersema earned her MBA from Simmons College and her Landscape Design Certification from Radcliffe College. She developed the Professional Practice curriculum for the Harvard Landscape Institute and teaches at the Boston Architectural College. Catherine is the principal of Boussard Design, a design/build firm located in the greater Boston area.

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APLD CT 2012 Board of Directors

December 2, 2011 by Debbie

We are pleased to announce the 2012 Board of Directors of your APLD Connecticut chapter…

DeDe Delaney of Redtwig Garden Design, Windham

Lelaneia Dubay of Dubay Design, Hartford

Mary Jane McCabe of MJ McCabe Garden Design, Northford

Mary Ellen Pirozzoli of Verdesign, LLC , Ridgefield

Laura Rock of Laura Rock Landscape Design Services, Waterbury

Richard Rosiello of Rosiello Designs, New Milford

Richard Schipul, APLD of Designing Eden, New Milford

To all APLD CT members, in case you’re wondering, there was no ‘official’ election this year. During the nomination phase, three members stepped forward to fill the open Board positions so there was no need for a traditional run-off election. Please join me in a round of applause for our new 2012 Board. Thank you all for volunteering your time and energy to increasing awareness of the value of landscape design and APLD in Connecticut.

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