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Editor: Lauren Wholey, ASLA Contents
Design: J.M. Communications
Cover: Millbrook Meadow and Mill Pond 1 From the Editor
(Rockport, MA), 2022 Excellence Award 3 From the President
winner by SLR Consulting. (Photos: Millbrook 7 From the Trustee
Meadow Committee and Adriane Schultz) 9 ASLA Connecticut Executive Committee
13 Yarwood Award: Oliver Gaffney
Copyright ©2022 Connecticut 23 Elizabeth Bullard Award: Terri-Ann Hahn
Chapter of the American Society 35 LA@UConn: Introducing the Class of 2022
of Landscape Architects 57 ASLA Connecticut 2022 Professional & Student Awards
P.O. Box 209197 96 Olmsted Celebration at Bridgeport’s Beardsley Park
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WWhat’s old is new againelcome to the Spring 2022 edition of Connecticut
Landscape Architecture. Although this publication
may not look different from the Annual of past
years, with the stepping down of longtime editor
of The Connecticut Landscape Architect (CTLA),
Phil Barlow, ASLA, after ten years of service, it was seen as a good time
to combine the two separately edited and organized publications going
forward. What has been three publications from ASLA Connecticut
(the Annual and two CTLAs) will now be two color publications of
Connecticut Landscape Architecture (CLA), one for Spring/Summer and
one for Fall/Winter. This new publication will continue to contain the
beautiful spreads of the annual ASLA Connecticut awards, features on
the UConn landscape architecture program and showcases of the senior
students, profiles of the chapter award winners and more, together with
the in-depth articles and topics previously presented in CTLA magazine.
We thank Phil for all his work as editor of The Connecticut Landscape
Architect and look forward to his future contributions as a writer for this
new publication!
Speaking of in-depth articles and topics, it would be impossible not
to focus on Frederick Law Olmsted, considered the father of landscape
architecture, in this year of 2022. The entire nationwide landscape archi-
tecture community celebrated the 200th anniversary of Frederick Law
Olmsted’s birth on April 26, 1822. And we in the Connecticut landscape
architecture community are particularly proud to be the site of his birth,
in Hartford, Connecticut, and the state where he spent the foundational
years of his youth, learning to love the landscape.
During the year of Olmsted 200, many state and nationwide orga-
nizations are highlighting Olmsted in different ways. In this Spring CLA
we present the unveiling of a bronze bust of Frederick Law Olmsted at
Bridgeport’s Beardsley Park and our ASLA Connecticut trustee, Barbara
Yaeger, writes of the 2022 Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)
challenge. We hope to go into further depth on Olmsted — history,
commemorative activities, sites of significance, and more — in the Fall
CLA publication. If you would like to contribute to the Fall Connecticut
Landscape Architecture Olmsted 200 edition, please reach out to me at
my email below.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

TA master stroke of greeneryhe 200th anniversary of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday
this year has been a significant milestone for our profes-
sion. 2022 has been a year of reflection around the nation
and the earth, as we absorb the magnitude of the phe-
nomenal impact that landscape architecture can have on
the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Olmsted had work of signif-
icance in the private sector at places like the Biltmore in Asheville, North
Carolina, but the true global impact of his work resides in his public work
in parks and public spaces across the nation. These parks and public
spaces rival any work on the globe and continue to have an unintentional
impact on our lives, governed simply by our ability to take the time to
notice the wonder of nature.
Design is intentional, but its actual impact is not controlled by us
as shapers of space, but rather by the people who experience it in their
own way. We simply provide the opportunity. If done artfully, it provides
an unintentional transformational experience. It is our responsibility to
get the community into an outdoor environment but none of us can take
credit for the experience itself which is more fully governed by the shape
of the clouds on that day, the sunset, the sunrise, and the wind that blew
through a loved one’s hair just so. The moment that sears into the brain
of a human being is often unintentional, and most wonderfully so.
In this short read I plant this seed. I promise if cared for it will grow
into a mighty oak. Like all seeds it is not made by man. Like all seeds, if

