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Reimagining Boston’s Historic Landscapes
This workshop explores the design of new landscapes, including streetscapes, public parkland open space and historic
townhouse gardens, and looks at ways of successfully achieving an appropriate balance between preservation of the
historic, character-defining features and incorporation of changes necessary to reflect contemporary use.
• David Berarducci, ASLA, Principal, David Berarducci Landscape Architecture
• Clarissa Rowe, ASLA, Principal, Brown, Richardson & Rowe, Landscape Architects
• Liz Vizza, Executive Director, The Friends of The Public Garden
Employment Law for the Non-Lawyer
This workshop is designed for anyone who needs an understanding of employment law basics. The intended audience
is professionals & business owners, who want to be able to identify employment law issues before they become
employment law problems.
• Justine Brousseau, Kimball Brousseau LLP
• Laurence Richmond, Esq, Richmonds & Co, LLC.
Design For Disturbance: Anticipating The Post-Construction Landscape In ‘Site Specific’ Design
In this workshop, landscape architect Ann Kearsley will present case studies and discuss techniques for incorporating
planned disturbance into the design process.
• Ann Kearsley, ASLA, Landscape Architect/Principal, Ann Kearsley Design
Green Infrastructure: Landscape Performance Research & Implementation Case Study
This workshop will present studies of the benefits of bioretention and constructed wetlands.
• Kevin Beuttell, Associate, Stantec
• Duke Bitsko, Director, Interdiscplinary Design, Bioengineering Group
Park and Parcel: Boston’s First Universally Inclusive Public Open Space
The designers of the new Thomas M. Menino Playground ask us to increase our rigor in making public spaces truly
inclusive so that able-bodied brothers and mobility-assisted sisters can swing and play side by side, so that dads in
wheelchairs can take their kids to a park that is challenging and fun, yet integrated for full access.
• Gene Bolinger, ASLA, Vice President, Weston & Sampson
• Lauren Bryant, Project Manager, Parks and Recreation, City of Boston
• Chris Cook, Interim Parks Commissioner, City of Boston
• Rebecca Kaiser, Chief of Staff, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
• Cheri Ruane, ASLA, Practice Leader, Weston & Sampson
Phytoforensics and Phytotechnologies: Using Plants to Track and Clean Up Contaminants
This session will explore these tracking and removal mechanisms and phytotechnology applications for designers.
• Kate Kennen, ASLA, Owner, Offshoots, Inc.
• Niall Kirkwood, FASLA, Professor of Landscape, Harvard GSD
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