Play is more than just recreation; it's an essential part of healthy and thriving communities. In this session, we examine the changing landscape of play design and how new trends are turning outdoor spaces into destinations that promote wellbeing, inclusion and community connection.

Biodiverse urban landscapes provide multiple benefits that are superior to those offered by traditionally designed spaces. Research has shown the health benefits of green spaces in cities, and current research explores the added benefits of biodiverse urban spaces. At the same time, multiple studies have demonstrated that in many cities, equitable access to nature is still a challenge to be addressed. This webinar explores these topics and offers a primer on how to increase equitable access to biodiversity through projects.

Join climate and biodiversity action leaders for a webinar series exploring innovative strategies for decarbonization, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

This session will look at the process of ornamental plant breeding from ideation to buying a mature plant for a project. We will review the basic science of plant breeding, what techniques are currently being used in ornamental plant breeding, and how plants are evaluated.

Explore the cutting edge of technology in practice and tools for site analysis, visualization, design, and collaboration. Earn 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW) with an ASLA Online Learning Lab presented by Esri, followed by tech demo's by SiteMarker and Land F/X.

Make cultural humility a lifelong practice by connecting to long-term stewardship and ethical obligations to support change. Learn how landscape architecture can contribute to healing people and land through commitments that last beyond project delivery.

Design is more than shaping places; it is about shaping relationships. Through this four-part webinar series, landscape architects are invited not simply to learn about Indigenous Peoples, but to transform how they practice in service of healthier lands, stronger communities, and enduring right relations.

Design is more than shaping places; it is about shaping relationships. Through this four-part webinar series, landscape architects are invited not simply to learn about Indigenous Peoples, but to transform how they practice in service of healthier lands, stronger communities, and enduring right relations.

Join climate and biodiversity action leaders for a webinar series exploring innovative strategies for decarbonization, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

Theodore Roosevelt was transformed by the Badlands; this library transforms visitors. This session reveals how architects, landscape designers, and storytellers turned site, ecology, and history into an immersive, living landscape. Attendees will learn how bold collaboration, ecological design, and narrative-driven planning can create civic spaces that inspire, educate, and endure.

Experiencing a city at street level reveals hidden nature, social networks, and power dynamics. Through cycling in Los Angeles, this session uncovers grassroots cultures, equity struggles, and policy challenges, demonstrating how embodied movement and community engagement can transform how designers read, understand, and act within urban landscapes.

What if every project in Los Angeles helped repair one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots? As housing mandates, invasive species, and climate extremes fragment habitat, discover how multi-scalar, multidisciplinary strategies—from ecological mapping to planting design—can transform development into restoration, producing resilient landscapes with measurable performance and cultural meaning.

Project management leadership is shaped by context—public accountability, funding systems, regulatory pressures, and organizational structure. Through perspectives from public agency, interdisciplinary, and single-discipline practice, this session examines how PMs navigate different systems of decision-making and responsibility—offering practical insight, tips, and direction for leading effectively across sectors.

Landscape architects seek lasting, resilient landscapes, yet gaps between design intent and implementation often lead to preventable tree failure. Learn from standards authors and practitioners how the ANSI A300 Tree Care Standards strengthen specification writing, improve constructability, and enhance long-term tree performance.

What if our definition of projects' cultural performance and social equity included not only benefits to end users, but the craftspeople and contractors who bring the landscape to life? How do we advocate for craftsmanship as a way to resist the homogenizing impacts of mass-production that are increasingly pervasive?

Healthy mature trees enhance human health and quality of life. However, the development process destroys the soil microbiome that is needed by healthy trees. Soil genomics is a powerful tool for landscape architects to better understand the soil microbiome they are designing plants in and to restore healthy soils.

Landscape architects are redefining regional infrastructure. This session highlights the client and consultant teams collaborating to advance the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy (CHEERS), a $500-million, 40-year initiative. Speakers will unpack the practical realities behind implementation—funding, partnerships, complex regulatory coordination, and community trust—transforming a vision into lasting lakefront infrastructure.