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not cared for, it will wither. For was the catalyst that inspired the by Frederick Law Olmsted and
as long as we have had history it city to greatness. It was built at the Olmsted Brothers across the
has been known, dating back to the crossroads of time where the nation.
ancient times, that well designed city could continue down a road The seed I plant in these
outdoor spaces are indicative of too often frequented by despair, words is to remember what many
great societies and indicative of or become a shining beacon have forgotten.
healthy communities. with a master stroke of greenery Remember Frederick Law
organizing and inspiring the city Olmsted made the landscape
Public outdoor spaces to develop into what it is today. architecture profession a
designed to bring Like all great planning, an household name in his lifetime.
nature to the public in Olmsted park is like a stone Remember he taught his contem-
an artful way transform thrown in water, affecting not poraries what has been known
our communities for the only the place where it lands, since ancient times: well-de-
betterment of humankind. but everything around it and in signed outdoor spaces are vital
between. Central Park sent a to healthy communities. No
Without exposure to the message throughout the city, the greater investment, no greater
outdoors our cognitive devel- nation, and third rock from the gift, can be made that serves all
opment is compromised. This is sun, that public outdoor spaces people welcome to visit public
particularly true with our youth. designed to bring nature to the spaces and parks.
Last Child in the Woods, by Rich- public in an artful way transform Think of well-designed
ard Louv, is a great example of a our communities for the better- spaces like a symphony. Build-
book with research on this topic ment of humankind. ings, landscape, hardscape,
proving this simple fact. The One remarkably well-designed landform, pedestrian and vehicu-
complexity of nature — the sky, park executed by landscape lar circulation with patterns of the
the clouds, the moon, the trees, architects led to over a thousand sun, moon, tides, wind, wildlife,
and the form of the earth — can- other outdoor spaces crafted and the fabric of nature in mind
not be replicated by indoor spac-
es. Our brains crave exposure to
nature as it is embedded into the
natural evolution of humankind.
Frederick Law Olmsted
sculpted nature for the health,
safety, and welfare of the public.
His first project with his partner
Calvert Vaux was Central Park.
They won a competition to
deliver a park to bring respite
from city life. Without Central
Park, Manhattan would never
have become a place of signifi-
cance. If Central Park was never
built, one would visit Paris and
mention Manhattan to discover
no had ever heard of the place.
It is not just the park that brings
significance to New York City. It

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as instruments in an orchestra. for healthy outdoor spaces and #Olmsted200
You can have a virtuoso violinist they will come.
and pianist but if they play their Take this message with you
own music independently they and let it grow in your circles —
just make noise. If they have a at the coffee shop, at the water
composer they can drive a sym- cooler, and at the voting box. If
phony. Frederick Law Olmsted you are in public office remem-
was a master composer of places ber that, like members of the
of significance and providing American Society of Landscape
the opportunity for life-changing Architects, you are sworn to
human experience in the out- protect the health, safety, and
doors. welfare of the public. We cannot
We need to invest in pre- do that without our outdoor
serving and maintaining these public spaces. We must work
places. We need more places together to provide and protect
like them to serve our growing them or we have lost sight of our
and more diverse and complex mission to serve the public.
communities. We need more This message has ebbed and
spaces that organize build- flowed throughout history. When
ings and communities around it flows, communities thrive.
well-designed outdoor spaces You have my promise: care
for respite and recreation. for this seed and it will grow.
Remember, investment in Not because I said so but
the tree will grow into the mighty because history says so.
oak, and the sky, clouds, sun,
moon, and nature thriving within
a well-designed framework are
free. The butterflies, the birds, Daniel Granniss, ASLA
and woodland creatures are wel-
come to attend. Build and care

Participating in a celebration of
Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th
birthday at Old North Cemetery
in Hartford on April 23, 2022 were
(from left): Charles Teale, Friends of
Keney Park; Deborah Key Mundair,
CT Valley Garden Club; Kelly Fellner,
National Park Service; Bill Hosley,
cultural resource development con-
sultant; Jana Colacino, Connecticut
Landmarks; Daniel Granniss, ASLA
Connecticut; and Mike Fothergill,
Friends of Old North Cemetery.
The program was organized by
Bill Hosley and Jana Colacino, and
sponsored by the CT Valley Garden
Club and ASLA Connecticut.

