ASLA Northern California, San Francisco, CA (2026)

04/22/2026

This is America at 250: Let’s Celebrate the Plurality of Our American Heritage

For the past 16 years, ASLA has collaborated with the National Park Service to host the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Challenge, a competition to document historic landscapes that tell the stories of our nation.

In ordinary times, we would be jointly promoting the 17th annual HALS Challenge, but this year, ASLA is calling on its members, students, historians, and other practitioners to submit documentation of historic landscapes in our communities.

This is an open call to complete a historical report that highlights the history, significance, and character-defining features of a selected landscape. In recognition of the 250th anniversary of the founding of United States, ASLA is encouraging reports that broadly address the theme of landscapes of liberty and freedom. All reports submitted by August 31st will be recognized at the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in September.

For more information, visit link in bio.

Email complete submissions to ASLA and to Scott Keys at NPS .

04/20/2026

In honor of World Landscape Architecture Week, ASLA National invites us to showcase 'Landscape Architecture in ACTION'. Every week will feature a different theme for highlighting how ideas become places that support health, resilience, and everyday life.

Week 4 (4/20-26): Action Through Impact | Everyday in Action

Show how landscape architecture improves health, strengthens resilience, expands access, and supports vibrant community life.

Remember to include in your caption.

Visit the WLAM 2026 Toolkit to find everything you need to celebrate the profession this April!

www.asla.org/wlam2026

04/15/2026

We can't wait to gather for our 2026 Annual Meeting and honor the recipients of the 2026 ASLA-NCC Professional and Student Awards. We're especially excited to welcome special guest, Gretchen Wilson, National ASLA's 2027 President-Elect!

A co-founder of Dig Studio, Gretchen has helped grow, emphasizing a diversity of ideas and perspectives, collaboration at every level, and advocacy for the next generation of landscape architects to forge successful paths for their projects and their careers.

Engaging a wider audience to understand the value of landscape architecture is central to her message as a designer, manager, teacher, mentor, speaker, and advisor. Her ASLA service spans her career, and she knows that ASLA plays a critical role in advancing a profession that fuses design, engineering, and ecology to create resilient spaces that communities embrace, while solving pressing global issues.

Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation
>>Thursday, April 23rd | 6:30-9:00pm
>>Lake Chalet; 1520 Lakeside Drive on Lake Merritt, Oakland

Tickets (icludes plentiful hors d'oeuvres and beverages)
>>$50 members
>>$75 non-members
>>$25 students

Registration
>>Required by April 17th
>>No at the door registration will be accepted
>>https://bit.ly/aslancc2026annualmtg

04/13/2026

In honor of World Landscape Architecture Week, ASLA National invites us to showcase 'Landscape Architecture in ACTION'. Every week will feature a different theme for highlighting how ideas become places that support health, resilience, and everyday life.

Week 3 (4/13-19): Action Through Learning | Career Discovery in Action

Highlight how landscape architects use research, education, mentorship, and continuous learning to improve design outcomes, build expertise, and foster the next generation of professionals.

Remember to include in your caption.

Visit the WLAM 2026 Toolkit to find everything you need to celebrate the profession this April!

www.asla.org/wlam2026

04/08/2026

In celebration of World Landscape Architecture Month, ASLA-NorCal is thrilled to partner with the Presidio Trust and landscape architects Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults for a magical journey in search of the genius loci—the spirit of place.

Join us at Presidio Tunnel Tops for an immersive afternoon of drawing, field sketching, and collage. We will begin at the Western Lawn and explore the site through observation and creative expression. At the conclusion of the event, participants are invited to share their sketches and reflections, bringing their experiences to life.

This event is FREE and open to all, whether you're a designer, artist, student, or simply curious. Attendees will receive a complimentary sketch book provided by our generous sponsor, Dave Bang Associates, Inc.

Spots are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

>>Saturday, April 25; 1-3pm
>>Meet at Western Lawn (near the Presidio Visitor Center)

Please register by April 24th (link in bio)
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/5e8vw47

04/06/2026

In honor of World Landscape Architecture Week, ASLA National invites us to showcase 'Landscape Architecture in ACTION'. Every week will feature a different theme for highlighting how ideas become places that support health, resilience, and everyday life.

Week 2 (4/6-12): Action Through Practice | The "work behind the work"

Highlight collaboration, tools, and research that turn designs into reality. Showcase your daily professional actions, such as site visits, construction administration, team brainstorming, or specialized software you use to bring projects to life.

Post ideas:
• A Day in Practice
• Tools of the Trade
• From Fieldwork to Design
• Teamwork in Action
• What Happens Before Building

Remember to include in your caption.

