Can I import multiple folders at once?

I'm pretty sure that Aperture won't support what I want to do...but I thought I'd ask anyway...
I'm converting to Aperture from Photoshop Elements. I've got all my photos arranged nicely in the following structure:
\Photo-directory
\year
\month
\mm-dd-yy some descriptive name for the shoot
When I try to import into Aperture, I have to navigate all the way to "...\mm-dd-yy some descriptive name for shoot" folder. Aperture is smart enough to figure out that I want to store these images in a project called "mm-dd-yy some descriptive name..."
But what I really want to do is this: tell Aperture "Start at /Photo-directory (or even /Photo-directory/year) and import all the images in all the sub-folders...and create projects using the lowest-level folder name as the project name."
Any way to do this? A "batch import folders" feature like this would be really sweet...

You can import whole Finder trees via "File→Import Folders as Projects". Specify whether you want to end up with Folders/Projects, or Projects/Albums. (I always use Folders/Projects.)
There are many things to consider prior to importing your images and setting up your Library. Strongly suggest reading the User Manual chapter (click for link) --
Importing Images
especially the section
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You are going to want to fully understand the difference between a Managed Master and a Referenced Master before making the switch to Aperture. Additionally, get ready for the discomfort of moving from a file-manager approach (using the Finder) to an image-manager (using Aperture).
In Aperture, you organize your images -- but your images don't exist as image-format files usable by other programs until you export them.
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