Call for Reviewers: The Guide for Plant Appraisal, 10th Edition



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The Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers, of which ASLA is one of seven organizational members, is seeking volunteers to review the 10th edition of The Guide for Plant Appraisal. This edition is a substantial revision from the previous versions of the guide and represents CTLA’s efforts to more thoroughly explain the processes and methods for plant appraisal and to align it more closely to other appraisal standards.

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This revision goes in depth into the cost, sales comparison, and market approaches to valuation and explains the foundational concepts, processes, and professional responsibilities of the plant appraiser. The 9th edition was published in 2000 and continues to serve as the current reference guide.

Volunteers are being asked to review the draft to ensure that critical concepts are included and to ensure the clarity of the document. The review process will start on or about June 1, 2012. Reviewers will be provided a PDF copy of the draft and will have 90 days to return comments to your ASLA representative, Tim Toland. All comments will then be reviewed and revisions to the draft performed over the subsequent months.

If you are interested in reviewing the draft, please contact Tim Toland via email at trtoland@esf.edu before May 15. Please also contact him if you have any questions. It is important that landscape architects contribute to this process. We hope you will seriously consider this opportunity.

CTLA is composed of the following organizations: the American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA); the American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA); the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA); the Association of Consulting Foresters of America (ACF); the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA); the Professional Land Care Network (PLANET); and the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA).

Comments

art.thompson@nebraska.gov May 1, 2012 8:47 AM

Suggestion: Transportation agencies need a defensible method to evaluate plant material value when they are damaged or destroyed in vehicle accidents. The costs of repair or replacement are billed to the persons causing the damage and their insurance in the same way as the cost to repair damaged guard rail or any other highway appurtenance. At this time there seems to be no acceptable evaluation of these plantings since they are not looked at in the same light at the plantings in a yard or on a corporate campus. It would be very helpful to many levels of government to be able to recover the cost of damaged plantings if appropriate and acceptable evaluation methods and procedures were in place. Thanks for considering this comment. Art Thompson RLA, ASLA Highway Landscape Architect Nebraska Department of Roads