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FROM THE TRUSTEE

IMoving forward…togetheram both honored and excited to be elected as an ASLA Trustee,
following in the path of great Connecticut LAs who have held this
position before me, who have volunteered many otherwise billable
hours for the benefit of ASLA membership. I also volunteer in
support of our profession and value the opportunities it provides

me to socialize and network with other members. I look forward to once

again being associated with ASLA Connecticut’s Executive Committee —

diverse in their age, backgrounds, and practices.

Big change always creates ripples and I know ASLA has had some

struggles as an organization. This has led to some positive changes —

and challenges. But I believe ASLA is on the right path, and by devel-

oping a Strategic Plan we will move

forward, while not forgetting our I challenge you to volunteer a
past and our roots. There will be
opportunities for ASLA Connecticut’s bit of time to answer surveys,
input, and I challenge you to volun- contact me or other members

teer a bit of time to answer surveys, of ASLA leadership, and VOTE
contact me or other members of in our elections. It sounds
ASLA leadership, and VOTE in our
elections. It sounds corny, but it is corny, but it is OUR Society!
OUR Society!

Having been actively involved in ASLA Connecticut since 2005 I feel

like I know many of you and I hope that you will feel comfortable shar-

ing any concerns (or appreciations) about ASLA with me so that we can

ensure the organization continues to represent us all.

So thank you for your trust, and I look forward to talking with you.

Barbara A. Yaeger, ASLA

— Barbara Yaeger has been actively involved in ASLA Connecticut since she was
a student at UConn. She has held the positions of Member-at-Large, Treasurer,
Vice President, and President. She has also served on the Program Committee
and Membership Committee and helped to defend the rigors of our licensure in
Connecticut while she was President. Barbara is a partner with Debra De Vries-Dalton
(also a Past President) at Land Canvas Landscape Architecture. She can be reached
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Oliver Gaffney

Volunteer, organize, lead, inspire (repeat)

Barbara Yaeger The Yarwood Award, both his junior and senior years
named after George at UConn. On his own initiative,
At the November 30, 2021 dedication A. Yarwood (1903- he organized a weekly lecture
for the new Olmsted bust in Beard- 1987), is awarded series featuring both Connecticut
sley Park, Oliver offered celebratory annually by the President of practitioners and nationally rec-
remarks on behalf of the chapter. the Connecticut Chapter of the ognized firms. When the Harvard
American Society of Landscape GSD offered to host the program
Architects to an ASLA Connecti- for a visit, Oliver worked with his
cut member. The award recog- professors and department lead-
nizes a chapter member who ership to hire an old school bus
has dedicated their time and and plan a memorable field trip
talent on behalf of the landscape to Cambridge and Mt. Auburn
architecture profession and ASLA Cemetery.
Connecticut. After graduation, Oliver took
This year the Yarwood Award a job at Site Systems, Inc., where
is awarded to Oliver Gaffney, he gained licensure through the
a landscape architect at TPA design-build side of landscape
Design Group in New Haven. architecture. With the mentor-
For the past decade, Oliver has ship of Joanne and Dale Parsons,
contributed his time, energy, and Oliver learned the importance of
ideas to advancing representa- a well-rounded practice and the
tion, education, and advocacy need for landscape architects to
for the profession. These efforts advocate for their roles as prob-
have furthered awareness of lem-solvers. He enjoyed working
landscape architecture among with them on a variety of projects
the public and peer professionals including mixed-income hous-
and strengthened connections ing developments, municipal
within the Connecticut land- stormwater improvements, and
scape architecture community. high-end residential design.
Oliver started volunteering While working in Fairfield
early, leading both the Horti- County, Oliver started volunteer-
culture Club and the student ing at Westport’s Wakeman Town
chapter of ASLA Connecticut in Farm, helping to both master

