Robyn Laurenson
Seminar: Designing for a living
Location: Meeting Room 1
Date & Time: Thursday 14 August, 1:00 pm & 1:45 pm

Designing for a living
How much are you worth? How much should you be charging? An interactive workshop for designers, aimed to get you thinking about how you charge.

Lynda Hallinan
Seminar: Residential retreats: the changing face of the Kiwi backyard
Location: Meeting Room 1
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 9:00 am & 9:45 am

Residential retreats: the changing face of the Kiwi backyard
What's hot and what's not in garden design and horticulture - and what are the key trends for the future? Lynda has recently returned from a bout of garden globetrotting to check out the latest international design ideas from Europe, Australia and Asia.

Tim Williams
Seminar: Becoming a manager
Location: Meeting Room 2
Date & Time: Thursday 14 August, 1:00 pm & 1:45 pm

Becoming a manager
In this workshop Tim brings his experience in managing his own business for 10 years and at the Botanic Gardens to give us an insight into the issues surrounding the transition from being an individual contributor in a business to becoming a competent manager. This workshop is suited not only to prospective managers but also existing managers who may be struggling in their roles.

Jack Hobbs
Seminar: Plant selection
Location: Meeting Room 2
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 9:00 am & 9:45 am

Plant selection
For many years the Botanic Gardens have been heavily involved in researching and trialling plants to ascertain their suitability for use in gardens and landscapes. They now have more than 100 Plant Advisory leaflets available from their centre or website. In his seminar, Jack will outline the attributes of good amenity plants and recommend how to ensure you get the best out of your soft landscapes.

Gerard Dyer
Seminar: Trends, tricks and techniques in new and established lawns
Location: Meeting Room 1
Date & Time: Thursday 14 August, 3:00 pm & 3:45 pm

Trends, tricks and techniques in new and established lawns.

During the workshop, Gerard will discuss the "ins and outs" of sand profile lawn construction and lawn establishment, Lawn drainage, drainage systems, installation, drainage materials. There are a selecting the best grass variety for the conditions and site requirements plus new grass alternatives. Also during the workshop, we will discuss the Greenlink Solutions light weight Greenroof "Vegetation Mat" system.

Greenup your roof space with this portable vegetation mat fully grown in a selection of Sedum plants to enhance a dull roof space, reduce storm water runoff, and to improve the overall qualities of a building.

John Anderson
Seminar: Health and Safety
Location: Meeting Room 1
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 11:00 am & 11:45 am

This presentation will look at the responsibilities of people under the Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992 [HSE Act].

The 5 x sections selected from the HSE Act have influence over many situations that people are part of in the working environment.

These 5 sections have an impact on employers, employees, the principal, contractors, visitors and their associated responsibilities.

There are many instances during contracting that wearing different hats at the same time occurs - we need to understand our responsibilities under the HSE act.

The 5 sections will be discussed and applied using actual events to further reinforce understanding and awareness of the HSE act.

Terry Hatch
Seminar: Plants to use in the landscape
Location: Meeting Room 2
Date & Time: Thursday 14 August, 3:00 pm & 3:45 pm

Plants to use in the landscape
In our temperate climate we are able to grow a wide range of plant material. The form and style of many of our native plants has yet to be fully explored - exploited. While many native plants have been used over the years they are nearly always planted following slavishly the English style, hedges being clipped and pruned, shrubs and grasses in formal settings. Our plants beg for a better deal. Divaricating plants lead their form to interesting plantscaping and with the integration of Restiads and longer living grasses can bring a whole new style into the landscape with movement, colour and diversity.

Carron Blom
Seminar: Freeflow
Location: Meeting Room 2
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 11:00 am & 11:45 am

Transit New Zealand's Grafton Gully Project (GGP) has received several awards in recognition of outstanding performance in environmental management, and has been identified as an example of good sustainability practice in action. The $67 million, 27-month improvement project connected the Northwestern and Southern Motorways with the Ports of Auckland and lower central business district, and was aimed at reducing congestion in the gully. GGP was completed six months early and 5% under budget.

This session will overview the lessons learned, and success stories from the project, and considers their applicability in the wider context of infrastructure projects within New Zealand.

Craig Pocock
Seminar: Sustainable landscapes
Location: Meeting Room 1
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 1:30 pm & 2:15 pm

If landscape architects are to promote themselves as the solution providers for sustainable urban and open spaces we need to develop an understanding of our own environmental impacts and the best ways to mitigate. Over the course of a career most landscape architects will be responsible for generating of thousands of tons of carbon through specifying vast material consumption.

To move forward in sustainable practices we have to review our assumptions; the reality is that sustainability assumes that there will be environmental damage and hence aims to minimize it. The carbon costs of our projects needs to be added to the equation in a transparent way, which means landscape architects, should produce the carbon figures for their projects and how the carbon figure was minimized and offset.

Lesley Slade
Seminar: Leadership
Location: Meeting Room 2
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 1:30 pm & 2:15 pm

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Design documentation and practices
An interactive workshop covering the all-important topic of documentation, clear communication and record keeping from first quote, through the design process to landscape installation.

Matt Stanford
Seminar: Water features and pond filtration systems
Location: Meeting Room 2
Date & Time: Friday 15 August, 3:30 pm & 4:15 pm

Water features and pond filtration systems
At this workshop Matt Stanford will explain the basic principles of water features including the design, planning and construction process. He will also give a brief overview of some of the more interesting public features Water Dynamics has had involvement with.