October 3, 2024 – Shannon Nichol, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP, is participating in a virtual event held by the Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society on Wednesday, October 16th.
Shannon’s presentation, Whatcom County Influences on How We See Landscape, will discuss her localized approach, which was influenced by her growing up on a Sumas Mountain logging road and observing the interactions between people, plants, and animals in Whatcom County’s recently-colonized landscape. Shannon will also cite various GGN projects, including the Lurie Garden and Burke Museum’s Camas meadow at the University of Washington.
Past speakers include Greg Green, a Wildlife Biologist and Instructor at Western Washington University; Aidan Hersh, a Macro photographer and Native Bee Enthusiast; and Mark Turner, a Photographer and long-time Member of the Washington Native Plant Society.
The Washington Native Plant Society is an organization that is dedicated to the beautiful and diverse plants native to our state. Based in Bellingham, the Koma Kulshan Chapter is the Whatcom County chapter of the organization.
Learn more and register on the Koma Kulshan's website.
October 3, 2024 – Shannon Nichol, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP, is giving a virtual presentation, Forms, Weeds, and Real Life, as a guest speaker for the New York Botanical Garden’s Annual Landscape Portfolio Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 15th.
As co-founder of Seattle-based landscape design firm GGN, Shannon Nichol is committed to specifying local native plant palettes through long-term and norm-breaking collaborations with local horticulturalists and landscape managers around the world. Stemming from a lifelong enthusiasm and amateur familiarity with her home region’s under-used native plants, Nichol has documented the successes and failures of incorporating native plantings into her own gardens over the last 15 years, a process that has heavily influenced her professional work and led to many creative explorations and friendships along the way.
Hear from Nichol as she shares learnings and insight from projects including; Chicago’s Lurie Garden at Millennium Park, the Gates Foundation Campus in Seattle, and the Seattle Residence: Native Gardens.
The three-part lectures series will continue with Shane Coen, the founder and CEO of Coen+Partners on October 28; and Lauren Stimson, a Landscape Architect, Principal, and Partner at STIMSON on November 19.
Learn more on the New York Botanical Garden's website.
October 3, 2024 – Rodrigo Abela is a field session leader at this year’s ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, DC, on Sunday, October 6th.
Constructing National Memory: Composition, Renovation, and Adaptation within the Monumental Core will discuss the evolving commitment to making the American story “accessible and sustainable” through the following landscapes of memory: the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the World War II Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial.
Brenda Sanchez, FAIA, Senior Architect and Senior Design Manager at the Smithsonian Institution will join Rodrigo in leading the discussion about the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Field session leaders for the memorials include Sara M. Downing, ASLA, PLA, Principal at Oehme, van Sweden and Associates; Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA, Partner at Hartman-Cox Architects; Yue Li, Chief od Professional Services Division at National Mall and Memorial Parks; Bill Eubank, LEED AP, and Duane Krueger, Regional Sales Managers at Cold Spring; Roy Jach, Senior Project Manager at Sigal Construction; Holly Rotundi, Executive Director at Friends of the National World War II Memorial; and Kara Lanahan, ASLA, Principal at Horn & Company.
Attendees can be expected to learn the following:
Understand the complexity associated with renovating or adding to an existing memorial with regard to the design review process, including expectations and maintenance considerations.
Analyze strategies for incorporating accessibility and sustainability into the visually sensitive context of the National Mall.
Examine how materials and planted form can be used to capture emotional content for each landscape’s narrative.
Review a range of different design strategies that both accommodate modern-day needs and honor the context of historically sensitive sites.
This is one of many field sessions that will be taking place throughout the first and last day of the conference. With a total of 31 field sessions scheduled for this event, there are many exciting opportunities for attendees to learn from and connect with fellow landscape professionals.
Learn more on the ASLA Conference website.