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plan and maintain the farm as Wakeman Town Farm
an educational resource. When
the facility underwent a signifi- Oliver collaborated with a talented group of artists, designers, and other com- ASLA
cant renovation in 2017, Oliver munity activists to renovate Wakeman Town Farm. Pro bono services included
worked with the late architect master planning, planting design, and physical installation of over 50 shrubs
Peter Wormser to protect signif- and 1,250 plugs to restore areas disturbed by construction.
icant trees from being damaged
by excavation and create a new The chapter presented its 2019 Connecticut Olmsted Award to Senator Chris
entry landscape to greet visitors. Murphy. Oliver (second from right) traveled down to Washington, D.C. to
To protect a memorial spruce present the award as part of ASLA’s annual Advocacy Day. Phil Barlow, Tom
tree significant to the Wakeman Hammerberg, and UConn student Weston Henry joined the festivities.
family, Oliver transplanted it
across the street to an uncle’s
vegetable garden and replant-
ed it at the farm two years later
following construction. Working
with the Westport Garden Club,
Oliver designed and planted a
pollinator pathway landscape
recognized with the 2019
Kellogg Civic Achievement
Award by the National Garden
Clubs, Inc.
Shortly after joining TPA in
2015, Oliver began volunteer-
ing on the ASLA Connecticut
Executive Committee. He has
contributed his time and efforts
as Member-at-Large, Vice Pres-
ident, President, and Treasurer.
His significant achievements
have included redesign of the
chapter website and email sys-
tem, establishment of long-term
investment accounts, expansion
of the Olmsted Legacy Trail
(www.olmstedlegacytrail.com),
close collaboration with Ground-
work Bridgeport, and coordinat-
ing the successful nominations
for two honorary members of
ASLA. Oliver was especially
honored to work with Shavaun
Towers, FASLA, to write the
chapter’s nomination for Peter

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Viteretto, FASLA, who was ele- John Patterson, Forms + Surfaces
vated in 2021.
Writing for the chapter
magazine, Oliver has provided
detailed examinations of Eliz-
abeth Bullard, Tom Desmond,
and landscapes of urban renew-
al. The Bullard article received
national attention from land-
scape architects and became a
catalyst for the chapter’s estab-
lishment of the Elizabeth Bullard
Award, now in its second year.
Working with the Program
Committee, Oliver hosted edu-
cational sessions on topics rang-
ing from spring-flowering bulbs
to racial disparities in community
design. He is especially proud
of his Advocacy Day programs
on transit-oriented development
and climate change which high-
lighted the work of landscape
architects to a diverse audience
of lawmakers, state officials,
allied professionals, and the
general public.
As chair for the Emerging
Professionals group, Oliver
planned and hosted a series of
Landscape Architect Registration
Exam (LARE) review sessions
to demystify the process for
his peers. His slides have been
handed down and updated over
the years, a testament to the
power of mentorship. The friend-
ships that Oliver made through
the group’s social outings to Yard
Goats ballgames, breweries, and
adventure courses have carried
forward to both professional
practice and service on the
Executive Committee.
Oliver has worked with many
landscape architects in his career
and acknowledges their influenc-
es on his work. Joanne Parsons

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Oliver has elevated awareness and
appreciation of the profession, improved
recruitment and training for future landscape
architects, and motivated a new group of
chapter volunteers, who will continue building
on the framework he has helped put into place.

As part of the Emerging Professionals group, Oliver organized a 2018 PARK(ing) Day display along
Chapel Street in New Haven. The native plants, benches, and bike racks were complemented by
an adjoining “GO CAR FREE” display organized by goNHgo as part of their car-free transportation
challenge for the month of September.

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“Parks, Pedals, Playgrounds,” held in
June 2019, traversed over 10 miles of
roads and bike paths in New Haven and
Hamden. Local landscape architects
discussed their built projects as well as
designs about to enter construction.

