In October 2008, the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) annual convention — with the theme Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes + Communities — brought about 7,000 landscape architects to the Philadelphia area.
Directly participating in the event, the Temple University Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture played host to a special Ambler Arboretum and John Collins Retrospective Tour, led by Pauline Hurley-Kurtz, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, and Rob Kuper Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture.
“We had submitted a proposal for the tour to the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the ASLA and it was, in turn, approved by the national chapter last fall. We are very pleased with the interest in our tour,” said Professor Hurley-Kurtz. “(Professor Kuper) planned out the route and (Arboretum Director) Jenny Carey, (Horticulture Technician Supervisor) Grace Chapman, and I will provide tours of the gardens.”
