Monthly Archives: March 2012

As the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show was wrapped up last weekend, and the students are working towards packing up their “Urban Habitat”, students Emanuel Gonzales and instructor Yasmine Farazian, who coordinated the student group, were invited to the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show ‘Gala’, where they spent an evening celebrating their accomplishments [...]

As the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show is well underway, our students were granted the honorary GOLD MEDAL for their “Urban Habitat” Landscape Creation. We are so proud of our students for representing the Academy in such a high regard, and we hope to see you all at the show this weekend!  Gold Medal [...]

SAN FRANCISCO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW March 21-25 San Mateo Event Center Our first year (actually first semester!) undergraduate students, under the guidance of School of Landscape Architecture instructor Yasmine Farazian, will be exhibiting a design at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, March 21- 25. The design is the work of freshman student Emanuel [...]

Paul Kephart will be giving a guest lecture: “INTEGRATED DESIGN” March 8 at 7pm 601 Brannan Street Paul Kephart, the man responsible for the success of the green roof at the Academy of Sciences will be teaching a course entitled “Green Architecture” in the Fall 2012 semester. He is currently also working on an online version. As [...]

Pastoral Capitalism March 7, 2012 – 12:30 pm According to Spur.com,  ”…Louise Mozingo, professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning and director of the Center for Resource Efficient Communities at UC Berkeley…will present material from her new book, Pastoral Capitalism: A History of Suburban Corporate Landscapes”. 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-4015 For more [...]