encouraged him to be assertive Oliver Gaffney
as a leader and project manager
to avoid getting pigeonholed who will continue building A native pond buffer designed by
as merely a plant specifier. From on the framework Oliver has Oliver transformed an algae-strewn
David Golebiewski, he learned helped put into place. We thank eyesore into a focal feature of the
the value of patience and good Oliver for his generous time and property.
humor. Articles by Phil Barlow efforts spent on behalf of the
and Michael Hunton in the chap- field of landscape architecture
ter magazines encouraged Oliver in Connecticut!
to consider sharing his own ideas
in print as well. The indefatiga-
ble efforts of Barbara Yaeger
and Louis Fusco in organizing
programs piqued his interest in
doing the same.
From all these people and
more, Oliver has been motivat-
ed to contribute to the field of
landscape architecture. In doing
so, he has elevated awareness
and appreciation of the profes-
sion, improved recruitment and
training for future landscape
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the achievements of female landscape
practical approaches, architects in Connecticut, advancing
as landscape architects the goal of gender equity in the profes-
wearing a larger-scope hat sion. The award celebrates the life and legacy of
on planning projects, are Elizabeth Jane Bullard, the first woman to practice
more effective than most. landscape architecture and a resident of Bridge-
port, Connecticut. In 1899, Elizabeth Bullard was
24 | CONNECTICUT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE duly elected a fellow of the American Society of
Landscape Architects.
Our 2022 Bullard Award recipient, Terri-Ann
Hahn, is a principal at Landscape Architectural
Design Associates (LADA, P.C.) in Simsbury. She
started working at the firm in 1984 as an intern in
graduate school and has stayed on ever since.
Her early career involved several projects in
New York State — from Brewster, NY extending
north to Poughkeepsie, south to Yonkers, and
west across the river to Orange County. These
projects were typically large in scale — 100 acres
with 25 acres disturbed, for example — and
included subdivisions, townhouses, retail, office
parks, churches, and synagogues. LADA was the
lead consultant, providing site plans and planning
services to navigate the local review processes,
and preparing Environmental Impact Statements as
needed. “An EIS was pretty typical for these scope
projects in New York State,” she says.
Terri’s work portfolio continues to be broad
and distinguished, as a 2009 article in New
England Real Estate Journal (NEREJ) explains:

“LADA has completed large- One of Terri’s first projects as a designer was called
scale Master Plans for Day Hill Harmony Farms subdivision — it was an early cluster-
Corporate Park in Windsor, CT type subdivision with small neighborhood loop roads off
and Mount Ebo Corporate Park a main loop. LADA was able to protect more than 50%
in Brewster, NY; large-scale retail of the land as open space while providing small yards to
projects include The Shoppes at everyone. It was a huge success and continues to be so.
Farmington Valley in Canton, CT,
and large-scale campus planning
projects such as the new cen-
tral pedestrian core at Central
Connecticut State University in
New Britain. Small-scale projects
have included the Governor’s
House in Simsbury; expansion
and renovation to the Collinsville
Ax Factory in Collinsville; the out-
door park for wheelchair-bound
children at the Richmond Chil-
dren’s Center in Yonkers, NY;
the Library at Kingswood-Oxford
School in West Hartford; and a
new Master Plan for the Lyman
Allyn Art Museum in New
London.”

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The Highlands Shopping center in Brewster, NY was one of As principal, Terri has worked on several
the bigger projects LADA worked on — a 750,000+ sf shop- distinguished projects recognized with chap-
ping center with intensive stormwater design requirements. ter Honor Awards, including Manchester Lead
The project is in the NYCDEP watershed and LADA was able Abatement Project Neighborhood Handbook
to secure an exemption (the only one ever awarded) to do a (2005) and The Route 6 Hop River Corridor
surface WWTP discharge due to the extensive stormwater Master Plan (2010), also a CCAPA Community
design. LADA prepared the preliminary stormwater design Development Award winner. LADA also
based on pollutant loading, working with project engineer, received a Merit Award for the City of Middle-
Bibbo Associates. This design used a series of stormwater facil- town Farmland Viability Report (2008).
ities to reduce TSS and phosphorus, and required five moni- Of the City of Middletown Farmland
toring points. Every storm over a half inch had to be sampled Viability Report, Terri says “I’d like to think
at multiple locations. LADA monitored more than 350 storms our practical approaches, as landscape archi-
over a five-year period. Those years of sampling and being out tects wearing a larger-scope hat on planning
on the site for every wet and dry circumstances honed Terri’s projects, are more effective than most. Our
understanding of stormwater design and erosion control. LADA project in Middletown under a Farmland
was able to show that the design parameters worked and the Protection Grant resulted in a multi-million-
intent and the reality met the mathematical models.  dollar referendum to protect farmland in the
City of Middletown.”
Other LADA awards include an Excel-
lence in Library Architecture Award for the
Scotland (CT) Library, an Associated Build-
ers and Contractors Award for the UConn
Student Union, and several awards from the
Westchester County AIA for projects nom-
inated by the hosted town as examples of
excellence in their communities. Simsbury
Public Television included Terri in a feature

Clock Tower Commons (Brewster, NY), a multi-building, mixed-use project with interior courtyard, won a NYS AIA award.

