On Saturday, April 21, 2012, in honor of Landscape Architecture month and Earth Day, Eastern Section members of the PA-DE Chapter of ASLA worked side-by-side with community leaders, municipal authorities, and area residents to spread soil and plant a 15' wide by 120' long property frontage at a prominent corner of downtown Norristown.  This was no small feat, and we are very thankful for all who contributed to the effort!

Perhaps one of the most important things to emerge from Saturday's Horace Mann Elementary School Playground Charette was an explanation of the term "charette."

"It's a fancy French word for brainstorming," said Nick Karas, the daylong planning session's host and a member of the Indiana Neighborhood Community Association, which organized the session.

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During the PA-DE ASLA Annual Meeting last month, one of the tours was to the residence of President James Buchanan, Wheatland, which is in the middle of a major expansion. The tour concentrated on the construction measures used to limit impacts on this historic site.

Green infrastructure can be considered a conceptual framework for understanding the valuable services nature provides the human environment. Landscape architects use nature to manage water from storms, create new wildlife habitat, and make the built environment greener. At all scales, green infrastructure provides real ecological, economic, and social benefits.

Want more? View green infrastructure solutions at asla.org/animations.

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Update to the Board's Continuing Education Requirements 

12 PDH (CEU's) of the required 24 PDH (CEU's) may be obtained via electronic media

Licenses expire May 31 of every odd-numbered year. Licensees are required to meet the Board's continuing education requirement as a condition for renewal of their licenses.

** PLEASE NOTE: Under the recently amended Law (Act 24 of 2009), All Licensees will be required to obtain 24 hours of continuing education, completed in accordance with the Board's regulations, beginning June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2013 as a condition of the renewal of their license for the 2013-2015 Biennial period.

** The State Board of Landscape Architects (Board) amends §15.12  of the Board's regulations (relating to fees). The final-form rulemaking increases the biennial license renewal fees for landscape architects from $125 to $194. The new biennial renewal fees will take effect for the biennial period beginning June 1, 2011.

The Board office will mail out renewal reminders to your address of record, approximately 60 days prior to the expiration date of your license. You will need to follow the instructions provided in the reminder to renew your license on-line or to obtain a paper renewal application.  

PA DE ASLA is not the agency that regulates continuing education.  For information on this, please visit the State Board of Landscape Architects.

Here is the link to the board's web site

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