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 Willamette West Habitat for
Humanity Planting Day:
October 2011
Working with WWHfH for the
7th year, our
chapter was again involved with the design and planting
of the front yards of new Habitat homes, this time at
the Ramble Glen project in Aloha.
For the second
year,
our chapter sponsored a Student Design Competition
whereby landscape design students at Portland Community
College had the opportunity to try their hand at
creating planting plans for the sites. Deborah Rossi did
a wonderful job coordinating the student submissions and
making sure they were
mentored in the process by experienced designers. She
also worked with our Habitat sponsors to coordinate the
plant delivery, soil amending, etc. Thanks Deb! Students
also helped with the planting, so they got to see their
designs come to life.
Special thanks go to
Recology who provided wonderful soil amendment
and mulch for the plants. Also, thanks to John Gawlista of
Professional Grounds Management whose team did
our soil preparation and helped with planting. Thanks
also to
Cascadian Nurseries who provided the plant
material. |
New
homeowners take a look at their new trees |
Student
designer Julie Williams checks out the placement of a
Raywood ash tree in her design. |
New
homeowners get ready to help with planting on their lot |
Happy
homeowner celebrates the new landscape and all the
volunteers |
APLD
Oregon Vice-President Izzy Baptista and Bev
Ashenden at the end of the planting day |
APLD
Oregon and students, L. to R.: Debra Berger, Julie
Williams, Lynn Wolfstone, Linda Engstrom FAPLD, Izzy
Baptista, Joy Ceilidh, Deb Rossi, and Barb Hilty, APLD.
Not pictured: Pat Acheff, APLD, Jan Main, Judy Kokesh, and Bev Ashenden |
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Evening Dinner for Members at
Cascadian Nurseries
September 2011
Our members gathered
at the beautiful pergola and waterfall at Cascadian
Nurseries for a catered dinner with hosted wine bar.
Over 30 members and guests attended and had a chance to recap the
spring and summer design seasons, as well as enjoy a
lovely late summer evening.
Chapter President
Lynn Wolfstone gave recognition awards
to our 2011 APLD Oregon chapter sponsors, John Gawlista
of
PGM Landscape Management and Jim Larson of
Cascadian Nurseries. Many thanks to both
companies for their continuing support and help!
She also took the
occasion to give an award to a student landscape
designer, Debra Berger, who won our chapter's Student
Landscape Design Competition by creating an attractive
and functional planting plan for the Willamette West
Habitat for Humanity 2011 project.
Our guest speaker was
Harry Auerbach, Portland's Chief Deputy City Attorney,
who brought us up to speed on the newly revised Portland
City Tree codes which he helped to rewrite. |
Members
and guests gathered under Cascadian's pergola to enjoy
appetizers |
Bev
Ashenden with guest Phil Thornburg |
Student
design competition winner Debra Berger shows her plans
to the guests |
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A Summer Evening at Verdura
Culinary Gardens
August 2011
Our chapter was given
a tour of the home gardens of the owners of
Verdura Culinary Gardens. Their company sets up
raised bed vegetable gardens for homeowners, and coaches
them on how to grow organically and maintain their new
culinary garden. |
Verdura
Garden co-owner Caroline Lewis talks with APLD members
Izzy Baptista and Kathryn Leech, APLD |
Close up
of raised vegetable bed with glass finials
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L. to R.:
Larry Lewis, Leslie Campbell, and Caroline Lewis. Leslie
designed the Lewis garden. |
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Tape vs. Technology: Laser
level instruction and demonstration
July 2011
Member Barb Simon,
APLD, offered this property she is designing with a
2-way slope as a venue for a workshop about how to
correctly and efficiently measure and record slope and
elevation changes. Landscape contractor Alfred Dinsdale,
of Dinsdale Landscape Contractors, Inc. was there
to help demonstrate correct technique. Also there was a
representative from Kuker-Ranken, the
manufacturer, who demonstrated a number of hand-held and
fixed distance and elevation measuring systems. |
Left to
right: Stewart Snider of Kuker-Ranken, Barbara Simon
APLD,
and contractor Alfred Dinsdale |
The group
watches a demo of the distance measuring system.
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Student Design Competition:
Mentoring Session
July 2011
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 Several
experienced APLD members are working with Portland
Community College and Clackamas Community College
students to help them with their submissions to our 2011
student design competition. This meeting was held at the
Hardy Plant Society Library.
APLD Mentors,
l to r:
Amy Whitworth, Deb Rossi, Judy Kokesh, Jan Main
Students
pictured are: left--Debra Berger and right--Joy Ceilidh.
Students not
pictured:
Sarah Hamilton
Hannah Snyder
Rebecca Gillenwater Martin
McCurdy
Julie Williams
Richard Wagner |
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Design Within Reach Studio
& restaurant evening
May 2011
A group of APLD'ers
was treated to wine and cheese appetizers at the
beautiful showroom of Design Within Reach in
downtown Portland. Extremely knowledgeable
representatives of DWR showed us their latest line of
contemporary outdoor furnishings, and explained how APLD
members can participate in their trade discount program
and order direct from them. We followed up the showroom
visit with dinner at the nearby Deschutes Brew Pub to
talk more about our spring time projects. |
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APLD Construction Site Tour
May 2011
This construction
site tour was presented by John Stone of JP Stone
Contractors, Inc. in collaboration with Linda Meyer of
L. Meyer Designs. The site had an existing set of wooden
stairs and deck that were being replaced with stone
steps and a bluestone patio. |
John Stone describes the original
failing wood deck and stairs and how they will be
replaced
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View up the slope to where the new stairs will be placed
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New wood fence and landing updates
the look of a 60's era home
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This tangle of irrigation pipes was uncovered during
construction and will need to be replaced
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Beautiful new bluestone slabs are artfully placed to
create a new patio
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APLD members Adriana Berry, APLD, Jan Main, and Deborah
Rossi
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2011 Better Living Home and
Garden Show
March 2011
APLD Oregon was
honored to be invited by the Better Living Show's
proprietors to design and install landscaped spaces
around the Show's centerpiece "Blue Energy" home.
Members Amy Whitworth, Izzy Baptista, and Patricia
Acheff, APLD worked as a team to design and create the
home's outdoor spaces using mostly native and
wildlife-friendly plants, re-purposed materials, and
including an organic kitchen garden.
The landscape was
installed by APLD sponsor PGM Landscape Services
with only a three-week lead time to create the custom
metal screens, wood planter beds and arbor, and water
feature. Thanks to them for an amazing job! |
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Adirondack chair and binoculars promote the theme of
"Birder's Paradise" |
Woven
metal screen is an attractive and unexpected use for
recycled steel |
Large native red alder tree holds
bird feeders and bird houses |
Helping out at the APLD Oregon
booth are Ann Nickerson, APLD and Izzy Baptista
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Amy
Whitworth answers questions about the display's native
plants |
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Vegetable
raised beds made of sustainably-harvested eastern Oregon
juniper |
Lighthearted use of repurposed materials creates a
colorful border to a planting bed |
Cooking
demo area features a handmade ginkgo leaf rain chain
leading into a rain garden made from a livestock trough
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