by Brian Starkey, PLA, ASLA

NCASLA is proud to announce and celebrate the accomplishments of two North Carolina Landscape Architects, who through their volunteer efforts and work have demonstrated a genuine commitment to the promotion and protection of the profession and advanced the profession nationally and here at home. Chuck Smith and Dr. Barrett Kays will be honored at the National Conference on Landscape Architecture in Nashville this fall. Chuck will be inducted into the ASLA Council of Fellows for service to the profession and Barrett will receive the LaGasse Medal for his work in natural resource conservancy and public spaces.

Read on for more about Chuck’s and Barrett’s contributions and accomplishments.

by Courtney Landoll, PLA, LEED AP

Many hands make light work! We are looking for individuals to help us plan our 2022 Conference. If you are interested, please contact manager@nsasla.org.

by Rose Tanksley, PLA, ASLA

The Town of Waynesville will participate in PARK(ing) Day September 17, 2021. AIA and NCASLA are seeking volunteers to steward parking spaces in three districts:

• Downtown

• Frog Level

• Hazelwood

Teams will be responsible for design, installation and removal of their parklets. Preliminary designs must be submitted to the Town no later than Friday, August 6. Designs will be installed on September 17 and removed the following Tuesday, September 21 (pending).

by Sahar Teymouri, ASLA

Thank you for Attending the Raleigh Sketch Crawl on June 9

The Summer Sketch Crawl in Downtown Raleigh was held with the sponsorship of the Barrs Recreation. Twenty attendees joined the event ranging from students to established practitioners and enjoined sketching and networking together. To see pictures from the event, check out the album on the NCASLA Facebook page titled 2021 Raleigh Sketch Crawl.

The EP Committee plans to have another Sketch Crawl event soon in the Charlotte area and a few other in-person events. Please share with us your favorites places to visit and sketch to help us develop a library for future sketch tours.

by Mike Askin, PLA, ASLA

Currently the Committee is tracking HB 496 (Property Owners' Rights/Tree Ordinances).

This bill has passed the house and is sitting in the Senate rules. To oppose this Bill, the Committee has Used the IAdvocate system through ASLA National. If you see any alerts from National’s iAdvocate system, please respond or if you are not part of the IAdvocate system please join.

This remembrance was published by the College of Design at NC State and is adapted from the nomination of Lewis Clarke for the 2016 ASLA Medal by Rodney Swink, PLA, FASLA.

Lewis Clarke, FASLA, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at the age of 94. He catalyzed the evolution of American landscape architecture for over sixty-five years as a professor at the North Carolina State University School (now College) of Design and as a visiting lecturer at numerous universities. Through nearly five decades of active practice, his contributions and achievements have been multi-faceted, award winning and historically significant.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is inviting preK-12 students and educators across the country to kick off the 2021-2022 school year with DREAM BIG with Design, a one-of-a-kind, two-day virtual event.

NCASLA presents the following as the 2021 Executive Committee candidates. Voting members should have received the ballot in their email. If you did not receive your ballot, please contact membership@ncasla.org.

We’re excited about the upcoming FLO Hike at the North Carolina Arboretum on June 26! Hurry, registration closes at 5:00 PM ET.

If you’re still deciding, here are some answers a few frequently asked questions about this event.

Is the hike difficult?

The two guided hikes will have frequent stops and last up to 1.5 hours each. The Carolina Mountain Trail is 1.2 miles long and listed as "moderate." But, over the course of 1.5 hours, “non-athletes” can enjoy it, barring they are not using a walker, wheelchair, or crutches.

by Courtney Landoll, PLA, LEED AP

Wow, it’s June already?! Kids are getting out of school, the pools are open, and with lightening COVID restrictions we are all starting to think about vacation plans and getting back together. At NCASLA, we are eagerly thinking about ways that we, as landscape architects, can get back together, too, IN PERSON!