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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOut of State Travel - Landscape Design ConferenceCITY OF PALM DESERT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT REQUEST: Approve Out -of -State Travel for Landscape Specialist SUBMITTED BY: H. Spencer Knight, Landscape Manager DATE: April 13, 2006 CONTENTS: Seminar Description Recommendation: By minute motion, authorize out-of-state travel for the Landscape Specialist to attend the 2006 Landscape Design Conference in Litchfield Park, Arizona May 5-6, 2006. Executive Summary: The 2006 Landscape Design Conference is an opportunity to meet with professionals involved with different aspects of the horticultural field, particularly with desert -adapted plant materials. Mountain States Wholesale Nursery is the leader in desert plant development and research for the desert southwest. Our city has been instrumental in the introduction of desert plants into our plant palette. By doing so, it has set the standard that has earned Palm Desert the reputation as an innovative, creative, and cutting -edge city in terms of its landscape design concepts. This conference will continue the path our city has taken horticulturally with a first-hand view at the new and upcoming plant species for the desert. Costs include conference registration, hotel for three nights, mileage for approximately 500 miles, and meals and incidentals. Total cost is approximated at $1,100.00. Funds are available in Account No. 110-4614-453-3120. Therefore, staff recommends that City Council authorize out-of-state travel for the Landscape Specialist to attend the 2006 Landscape Design Conference in Litchfield Park, Arizona on May 5 and 6, 2006. Submitted By: Department Head: H. Spencer Knight Mark Greenwood, P.E. Landscape Manager Director of Public Works Approval: Homer Croy Paul Gibson ACM for Development Services Director of Finance Carlos Ortega City Manager ,(Aas..nN alesaloyMseaeag ureaunowrf .(q pauosuodg gag r(eW pue (okew ep Dots!]) 4as .(e{„I EUOZIAV •)Jaed • 7Aosaa tu8ME!M atll aauaaa;uo7 u2isaa adeaspuri 900Z Attention Artists and Art Enthusiasts! Please consider donating a piece of work for our Silent Auction! We believe that all designers are artists at heart. Here's your chance to wow your friends and colleagues with your creativity. All art projects are welcome, the more the merrier! All proceeds will .be donated•to the following worthy funds of your choice: • W,arre Jones Scholarship Fund • Jirri'W seat Scholarship Fund (both for landscape architecture students) • UhiversitJi"of Ari'fdiia`Campus Arboretum • University of Arizona Landscape Architecture Foundation The Silent Auction will be held on May 5th, at The Wigwam Resort, in conjunction with the 2006 \ Landscape Design Conference. Interested in contributing? Contact Janet Rademacher at (800) 840-8509. ext 24, or by email at Janet@mswn.com Nursery Address: 10020 W. Glendale Ave. • Glendale. AZ 85307 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2500 • Litchfield Park, AZ 85340-2500 Phone (623) 247-8509 • Toll Free (800) 840-8509 • Fax (623) 247-6354 www mswn.com Dear Friends, It is no exaggeration to say that Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has grown and thrived for 37 years because of the tremendous support provided by the landscape design community.Your enthusiasm for desert -adapted plants is contagious. and keeps us motivated to continue our research and development efforts. Periodically we have organized Landscape Design Conferences as a small way to thank you for your support over the years. Our last conference was held in 2004 at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. and the positive energy generated by the 400 design professionals in attendance was amazing! We hope you can join us on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th), as a dynamic group of speakers shares their knowledge and inspiration.Then, ifyour schedule allows, join your friends and colleagues on Saturday, May 6th, for bus tours of our nursery, along with cutting -edge projects in the WestValley. Finally, our friend Bob Schottke with Hunter Industries has graciously offered to coordinate an ASLA golf tournament on Thursday, May 4h for you golf enthusiasts. Turn off the computer, activate your voice mail, and mt,e nrtvantrrge of this rare opportunity for education, fun and fellowship. Wed love ;c se- • r Sincerely. Janet adVuacher Sales aneflari<eing Coach Questions? Contact Janet Rademacher or Heather Talabesky at 800.84C-8509. or viz email at Ianct@rnswn corn and hcather@mswn.com 2006 Conference Agenda • Friday, May 5th 7:00-8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast Noon-1:15 8:00-8:30 Welcome and Announcements 8:30-9:15 Grady Gammage,Jr. The State of the Southwest Business is booming in the Southwest. but is our environment and quality of life headed for rack and ruin! Hear what Grady has to say about what our future holds. 