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Lisa Gimmy
May 11, 20222 min read
Jamie Litton-Lanfranco, Landscape Architect
We are excited to announce that Jamie Litton-Lanfranco has earned her professional landscape architecture license! An avid traveler,...
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Jeff Graham
May 11, 20224 min read
Chihuly in the Desert: Art + Architecture + Nature
Joint Exhibit Provides a New Take on Spring in the Desert Published by Jeff Graham, ASLA Following the near-record monsoon season in...
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Les Sechler
Nov 11, 20192 min read
A Spanish Bungalow's Sophisticated Garden
It’s All in the Details Published by Les Sechler, ASLA Landscape architects and artists alike know that attention to detail is the...
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Lisa Gimmy
Feb 21, 20191 min read
Lisa to Participate in Panel on LA Preservation
We are excited to be participating in the Los Angeles Conservancy’s celebration of Women's History Month!
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Lisa Gimmy
Feb 2, 20182 min read
Modernism Week 2018 Features Friends of LGLA
Modernism Week is quickly approaching and we are excited to share that some LGLA friends..
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Lisa Gimmy
Nov 5, 20172 min read
The Los Angeles Central Library (aka Maguire Gardens)
Had it not been for public advocacy and the foresight of developer Robert Maguire, this beautiful public space would not be what it is today
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Jeff Graham
Oct 28, 20171 min read
2017 California Garden and Landscape History Society Annual Conference - Palm Springs
f you missed Lisa's lecture, "Poetics of Stone: from Material to Meaning" at this year's Modernism Week in Palm Springs.
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Jeff Graham
Oct 23, 20171 min read
Landscape as Catalyst: Lawrence Halprin's Open - Space Network in DTLA
Join Lisa on a day tour of Lawrence Halprin's Open Space Network in Downtown LA!
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Jeff Graham
Oct 20, 20171 min read
ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo: Field Session - Gardens of the Arroyo Seco
Los Angeles will be hosting the 2017 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO. In support of this major four-day event.
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jeff04393
Oct 4, 20171 min read
Wells Fargo Court
Chronologically, it is the first of four works he completed with developer Rob Maguire. It is Halprin’s only interior landscape.
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jeff04393
Sep 27, 20172 min read
Bunker Hill Steps
Lawrence Halprin’s Bunker Hill Steps (1990) provide a robust pedestrian link between the two levels.
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jeff04393
Sep 20, 20173 min read
Grand Hope Park
In the middle of downtown Los Angeles is a verdant 2.5 acre oasis, filled with bougainvillea covered pergolas, shady enclaves, whimsical scu
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jeff04393
Sep 3, 20171 min read
An Open Space Sequence in Los Angeles?
The pioneering work of landscape architect Lawrence Halprin will be explored at “Landscape as Catalyst,” an upcoming seminar.
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jeff04393
Aug 24, 20172 min read
Native Grasses and Mow-Free Sod
While rains have left our region looking lusher and more refreshed than they have in years, one thing is certain: here in California.
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jeff04393
Jun 23, 20172 min read
Flower Power to Vocal Power
Once the site of glamorous soirees, Virginia Robinson’s legendary Beverly Hills mansion and garden has become a destination for horticulture
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jeff04393
Jun 1, 20171 min read
LA Times Article Highlights Spanish Bungalow Transformation
Just in time for summer, the LA Times profiles 'A Cool Spot.' Lisa Boone's article focuses on the collaborative nature of the makeover
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jeff04393
May 20, 20172 min read
The Cultural Landscape Foundation: Garden Dialogues 2017, Southern California
As part of Garden Dialogues made popular by The Cultural Landscape Foundation, we are pleased to announce an opportunity.
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jeff04393
May 18, 20171 min read
Landmark Pasadena Estate Debuts at 2017 CPF Conference
LGLA’s newly completed landscape for Pasadena’s historic Hindry House made its debut last week at the President’s Circle Reception
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jeff04393
May 12, 20171 min read
Tour LGLA's Latest Project During the California Preservation Foundation's Conference
Please join Lisa as she leads a tour of LGLA's newest landscape: Pasadena's historic Hindry House. The conversation will cover LGLA's...
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jeff04393
May 2, 20171 min read
Celebrate Creativity at The Cultural Landscape Foundation's Garden Dialogues!
Join Lisa at The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s Los Angeles Garden Dialogues on Sunday, May 21.
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