Visit the WLAM 2026 Toolkit to find everything you need to celebrate the profession this April!

www.asla.org/wlam2026 (link in bio)

04/03/2026

Come celebrate WLAM as we partner with Stanford and Surfacedesign, Inc to bring you the annual spring lecture, featuring James Lord, happy hour, and mini campus tour.

James A. Lord, FASLA, is a founding partner of Surfacedesign, Inc., a landscape architecture firm based in San Francisco. Among its many accolades, the firm has received the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, multiple ASLA honors, a finalist distinction for the 2023 Rosa Barba Award, and the title of Best of the West from Architect’s Newspaper in 2022.

>>Wednesday, April 15
4pm: Mini campus tour (meet at outdoor picnic tables on NE corner)
5pm: Happy hour (outdoor picnic tables on NE corner)
6:30pm: Lecture by James Lord (Rotunda Level 2)

>>Stanford's ChEM-N / Neuro Research Complex
290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

>>Cost
ASLA Members: FREE
Non Members: $10

>>Register in advance (link in bio)
https://asla-ncc.org/event

04/02/2026

In honor of World Landscape Architecture Week, ASLA National invites us to showcase 'Landscape Architecture in ACTION'. Every week will feature a different theme for highlighting how ideas become places that support health, resilience, and everyday life.

Week 1 (4/2-5): Action Through Design | Landscape Architecture in Action Looks Like...

Show how ideas move from concept to completed project. Share drawings, renderings, site visits, and the design decisions that define how a place performs and endures.

Post ideas:
• A design decision…
• From sketch to site…
• Before and after…

Remember to include in your caption.

Visit the WLAM 2026 Toolkit to find everything you need to celebrate the profession this April!

www.asla.org/wlam2026 (link in bio)

04/01/2026

Not only is today the first day of WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MONTH, it's also Professional Landscape Architects Day!

Get involved by posting at least once every week, using ASLA National's prompts focused on showing 'Landscape Architecture in ACTION' and foreshadowing the ASLA conference theme later this year. We're highlighting how ideas become places that support health, resilience, and everyday life — from parks and schoolyards to waterfronts and streetscapes.

NEW this year: apply to become the WLAM 2026 Conference Ambassador and receive a complimentary registration and lodging for the ASLA 2026 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Los Angeles.

Visit the WLAM 2026 Toolkit to find everything you need to celebrate the profession this April.

www.asla.org/wlam2026 (link in bio)

03/31/2026

Did you miss our recent Lunch with Leaders webinar? Catch the replay anytime!

With the help of facilitator Mafe Gonzalez from BASE Landscape Architecture, our panelists Mariana Ricker of SWA Group and Betsy Peterson with August Design Collaborative presented ASLA's updated Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan.

Specifically, they discussed how how two of the accompanying practice and operations guides – Decarbonizing the Design Process and The Biodiversity Primer for Landscape Architects- offer valuable guidance for achieving both the Climate and Biodiversity LA2040 goals.

The intention of this “lunch and learn” was to share insights and knowledge to apply national guidance and frameworks to regional and local practices.

Replay available (link in bio):
https://bit.ly/NCC_climateactionweb (case sensitive)

03/25/2026

SAVE THE DATE! The ASLA 2026 Conference on Landscape Architecture is coming to Los Angeles this September—and it’s shaping up to be an energizing three days of learning, connecting, and sharing ideas.

The ASLA annual meeting is the nation’s premier gathering for landscape architecture and allied professionals, bringing together thousands of people who design, plan, steward, and advocate for healthy, resilient, sustainable communities.

This year’s theme, “Action!” captures the urgency and optimism defining landscape architecture. Our work is rooted in motion: adapting to climate impacts, advancing social equity, strengthening ecological systems, and delivering real-world solutions at every scale.

Registration opens in late April. Visit www.aslaconference.com to learn more.

03/23/2026

TOMORROW! Join us for a LUNCH WITH LEADERS WEBINAR to learn about the updated Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan and discuss two of the accompanying practice and operations guides – Decarbonizing the Design Process and The Biodiversity Primer for Landscape Architects.

These in-depth resources offer valuable guidance for achieving both the Climate and Biodiversity LA2040 goals. The intention of the “lunch and learn” is to share insights and knowledge to apply national guidance and frameworks to regional and local practices.

Facilitator:
~Mafe Gonzalez, ASLA; BASE Landscape Architecture

Panelists:
~Mariana Ricker, ASLA, PLA; SWA Group
~Betsy Peterson, ASLA; August Design Collaborative

FREE for ASLA Members
$15 for Non-Members

The zoom link will be sent with your registration confirmation.
https://asla-ncc.org/event

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