Sasaki Is Redesigning City Hall Plaza for the Masses – Boston Magazine, 8/21/19
“The design firm’s Kate Tooke and Christine Dunn talk revamping Boston City Hall Plaza.”

A Santa Monica Backyard Is Remade for Outdoor Entertaining – The Los Angeles Times, 8/22/19
“Landscape architect Joseph Marek’s clients made do with their Santa Monica backyard for six years, but eventually they decided that previous owners’ “improvements” just didn’t fit their lifestyle.”

The Hoosier Gardener: Jensen Landscape Restoration Garners Landmarks’ Award – The Indianapolis Star, 8/23/19
“Indiana Landmarks recently recognized one of Indianapolis’ most hidden treasures, the Jens Jensen-designed garden at Marian University.”

Landscape Architect Uses Video Game Development Software to Rethink Digital Landscapes – The Star, 8/23/19
“The digital world of video games has changed over time thanks to architects and their expertise in spatial design and designing 3D environments. Digital model building are skillsets architects use every day, so who better to help design these digital worlds?”

The New Orleans Museum of Art Flaunts Its Waterside Sculpture Garden – The Architect’s Newspaper, 8/26/19
“The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, which adjoins the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), reopened this summer after a major expansion.”

Philadelphia Galleries: Penn Celebrates Landscape Architect and Beloved Professor – The Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/28/19
“Ian McHarg (1920-2001), the Scottish-born landscape architect, founder of the University of Pennsylvania’s landscape architecture department, and magnetic professor there is considered the dean of ecological land-use planning.”

A group of landscape architects came together and successfully started a Go Fund Me campaign to raise $10,000 for scholarships that will cover the travel and hotel costs for six emerging women landscape architects to attend the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Diego, which will be held November 15-18. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has covered the cost of registration for the six scholars, contributing some $4,770.

Thanks to the efforts of WxLA — which is led by landscape architects Cinda Gilliland, Jamie Maslyn Larson, ASLA, Steven Spears, FASLA, Rebecca Leonard, and Gina Ford, FASLA — and all its gracious donors, the cost of the conference for the six who win the scholarship will be completely covered.

According to the group, the purpose of the scholarship is “to aid in the professional development and success of young and emerging leaders in our profession.” Furthermore, the scholarship “intends to promote gender justice and help level the playing field for women in the profession. As such, preference will be given to female candidates, including non-binary and transgendered female candidates.”

The 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture offers more than 120 education sessions, which enables attendees to fulfill their professional development requirements, while networking with colleagues from all over the world.

Emerging professional are invited to nominate themselves; or someone can nominate them. Nominees must be emerging professionals (in first 10 years of practice) who “do not have access or support to attend the conference otherwise.”

Nominators should provide the following on one 8.5 x 11 PDF:

• Full name, email address and phone number.
• About this Nominee – Provide an overview of the nominee’s background, education and professional experience (150 words).
• Why this Nominee? – Describe how this nominee exhibits leadership and why they will benefit from the experience of the Conference (200 words).

Please email submissions by September 1 to Gina Ford, with the subject line: WxLA Scholarship Nominee.

WxLA requires scholarship winners to assist in the creation of a convening of women leaders across the profession, which will be done “in concert with and with the guidance of the WxLA team.” Learn more at WxLA’s Instagram account about their Women’s Landscape Equity (re)Solution. And check out a series of infographics about gender equity in the field of landscape architecture from their partners, the Vela Project.

ASLA will acknowledge the scholarship winners in an event at the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Diego.