9:15-10:00 Terry DeQuina and Laura Bowden The"Ins and Outs"of Developing and Designing Infill Projects Hear how Terry and Laura have combined their development and design talents to cackle challenging infill projects. 10:00- 10:30 Break, Social Catch -Up, Silent Auction 10:30-1 1:15 Dr. Chris Martin Are Green Roofs in the Desert Doable? Sure, they work in Chicago and Canada, but is it possible to design sustainable green roof projects for the desert? 11:15-12:00 Scott Calhoun Small Plants for Small Spaces Which plants will fit into the limited planting spaces we deal with on many projects? Listen as Scott shares his favorite compact plants for low and high elevations! Lunch, with music provided by Cesar Mazier and Friends. Music sponsored by FX Luminaire. 1:15-2:00 Peter Gierlach Aye Chihuahua! Petey Mesquitey Live and Uncensored! He's back! Stories and songs about plants and animals in the borderlands where Petey lives. 2:00-3:00 3:00-3:15 3:15-4:00 4:00-5 00 Rick Darke Grasses and the Luminous Landscape Take a journey through gardens and grasslands as Rick's lens captures the light, and his prose fires your imagination. Break Silent Auction Steve Martino, FASLA Creative Hardscape Elements Plants may come and a, but hardscape is forever! Get inspired by Steve's edgy, yet sensitive spaces. SociallCocktail Hour Catch up with old friends and make some new ones! Sponsored by our friends at Hunter Industries and Stabilizer Solutions. (corm nued) Project Tours • Saturday, May 6th 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Climb onto air-conditioned buses for tours of cutting -edge projects in the West Valley.This area Is BOOMING with new development, so come see what all of the excitement is about. The itinerary is still being finalized. but likely stops include the New Urbanism community Verrado, the Cardinals Football Stadium, the Glendale Arena. and Mountain States Wholesale Nursery. The talents behind the designs will be on hand to describe the projects and answer questions. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Thank You Sponsors: stabilizer® Hupuder SOLUTIONS The Irrigation Innovators 2 0 0 6 Conference Presenters Grady Gammage, Jr. is a part time academic, a practicing awyer, an author, a sometime real estate developer and a former elected official. He thinxs life is more interesting if you do a lot of different things' His academic work at Arizona State University focuses on urban growth and development, cuality of ife. and economic iss.ses. His law firm. Gammage and Burnham. focuses on a vast array of real estate projects. For 17 years Grady served on the Roarr of the Central Arizona Project, including 4 years as President. His book Phoenix in Perspective, is in its second edition. Grady's varied interests and wide--anging experience give him a unique big - picture per speuive on die"State of the Southwest", and his wit is sure to make the topic engaging and controversial! Terry DeQuina is a managing partner in Qiara Properties, a real estate development fim that specializes in chal enging infill projects.Terry learned his craft from some of the best minds in the business du^ing hs years with DMB and Del Webb. We were forturate to work with ferry when he was project manager for DMB's award -winning DC Ranch protect . in Scottsda e. Terry holds a degree in structural engineering from Rutgers University, anc started his first career designing missiles for Goodyear Aerospace. Luckily for us. he decided he was more suited for blilding stuff than blowing it up! Terry is also a partner in the construction firms of Desert Earth Works and Desert Concrete Works. Laura Bowden,ASLA is also a managing partner in Qiara Properties. Laura befeves that all real estate 40 projects should strive for sustainability, livability, and interaction among the residerts, and so Qiara has chosen to focus on infill projects. Prior to xormirg Qiara Properties, Laura led a talented team of planners and andscape architects at Bowden Design Group. which she formed in 1986. Laura graduated f-on the University of Georgia's School of Environmenta Design. She was the visionary behind the landscape at DC Ranch, and her design talents are also evident at The Boulders,Terravita, and many other award -winning projects and developmerts.After years of provid ng advice and expertise to clients such as DMB, Del Webb and Westcor, Laura decided it was time to go for the big bucks and become a developer herself! Dr.Chris Martin is a Professor of Urban I Icrticul-ure at Arizona State University, teaching courses in landscape horticulture. Dr. Martin is also recognized nationally for his research on the growth and health of desert plants In urban settings. His practical and much -needed research has explored the water use of desert plants. and the performance of trees in urban heat islands. Dr. Martin's latest