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Over a 20-plus-year period, LADA
worked with the Town of Hebron
and Town Planner Michael O’Leary
on over 20 projects which resulted
in the reconfiguration of Hebron’s
downtown. LADA initially designed
the reconfiguration of the road,
including reducing pavement width,
changing parking, reducing curb
cuts, and then, over time, adding
sidewalks, extending the commercial
core to a second block, and a wide
variety of other projects. Terri com-
piled a summary of all these projects
and discussed their impact on the
town in a presentation at the APA
National Conference in 2016.

program on the design and involves significant community
construction of the Simsbury outreach. Students are asked
Veterans Memorial in 2018. to analyze and solve real-world
It is available to watch online problems for municipal and
at https://simsburytv.org/v/ nonprofit organizations. While
k7XAKfNojG8. the College does not confer any
In addition to her work degrees in landscape architec-
at LADA, Terri is an adjunct ture, Terri’s courses prepare
professor in the College of them to think holistically about
Engineering, Technology, and landscapes as part of the design
Architecture at the University of process.
Hartford. She has taught ADT
353 – Site Planning & Develop- The reconfiguration of the Marlborough Town Green is one of a number of
ment and ARC 512 – Advanced LADA projects for Connecticut municipalities over the years. This one was a
Site Planning since 1999. She collaboration with engineer Nathan L. Jacobson and Associates.
has served as a guest critic for
landscape architecture programs
at Cornell University, Syracuse
University, and University of
Rhode Island.
In 2018, the Tau Sigma Delta
honor society conferred its Silver
Medal on Terri for her record of
distinction as a landscape archi-
tecture educator. Last year, she
was recognized with the Sus-
tained Excellence in Teaching for
Part-time Faculty by the Univer-
sity of Hartford. Her classwork

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LADA was hired to
address stormwater issues
in Warehouse Point, East
Windsor, in a manner
that would allow growth
but address some of the
short term flooding issues
related to the existing
drainage known as “The
Blue Ditch.” The final
phase of the project hit
during COVID so the team
had to change what they
were doing and use Zoom
presentations and online
surveys. The report includ-
ed overall maps, individual
site plans, proposed zoning
regulations and 3-D images.

A project at the Scotland Public Library, The Higganum Center project started with a two-day public charrette that
including a boardwalk that was involved nearly 300 local residents and included students from Terri’s University
field-located through a wetland, won of Hartford Site Planning classes. The resulting report prompted the Town of
a Connecticut Excellence in Public Haddam to purchase the property adjacent to the recently vacated elementary
Library Architecture award in 2008. school to install a new mixed-use development based on plans prepared by
LADA and public input. Mullin Associates, Inc. was the planning consultant.

Terri also contributes her knowledge to the In bestowing the Elizabeth Bullard Award on
public realm through her writing. She has published Terri, the ASLA Connecticut Executive Committee
articles in NEREJ on “The Healing and Educational celebrates her achievements and affirms the value
Properties of Outdoor Spaces” as well as “Place- of sustained commitment to excellence in teach-
making.” As a guest lecturer, she has spoken on ing and design. Terri’s work has left an impact on
topics as varied as “Using Construction Sequence the greater Hartford region through her projects
Plans to Maintain Water Quality During Construc- and the careers of her students, and the esteem
tion,” “Farming in an Urban Environment,” and and value of our profession has been advanced
“Rediscovering Main Street.” through her work.

