2025 RRSLA INTERNSHIP BLOG

    Fun words and pictures for you poor interns bored at work. Fun rooftop garden I have been working. Todd Graves just purchased and is building this along the Katy Trail. Other than that its epic pool, gate, driveway, and garden revisions for construction documents on autocad and model updates on sketchup and Lumion. I havent been doing many site visits lately but I supplement it with lunch bike rides.    Our newest intern is actually working with TCLF doing research and papers. I think what she does is very cool because whats all the excitement about if it aint culturally influencing. This was the publish for NOLA. See any you recognize? GEORGE W. BUSH LIBRARY GARDENS cool plants from the George W. Bush library. I havent seen any passiflora blooms up here until I visited these library gardens. hotdog! Eustoma exaltatum ; prairie catchfly gentian had a very showy bloom during this hot portion of the year. big ole tiger swallowtails coming around. I do not even kno...

Howdy gang! I hope all is going well and smooth in your lives. WE MADE IT TO 10 BLOGS!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Assignment Updates: WEEK TWENTY-TWO ·          The week was spent producing the iterations of the putting green for JD Clifton Park. It’s my first time experimenting with golf design, it’s a unique niche in the profession. It’s been a mix of research to find precedents, contacting synthetic turf dealers to inquire about their scope to see if my ideas are viable options, and lots of scratch paper. ·          Amy is currently on vacation, so Conner and I are both working through grading of the site. He is in Vectorworks working up a 3D Model of the site based on the topography Amy left out for him. WEEK TWENTY-THREE ·          Was assigned Roseate Beach Hardscape redlines from Zach and Danielle, completed them by the next day. ·      ...

POST TRIP THOUGHTS: - Hiking into the canyon is easily the hardest thing I've ever done.      + If you plan on going and want to go into the canyon, come prepared, or else it'll be hell - The stars at night were underwhelming - 24 hr drive is no joke - The outer rim was nice and didn't feel like an expedition - MREs aren't half bad - Sleeping in the tent at night was quite nice Overall 7/10