passion is to explore and develop sustainable bio-strateges to combat urban heatng in desert climates. and green roof technologies have captured his interest! Dr Martin has authored more than 120 articles and is a member of the American Society of Horticultural Science, International Society of Arboriculture, International Plant Propagator's Society, and the Arizona Community Tree Council. (continued) Scott Calhoun is a professional garden designer, author, and plan-sman liv ng in Tucson. Scott's fantastic first book, Yard Full of Sun:The Story of a Gardener's Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand, has been nominated for the American HorticJltura Society Book Awzrd. Scott w-ites a weekly co umn 'or Tucson's Arizona Daily Star, and has been published in Sunset. Horticulture, Country Garders, American Nurseryman and Tucson Hone magazines. Formerly the general manager of Civano Nursery in Tucson, Scott now runs his own landscape design and garden writing business, ZonaGardens, and -s cedlcated to bringing the rigged spirit of the Southwest into the Western garden. Peter Gierlach, affectionately known as "Petey Mesquitey" to his Tscson audience, provides insight'ul and often hilarious tidbits of botanical information on his weekly -acio show."Growing Native with Petey Mescuirey' . Ir the 1970s Peter was the lead singer for The Dusty Chaps, a Tucson country western hand. Ten years ago Peter and his family moved to the grasslands of southeastern Arizona to open Spadefoot Nursery, which specializes in growing high -elevation native plants. Pecey has spoken (and occasionally b-oken into song) at all of our conferences, arid is back again by overwhelming demand! Rick Darke is a contextual design cuosu tans, author, photographer extraordinaire, and an internationally recognized authority on ornamental grasses. Rick's award -winning books include The Color Encyclopedia or Ornamental Grasses (also on CDROM), In Ha-mony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts and Crafts Garder, and The American Woodland Garden: Captu-ing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest. His latest book,The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses is a must for design professionals. Formerly Curator of Plants at Longwood Gardens n Pennsylvania, Rick Is a vue plantsman. In 1998, the American Hortcultural Society honored Rick with Its Scientific Award. which recognizes individuals "who have enriched horticulture through outstanding and notable research". Steve Martino, FASLA, has earnec an international reputation for design excellence. His pioneering work with native plants and the development of a desert-de-ived aesthetic is widely recognized.A recurring theme in Steve's work is the juxtaposition of man-made elements with natural ecological processes. If you are familiar with Steve's wore, it's no wonder because it has been featured in over 200 books and periodicals! With over 80 design awards to nis credit, includirg 7 nationa ASLA awards. Steve has earned a reputation for being on die cutting edge of urban desert desigi.A Phoenix native and resident since 1946, Steve Studied art and architecture at Arizona States University. And For You Golfers: Check out the enclosed flyer regarding the Hunter Industries ASLA Golf Tourney. It starts at 12 Noon on Thursday, May 4th at The Palm Valley Golf Course. For additional information. contact Bob Schottke at 602-524-7134. Register early — this event sells out each year! Lodging The Wigwam Resort and Golf Club 300 Wigwam Boulevard • Litchfield Park,Arizona 800-327-0396 or 623-935-3811 The Wigwam Resort and Golf Club is offering conference attendees a special rate of $189.00 per night, single or double occupancy. (The regular rates for these dates range from $259 to $650.) This historic adobe -style resort opened in 1929, with picturesque casitas nestled among tranquil gardens. A brand new Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa is slated to open in March, and golfers can choose from two world -class courses. The Wigwam provides a shuttle service to and from Sky Harbor International Airport, but reservations must be made ahead of time with the concierge. The resort is located 20 miles west of downtown Phoenix. For reservations, call (800) 327-0396. To receive the special rate make your reservations by April I7th and tell them this is for the Mountain States Nursery Conference. The W,Owan Nesx1 E. W-owam\P.c. W. Irder SCrool ad. I.• a We!,, f Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to The Wigwam Resort: )roe rest an Sky Harbor Blvd. following signs To Cerra' Phoenix/ 10 West". lake f10 West. IE miles to Dysart id/Ent 129. Turn 8.16111 and drive North on Demo Rd. 2.4 mkt. Turn LEFT onto W. radial khool Rc. and dyne 0.3 roles. Iurr. RILHI onto East Wigwam 8hc. and drive 0.5 miles to the mat total estenacec deraace.. 24 man =S NT Nos to sale Sky Marba Av,a,oe (cent nued)