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As part of the unit on Site Analysis, Terri’s University of Hartford students create a series
of specific slopes using a known vertical height and the limits of the classroom. They have
to calculate the length of each required slope, measure the distance and extend a piece of
tape to that distance. In some cases, for example a 2% slope, the required length far exceeds
what is available in the classroom and the students have to calculate the height covered in
the distance available. By anchoring all the pieces of tape to a single vertical element, they
can observe the relative pitch and length for the selected slopes (1:1, 3:1, 20%, 15%, 10%,
8.3%, 5%, 3%, 2%, etc.). The intent is to illustrate that specific slopes can be created; how to
use simple formulas to both measure and create slopes; that slopes are hard to read visually;
and that there is usually more slope out there in the real world than you think.

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As part of its Community Planning class, UConn Landscape
Architecture seniors visit the Prouty Delta Campus in Brattleboro, VT
for site analysis in preparation for a masterplan design competition.

LA@UConn

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Introducing the
Class of 2022

Peter Morenus, University of Connecticut It is a great pleasure to introduce We recognize the challenges that the
you to the UConn Landscape class of 2022 went through, and we are
Architecture’s Class of 2022. thankful and proud of our seniors for
Like the 2021 cohort this class standing strong and navigating with us
also faced immense challenges through these trying times.
throughout its journey with the The 2022 seniors are a creative
Landscape Architecture Program. and dedicated group. They are skilled
They stood strong and remained produc- students with accomplishments that
tive while coping with learning during a include scholarships and awards from
pandemic. Under the continued guidance ASLA Connecticut. They have gained
of our program coordinator, Peter Miniutti, experience through internships and
our faculty (Dr. Julia Smachylo, Dr. Sohyun working with our faculty and college
Park, and Dr. Mariana Fragomeni), and as undergraduate research assistants.
with the valuable support of our dedicat- Many of them have been involved and
ed adjunct faculty (Natalie Miniutti, Trac- led our ASLA Connecticut student chap-
ey Miller, Phil Barlow, Jeffrey Peracchio, ter, and some are volunteers in projects
Thomas Hammerberg, Tom Tavella, and across campus. It was a pleasure to
Biyoung Hao), we have ensured that our teach this class throughout their journey
students continue to acquire the skills and in the program, and I am grateful for
knowledge to join our beloved profession. all the memorable times we had in the

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classroom and in field trips. I have enjoyed The 2022 seniors are a creative and
interacting with them, and it was a pleasure to dedicated group. They understand the
watch them mature. critical roles that landscape architects
Throughout their time at UConn, this should play in producing sustainable,
group worked on several service-learning equitable, and healthy environments.
projects in the state and in the region. And
we continued to receive support from volun- Furthermore, we are thankful for our
teers and firms who joined our classes from students’ support while our program con-
across the state to discuss and share their tinues to undergo changes, as we welcome
professional experiences and serve as jury new faculty and say goodbye to others. This
members to critique our students’ work. The year we welcomed Dr. Julia Smachylo into our
support and involvement of ASLA Connecti- program, and we are looking forward to soon
cut, local firms and professionals, and institu- announcing our new program director. At
tions have been paramount to the students’ the same time, we prepare for the retirement
experience at UConn, the only accredited of Professor Peter Miniutti and long-stand-
program in the state. These young LAs under- ing adjunct and colleague, Natalie Miniutti.
stand the critical roles that landscape archi-
tects should play in producing sustainable,
equitable, and healthy environments.

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Seniors prepare for their final capstone presentation. The Miniuttis will be greatly missed,
as they set off to new adventures.
They will both be greatly missed, as they set off to
new adventures. Their retirements mark a significant Their retirements mark a significant
transition for our program. As we change and look to transition for our program.
the future, we will do our best to carry on the legacy
of our retired professors. And we look forward to the
continued support of our current students, alumni,
professionals, and ASLA Connecticut in helping us
shape our program’s future.
To the UConn Landscape Architecture’s Class of
2022: I hope you know that we are very proud of you.
We are excited for what the future holds for each of
you, and we look forward to seeing you flourish in
your careers. We hope that you will keep in touch so
we can be a testament to your accomplishments. It
was a pleasure to be a part of your growth towards
becoming landscape architects. We will miss you and
we hope that you will come back to visit us.
Please join me in welcoming our graduating class
to the LA profession and keep an eye out for them as
they join the job market. Congratulations, LA@UConn
Class of 2022!

