New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
'. ARDSLEY FLOOD
 LIKE HIS FATHER
Meeting Success in Profession Of
 Landscape Architect

1 Like father, like son" is saving
 that evidently can be applied 10 Val
 Flood. professional at the Shuttle
 Meadow Golf club, and his son. Y. Ardsley Flood, according to press mo- tices being received here from Cali
 'ornia. The junior member of the family is following i'll the foo,stp ps of his father as landscape architect ana grass expert and his progress
 has been rapid in the few years in which he has been in the profession. Val Flood is recognized as the out standing expert Of the east on grass and its care and his ireatiscs on tho euro for well-known grass evils are widely read and used. He was the first to find that his offspring had a leaning towards the chosen field Of his father and it was during the va cations from school that the younger Flood first was trained in the work which he was later 10 adopt as means of livelihood.
 V. Ardsley is s years old. He was horn in the Ardsley Club house a, tie Ardsley course, thereby getting his name. He is q graduate of New York University and a post graduate in landscape architecture of Harvard University at Cambridge.
 He was associated with Charles Leavitt ill the preliminary surveying or the famous Biltmore courses and he had big hand in develop ing the famous DuPont estate at JHno stoWn.
 He is now in California and the following excerpt taken from d news paper from that section tells of lhv work being carried on;--
 Plans for SC-hole. all-srass golf course on their .5o0-acre Mis- sion Palisades development tract. to provide san Diego with a course | second to none were announced 1 here today by the Bell-Lloyd Invest ment Co.,, Los Angeles.
 The course, with q mission style { will be located in Alvar- : ado canyon, covering about 3O0 l acres. adjacent to the kensington Park district. and north Of Fl Ca ion blvd, and will be a double. standard links, H. 4. Lloyd, vice president ! and manager said
 Work To start Soon
 Work on the first ls-hole unit | will start within a week and d half, | with the cost of the first unit and ! c1 |, l> h oSti i,,,n
 Completed plans will make the S6-hole links. and the club house will be so constructed as 10 : additional units to correspond with additions to the links. Complete f cost will be about sc50,00o.
 V. Ardsley Flood landscape and golf architect, Brentwood Heights 'alif,. will have charge of construc- ton of the course and ot landscape work in the entire Mission Palisades .ract.
 The site is advunta geous 10 con- struction of a course equal to any on the coast. Flood said today. The irrigation system for the course will DC of pipelcss and hoscless cons,ruc- ion. and the surface soil is ideal for growth of grass.
 No Date Announced
 No definite date for opening the 'ourse was announced by Lloyd. who declared the company will lay thor 'ugh plans for development Of the ract before opening it for sales.
 Further plans for recreational fa- .ilities call for extensive bridle paths Lnd other features which San Diego loes not now offer to tourists as u with it's climate. Lloyd aid.
 Included in the plans are a park t Adobe Falls. adjoining the golf curse on the east. and q reservoir ake just cast of the park.
 Tn addition to making the course nly 20 minutes from the center of he city. highway connections will lso place it within from five 10 10 minutes of one of the best residen- iai districts. Lloyd said.
 The links will be known as the [ iission Golf course.