Landscape Design Association Presidents

  • Karen Koerth 2012
  • Anne Flannery 2011
  • Brian Shea 2010
  • Patty Glicksberg 2009
  • Shannon Hackett 2008
  • Steve Marzahl 2007
  • Todd Hayden 2006
  • Ruth Ward 2005
  • Kathy Robin 2004
  • Steve Boese 2003
  • Dean MacMorris2002
  • Sharon Anderson 2001
  • Nancy Sauerberg 2000
  • Pam Duthie 1999
  • Marcia Ellis 1998
  • Tim Christie 1997
  • Margaret Morris 1996
  • Rosalind Reed 1995
  • Mitsy Granzow 1994
  • Sheila Hollander 1993
  • Mary Jane Klein 1992
  • Pam Duthie 1991

Events

The Landscape Design Association sponsors programs, workshops, garden walks and social events!

We encourage our members to suggest topics for our programs that they believe will help further knowledge and enhance their businesses.  If you have a suggestion, please contact the LDA Program Committee.

For member convenience we also note other relevant industry events on our calendar. For more information regarding non-LDA events, go to the sponsoring association's website conveniently posted below. You will find helpful acromyns noted at the bottom of page.  If you would like to submit an event, please email our Liaison Committee.  Please note that we do not allow advertising in our calender or Covering Ground and events are subject to approval.

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Review previous LDA Events in our Program History.

Upcoming LDA and Relevant Industry Events

Some activities may require an additional fee. It will be clearly noted..

May 3, 2012 Pagoda Red Preview of Asian Decorative Arts for the Home and Garden. Featured planting design by Voltaire's Gardener and Kim Kozimor Design. 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Flyer

May 26, 2012 Pagoda Red Open House, 902 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka – 10 am-5 pm, featured seasonal plantings in antique Chinese urns by Mindy Heidekat

June 2, 2012 MELA/CBG World Environment Day

June 20-23 TMA Diagnosing Plant Diseases lecture program, $69

Jul. 4-10, 2012 PPA Symposium, Boston, MA

Jul. 9-Aug 6, 2012 CBG Basic AutoCAD for Landscape Design, 5 Mondays, $150

**Jul. 27, 2012 LDA Garden Walk & Summer BBQ in Evanston\Wilmette area

Aug. 11-15, 2012 ISA Annual International Conference & Trade Show, Portland, OR

Aug. 16-17, 2012 ILCA Design Seminar on Frederick Law Olmstead, Riverside, IL

Aug. 20-22, 2012 IGIA Summer Conference, Chicago Sheraton & Navy Pier

Sept. 16-22, 2012 APLD Intl. Design Conference, San Francisco Bay area

Oct. 16-17, 2012 IAA Annual Conference & Trade Show, Tinley Park, IL

Recent LDA Events

**Mar. 22, 2012 LDA Spring Program - "New Flowering Shrub Selections" and "Native Plants for the Residential Garden" at Midwest Groundcovers, LLC. Flyer


**Mar. 13, 2012 LDA Board Meeting at Lurvey’s, 9AM - 11AM

**Mar. 1, 2012 LDA Design Off, Design Workshop at the Chicago Botanic Garden Fairchild Room.  Updated Flyer 


**Feb. 2, 2012, LDA - Panel Discussion "From Design to Installation", 10:00am - Noon, Lurvey Landscape Supply. Flyer

2011 LDA Events

**Jan. 27 - Thursday 10 - Noon- LDA  "QuickBooks and Taxes, a Review and Update" Arlington Heights Wellness Center, RSVP to Brian Shea 

** Feb. 25 -26,  the 2011 LDA Workshop/Symposium. 

**Feb. 25, 2011,  CBG, APLD & LDA Design Symposium "A Sense of Place" with Darrel Morrison, FASLA, Gerould Wilhelm, Charles Birnbaum and Rosalind Reed.  

**Feb. 26, 2011,  LDA enjoyed a private Design Workshop with Darrel Morrison at the Chicago Botanic Garden.  

**Mar. 8, 2011, LDA - New Member Greet/Coffee, 9:30am - 10:00, immediately prior to Program

**Mar. 8, 2011,  LDA - Panel Discussion of Plant Palettes, 10:00am - Noon,  Chicago Botanic Garden/Linnaeus Room with  panelists Pam Duthie, Kim Kozimor, Deirdre Toner and Brian Shea as they discuss plant palettes. RSVP

**Mar. 8, 2011,  LDA - Board Meeting, Noon - 2pm, Brown Bag Lunch, immediately following Program

**Apr. 19, 20, 21  LDA Lends a Helping Hand  Youth Build Lake County Program.  Schedule and Logistics, Partner's Poster, The Design, YBLC Earth Day Event Invite, Updated FlyerOriginal FlyerRSVP.

**Jul. 9, 2011 LDA Field trip to Northwind Perennial Farm.  Plantsman Roy Diblik will provide a tour of his acclaimed nursery located on a century old dairy farm, just north of Lake Geneva, WI.  Program Details.

**Aug. 2, 2011  LDA Join Jeanne Nolan www.theorganicgardener.net for a tour of her personal organic vegetable garden in Glencoe, preceded by a presentation on growing food on urban and suburban sites.   Program Details. 

**Sept. 12, 2011  LDA Board Meeting at CBG, 10am

**Sept. 23, 2011 LDA September Garden Walk & BBQ, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, 1 - 4 PM. Invitation.

**Nov. 8, 2011 LDA  Program with Sima Dahl on Social Media, Website Marketing and Social Networking at the Chicago Center for Green Technology.

**Dec. 7, 2011, LDA Board turnover, 10am – noon, prior to Holiday Party at 2551 Shannon Rd.

**Dec. 7, 2011, LDA Holiday Party / Potluck Luncheon, Noon to 3pm at Pam Duthie’s, 2551 Shannon Rd., Invitation


** Indicates LDA Events

Abbreviations

LDA Landscape Design Association  www.ldaonline.org 

APLD Assoc. of Professional Landscape Designers  (717) 238-9780  www.apld.org

APLD -  Midwest Chapter, www.apldmidwest.org

CBG Chicago Botanic Garden  (847) 835-5441  www.chicagobotanic.org

IAA Illinois Arborist Association  (877) 617-8887 www.illinoisarborist.org 

IGIA  Illinois Green Industry Association  www.ina-online.org

ILCA Illinois Landscape Contractors Association  (630) 472-2851  www.ilca.net

ISA International Society of Arboriculture  www.isa-arbor.com 

MELA  Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association  www.melaweb.org

OGA Ornamental Growers Association  (630) 879-0520 &nbs p; www.ogaoni.com

PPA Perennial Plant Association  (614) 771-8431  www.perennialplant.org

TMA  Morton Arboretum  (630) 719-2468  www.mortonarb.org

 

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