http://asla.org/MeetingAndEventRss.aspxRFQs and Opportunities10/29/2025 3:55:57 PM20http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67998<p>The City of Helsinki is organising an open two-phase competition for the design of Hermanni Waterfront Park. The competition is organised in cooperation with the Finnish Association of Landscape Architects (MARK). The competition assignment is to prepare a design for Hermanni Waterfront Park that will serve as the basis for detailed planning and the implementation of the area.</p>The City of Helsinki is organising an open two-phase competition for the design of Hermanni Waterfront Park. The competition is organised in cooperation with the Finnish Association of Landscape Architects (MARK). The competition assignment is to prepare a design for Hermanni Waterfront Park that will serve as the basis for detailed planning and the implementation of the area.

]]>10/24/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67983<p>Established by a generous bequest, the LAF Research Grant in Honor of Deb Mitchell funds research relevant to the professional practice of landscape architecture. Each year, one $25,000 grant is awarded to support a research project that can be completed in a 12- to 18-month period.</p>Established by a generous bequest, the LAF Research Grant in Honor of Deb Mitchell funds research relevant to the professional practice of landscape architecture. Each year, one $25,000 grant is awarded to support a research project that can be completed in a 12- to 18-month period.

]]>10/23/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67884<p>Planting trees can grow equity but tree preservation, through policy/ordinance and planning can sustain tree benefits while reducing disservices on a human timeline.</p>Planting trees can grow equity but tree preservation, through policy/ordinance and planning can sustain tree benefits while reducing disservices on a human timeline.

]]>9/29/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67819This presentation will explore how natural disturbances, such as grazing and fire, can be valuable tools in the establishment and maintenance of prairie ecosystems. We'll delve into how grazing by herbivores influences plant diversity and structure, while fire serves as a natural disturbance that promotes the dominance of grasses and prevents woody plant encroachment. By understanding these interconnected processes, we can appreciate their role in shaping vibrant, resilient prairies. The discussion will also touch on how these ecological forces contribute to soil health, biodiversity, and the overall sustainability of prairie landscapes. To conclude the program, Larry Weaner will join Chad to discuss ways to overcome the practical difficulties of incorporating these strategies outside of agricultural or ecological restoration settings. These will include the potential availability of new landscape services and equipment that can provide mechanized facsimiles of the processes described in the program.]]>9/11/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67818<p>While seed mix formulation can look simple, long-term meadow success is rooted in a detailed understanding of individual species characteristics, how to quantify those species, how they fit together to form a community, and their roles in the various stages of meadow development. He will also discuss how to overlay various mitigation requirements, as well as the aesthetic preferences of the client.</p>While seed mix formulation can look simple, long-term meadow success is rooted in a detailed understanding of individual species characteristics, how to quantify those species, how they fit together to form a community, and their roles in the various stages of meadow development. He will also discuss how to overlay various mitigation requirements, as well as the aesthetic preferences of the client.

]]>9/11/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67816<p>The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Research Prize and the 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award.</p>The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Research Prize and the 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award.

]]>9/10/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67570<p>The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona (UIA2026BCN) announces the UIA International Student Competition, an invitation for students from all over the world to participate with their proposals around the Congress’s central theme: Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition.</p>The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona (UIA2026BCN) announces the UIA International Student Competition, an invitation for students from all over the world to participate with their proposals around the Congress’s central theme: Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition.

]]>7/24/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67204Ecological design need not be a bitter aesthetic pill that our clients must swallow to do the right thing. The order inherent in our wild native landscapes is widely considered beautiful. By translating that ecology-based order into the aesthetically based language of fine garden design, the results can be much more universally embraced by our clients. In addition, Larry will illustrate how highly gardenesque - and even formal - elements can gracefully interact and intermingle with wilder woodland, shrubland and meadow compositions. This approach can result in landscapes that are both ecologically productive and visually pleasing to clients with a variety of aesthetic preferences.]]>5/5/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67203In this session, native plant authority Ian Caton will examine plants of the canopied landscape that exemplify the ecological characteristics described by Larry Weaner in Part One. His presentation will include plants found at all of the woodland’s vertical layers, from canopy to understory. He will also discuss their specific abilities to integrate with the unique colonization strategies inherent in woodland development and enhancement. Finally, Ian will present a group of “workhorse” native species for the woodland, including those that combine reliability with desirable aesthetic characteristics.]]>5/5/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=67202An ecology-based approach to woodland design is more like guiding a vegetative process than implementing a static planting plan. Guided succession can foster the orderly transformation from an open field to a multi-tiered forest through planting, managed natural recruitment, or a combination of the two. Under existing canopy, where few herbaceous species can be established through direct seeding, we will discuss the planting of small “seed source colonies,” and management strategies to encourage their proliferation into the larger landscape. Management techniques that are unique to woodlands including selective height cutting, sunlight manipulation, and assisted seed dispersal, will also be described in detail.]]>5/5/2025http://www.asla.org/EventDetails.aspx?id=65895<p>Lunch and Learn Opportunity<br />Eligible for 1 AIA HSW, 1 GBCI, 1 LACES HSW PDH, 1 RCEP</p>Lunch and Learn Opportunity
Eligible for 1 AIA HSW, 1 GBCI, 1 LACES HSW PDH, 1 RCEP

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