— Mariana B. Alfonso Fragomeni
Assistant Professor

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Class of 2022:

Matthew Barrios

Why did you choose to study create these beautiful land- sewage treatment facility located
landscape architecture? scapes for not only my mother towards the eastern edge of the
I chose landscape architecture but for all people, to bring property. I also placed an addi-
because in my family we’ve delight throughout the chang- tional walking path both within
always loved to work in our ing seasons. The image of my the berm and within the extra
garden yet we could never fully mother smiling in joy while she plot of land located to the west.
create our vision for our outside looks out into her garden every Lastly, I placed very low-main-
space. As a child, I woke up morning is my inspiration for why tenance ornamental plants and
every weekday for school and I continue to pursue landscape trees around the site. I enjoyed
made my way to the kitchen for architecture. this project because it allowed
breakfast. I specifically remem- me to work in detail with colors
ber coming around the corner to What was your favorite and it gave me the best ideas
the sight of my mother sipping project and why? while walking through the site.
her morning tea, looking out My favorite project was the
into her backyard with a look of Coventry Cemetery, which I What are your plans
sorrow. I didn’t know what made completed in my junior year. The post-graduation?
her look so sad until I grew older project’s objective was to create Currently, I am still in debate
and realized that her garden a more respectable and beautiful over whether I want to attend
was completely unorganized final resting place. Within my the University of Georgia for a
and in disarray. Every spring, design, I gave a more linear orga- master’s program in planning or
her favorite thing to do with my nization to the grave plots, both if I want to enter the corporate
siblings was to plant new flowers future and past, and established
because of their appeal and a berm that would block the field of landscape architec-
colors, but it just wasn’t enough. malodor from the neighboring ture. But as I continue to
I now see it as my mission to research universities
that have outstand-
Coventry Cemetery ing programs for
master plan. urban planning, I can
see myself leaning
more into the idea of
furthering my educa-
tion with a master’s
degree.

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Class of 2022:

Patrick Bibeau

Why did you choose to study and improve the environment in as well as the emotional context
which we all live. at the forefront creating a space
landscape architecture? that would honor those interred
What was your favorite there and provide comfort and
After earning a B.A. in English project and why? dignity for their surviving loved
with a minor in French studies In our junior year we were tasked ones.
in 2015, I am happy to be back with creating individual plans
at UConn to pursue a career in for expanding and improving What field of landscape
landscape architecture. I have an underappreciated cemetery architecture do you see
spent many years working as a in nearby Coventry. This project yourself working in?
gardener and landscaper in my afforded us the opportunity At the beginning of the program
hometown of Stonington, CT. A to apply creative solutions to I’m sure I would have said resi-
few years ago, I was motivated various issues, ranging from the dential design. As I’ve learned
to further my education with need to buffer the site from an more about the possibilities for
the intent of finding a fulfilling adjacent water treatment facility, providing creative solutions to
and challenging career path. to creating a community memori- the social and environmental
My passion for gardening and a al space to accommodate public problems facing the world today,
lifelong love of the outdoors led ceremonies honoring the service I would some day like to find
me to apply to the landscape members who were and would myself in a field and practice
architecture program at my alma be interred at the site. Addition- focused on designing landscapes
mater. One summer evening ally, our designs needed to opti- that are socially and environmen-
after I was accepted, I overheard mize the limited space of the site tally beneficial. Having spent my
someone at a rooftop restau- and create efficient internment life in and around the ocean, I am
rant remark about the invasive options for cremated remains. especially drawn to design that
Norway maples that were taking I enjoyed the multifaceted improves and protects the health
over the nearby woods. I asked approach that this site required, of marine environments.
him his profession, and I was
astonished when he told me that Coventry
he was the University Landscape Cemetery
Architect at UConn and an alum perspective.
of the program. When I told him
that I had been accepted he said,
“Get ready, landscape architec-
ture is way more than just garden
design.” He could not have
understated it more. I feel very
fortunate to be part of a field that
combines so many disciplines
and produces works that beautify

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