One of the great benefits of serving in the leadership of the California Chapter of Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) is mixing with the sponsors, members, and guests at events like this one, hosted by the East Bay District at Orchard Nursery in Lafayette, CA. G3′s Pamela Berstler, current APLD CA Legislative Chair and [...]
Lovely APLD Summer Evening In The Lafayette CA Orchard
Posted on 14. Jul, 2012 by pamela in APLD, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Partners, San Francisco Bay Area
CLCA Takes Legislative Action In Sacramento
Posted on 09. Jun, 2012 by pamela in APLD, Conferences, G3 Associates, G3 Blog, G3 Partners
G3 Associate, Ramie Allard, and G3 Managing Member, Pamela Berstler, both members of the California Landscape Contractors’ Association (CLCA), met in Sacramento to participate in the Legislative Action Conference along with Susie Dowd Markarian, longtime CLCA and Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) member. Over two days, CLCA staffer, Larry Rolfes, along with lobbyist, Parke [...]
APLD Docents Ocean Friendly Gardens In Mar Vista
Posted on 22. Apr, 2012 by pamela in APLD, G3 Associates, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, G3 Partners, Homeowner, Los Angeles/South Bay, Neighborhood Walks, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens
The Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase featured several Ocean Friendly Gardens that were docented by enthusiastic and knowledgeable APLD Greater LA District members. Each of these gardens was pre-qualified by an APLD or Surfrider member, who then worked with the landscape designer and homeowner to highlight the Conservation, Permeability, and Retention (CPR) elements of the [...]
OCLDN BBQ Inspires Core Concepts Workshop
Posted on 13. Aug, 2011 by pamela in APLD, G3 Blog, G3 Education, G3 Partners, Orange County, Professional, Surfrider Foundation
A warm August evening. A stunning outdoor living space. Landscape professionals who can cook. Where are we? The O.C. of course! Once again the OCLDN hosts a great event. This time it was a barbeque to celebrate summer and introduce to the group Paul Herzog of Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens Program and Lenica Castner, [...]
G3 Roadtrip to Berkeley Core Concepts Workshop
Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by pamela in APLD, G3 Associates, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Education, Professional, Rain Gardens, San Francisco Bay Area
Richard Hayden, APLD Greater Los Angeles District President, and Jill Sarick, G3 Qualified Trainer from the City of Ventura, Environmental Services Division, put on their best traveling face. We made our early-morning rendez-vous at Cafrodite, where the Berkeley-bound adventurers got their caffeine fix from Michelle, the java goddess herself, before hitting the 101 North. After [...]
