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In This Issue:
- Curb Appeal Deal
- Top Ten Reasons for Fall Projects
- 2nd Annual Sustainable Living Day
- Firehouse #12 Green Roof Completed
- Summer Races By
- Jay Gehler Elected ASLA President
- The Golden Rule
- Financing
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Curb Appeal Deal
Selling your home? Need a front yard spruce up?
Upgrade your curb appeal with Avant's Curb Appeal Deal.
Our $3500 Curb Appeal Deal includes:
30% Off In Stock Nursery Plants
30% Off In Stock Materials
Special Discounted Installation & Maintenance Rates
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Top Ten Reasons for Fall Projects
In today’s economy, saving money and wise investing makes sense. That’s exactly why that landscape project you put off all summer should start this fall! Fall projects can save you time and money.
We’ve come up with the top ten reasons to break ground this fall!
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2nd Annual Sustainable Living Day
Join us Saturday, October 3rd 12:00-6:00 (Rain Date October 4th)
Celebrate the fall harvest and learn about small scale vegetable production, sustainable landscaping, and hands-on practical ways to decrease your footprint. Fun for the whole family! Enjoy fresh, local food by Fresco. Beer & Wine for Mom and Dad, Seminars, Music, Plant Sale, Hay Rides, Pumpkin Carving, & More!
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Firehouse #12 Green Roof Completed
Avant installed a living roof on Madison’s Firehouse #12 in June. With a number of green elements, the firehouse is Madison’s first LEED Platinum Certified building. Elements which contributed to the certification include the green roof, solar water heating panels, soy based spray foam insulation, geo-thermal heating, and regional materials with the highest recycled content. The green roof will aid in maintaining cooler ambient temperatures, store and filter rainwater, and will enhance roof insulation.
View photos of the Green Roof project
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Summer Races By
Isn’t it amazing how quickly summer races by every year?
Yes, I’m talking about June, July, and August. It always seems like you shovel your way through December, January, and February. You March your way through April showers and May flowers. Then you blink twice and suddenly it’s August.
How is this possible?
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Jay Gehler Elected ASLA President
Avant is proud to announce that the latest addition to our design team, Jay Gehler, ASLA, has been elected President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Jay has served as Chapter Treasurer for the last 5 years.
Founded in 1899, the ASLA is the national professional association representing landscape architects. Beginning with 11 original members, ASLA has grown to some 17,000 members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 states, U.S. territories, and 68 countries around the world. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice and sustainable design through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship.
ASLA works to increase the public’s awareness of and appreciation for the profession of landscape architecture. ASLA is an active advocate for the profession at the local, state and national levels on public policy issues including licensure, livable communities, sustainable design, surface transportation, the environment, historic preservation, small business issues, and more.
The profession of Landscape architecture encompasses the analysis, planning, design, management, and stewardship of the natural and built environments. Types of projects include:
• Academic campuses
• Conservation
• Corporate and commercial
• Gardens and arboreta
• Historic preservation and restoration
• Hospitality and resorts
• Institutional
• Interior landscapes
• Land planning
• Landscape art and earth sculpture
• Monuments
• Parks and recreation
• Reclamation
• Residential
• Security design
• Streetscapes and public spaces
• Therapeutic gardens
• Transportation corridors and facilities
• Urban design
• Water resources.
Landscape architects have advanced education and professional training and are licensed in 49 states.
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The Golden Rule
If somebody pushed me into a corner and demanded to know the single most important thing to know about water gardening to assure a successful experience, here’s what I’d say. First and foremost, beyond anything else, the golden rule of water gardening is don’t contradict or fiddle with Mother Nature! The primary strategy to follow, in a successful water gardening plunge is to do everything possible to work in harmony with Mother Nature because she’s been in the business for a long time, and no matter what you do, she’ll come out the winner. So why not play on the winning team?
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Financing
"Curb Appeal, it’s the best and easiest way to make a good first impression. And most homeowners agree, spending over $45 billion on professional lawn and landscape services a year. In fact, gardening in recent years has become America’s #1 past time, with over 80% of all households participating. Our financing program b Price Financial can help make your landscape dreams a reality.
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