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The purpose of the National Association of Minority Landscape Architects (NAMLA) is to increase minority representation at all levels of landscape architecture practice and academia.

03/10/2026

🚨Join the NAMLA Mentorship Program.

We are inviting mentors and mentees across the landscape architecture community to connect, share knowledge, and support professional growth.

Sign up by emailing us at: [email protected]

Help us build a more diverse and inclusive future for landscape architecture.

03/06/2026

👏 Please Join us in Welcoming Jenn Low () to NAMLA’s Board of Directors! 👏

BIO:

Jenn W. Low (she/her) has a twenty year career grounded in a love of place, the communities that shape them, and the ecological systems that sustain them. She leads her own consultancy working with planning and design partners to create culturally and environmentally resilient places with communities. Jenn spent the first twelve years of her career as a landscape architect, strengthening the quality of and access to public space across the East Coast, California, and the Pacific Northwest. Since then she’s translated her design and planning experiences towards community research, program design, cultural activations, leadership development, and strategic partnership development at the Landscape Architecture Foundation, The Urban Studio, and the 1882 Foundation. For the past four years, she served as the Design Director at Openbox, where she led cultural and infrastructure planning projects in collaboration with municipal, nonprofit, and design partners. Jenn received her Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington and her Master’s in Design in Integrative Design at the University of Michigan. She also serves on the Board of the 1882 Foundation and is a core organizer with Dark Matter U.

12/24/2025

Happy Holidays from all of us at NAMLA❤️
So thankful for the memories, lessons, and people this year brought. Wishing everyone joy, peace, and lots of good moments with the people you care about ✨☃️✨

12/02/2025

🎉 It‘s Giving Tuesday! 🌍✨

Today we unite to uplift and celebrate minorities in landscape architecture. Your donations help NAMLA continue its purpose of increasing minority representation at ALL LEVELS of landscape architecture practice and academia.

💙 Every donation, big or small, fuels our mission

🩵We are grateful for our donors. Donation recognition can be found at www.nationalamla.org/donorsandsponsors

How you can Help NAMLA:

🤝 Make a Tax-Deductible Donation at the Link in our Bio: www.nationalamla.org/make-a-donation

🤝Share this Post with your Networks to Help us Expand our Reach/Call for Donations

THANK YOU 💙💛🖤💚❤️

11/27/2025

🤎Thankful for community.
🧡Thankful for collaboration.
💛Thankful for the chance to shape inclusive landscapes.
🍁Wishing you a restful and meaningful holiday.

11/14/2025

🚨NAMLA FALL/WINTER 2025-26 CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANT‼️

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DESCRIPTION:

With generous support from the Mellon Foundation (), NAMLA is proud to offer a grant designed to support landscape architects engaged in place-based history, heritage, and cultural work within underserved communities.

This initiative aims to expand minority representation in landscape architecture, support projects that advance cultural landscapes rooted in community history and identity, and strengthen underserved communities by funding work that prioritizes cultural and environmental equity.

GRANT AMOUNT:

$10,000

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to landscape architecture students, professionals, educators, firms and nonprofits in the United States

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

Resume/CV or Business/Nonprofit profile

Project Proposal Statement – Including why this project is important to the community and its cultural heritage (1-2 pages)

Project Proposal. Project can be preserving or rehabilitating an existing cultural heritage site, or proposing a new cultural heritage site (4-6 pages – includes images and text)

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Applicants’ Knowledge of the Community (25%)

Applicants’ Knowledge of the Site (25%)

Feasibility of Implementing the Project (25%)

Novel Approaches to Creating New Types of Cultural Heritage Landscapes (25%)

JURORS:

Fernando Magallanes, ASLA, PLA / Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning / North Carolina State University /

Marc Miller / Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture / Pennsylvania State University /

Richard Alomar, RLA, FASLA / Associate Professor, Department Chair, and Director of the Office of Urban Extension and Engagement / Rutgers University /

SUBMISSIONS DUE: 3/15/2026

EMAIL MATERIALS TO: [email protected]

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11/07/2025

Please welcome Annette joining NAMLA as a Volunteer and Student Chapter Liaison🎉🎉🎉
Annette Contreras Buenrostro is a landscape designer at Curtis + Rogers Design Studio in Miami, Florida with a passion for environmental justice and community-driven public spaces. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Davis in 2024 with a minor in International Agricultural Development.

Her academic and professional work explores the intersection of ecology, equity, and urban design through research-based methods, focusing on projects that empower underserved communities. Annette has contributed to a range of design and planning initiatives including transit-oriented development, climate adaptation strategies, coastal resilience, urban farming, and public realm improvements across South Florida and Northern California. She brings a holistic and people-centered approach to design, with the belief that equity is both measurable and achievable through landscape architecture.

Previously, she served as Treasurer and Vice President of the National Association of Minority Landscape Architects (NAMLA) at UC Davis and has gained additional experience with the USDA Forest Service, UC Davis Medical Center, and the City of Sacramento Planning Department, and more.

Outside of landscape architecture, you’ll probably find Annette exploring nature, geeking out over insects and plants, cooking something new, running long distances, or planning her next travel adventure in Mexico. In her role as NAMLA’s Student Chapter Liaison, she aims to promote mentorship, visibility, and leadership opportunities for emerging minority designers.

Welcome aboard 🎉

10/28/2025

👏👏👏 Please join us in congratulating East Lubbock Art House () on being the recipient of our first Cultural Heritage Landscape Grant, funded by the Mellon Foundation ()!

Swipe through the images to see the incredible East Lubbock Art House community and their project site.

Below is a little more about ELAH and their project.

ABOUT ELAH:

As an emergent utopia — a self-evolving, community-driven space focused on harmony, innovation, and liberation — East Lubbock Art House (ELAH) uses the arts to propose radical alternatives for addressing intergenerational racial trauma tied to poverty and psychological issues.

ELAH serves historically marginalized communities, particularly AALANA (African American, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American) folks, in East Lubbock. Our work prioritizes low-income folks deeply impacted by municipal segregation, environmental racism, and disinvestment.

PROJECT STATEMENT:

Tucked behind East Lubbock Art House (ELAH) on the east-facing lot of 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd lies a strip of land that tells a layered story. It is a story of loss and legacy, of stigma and strength, of what was taken—and what we are reclaiming. Once littered with junk cars, debris, and the weight of municipal neglect, this space now holds a community garden, vibrant murals, and the seeds of something greater: a future shaped by the people who call this place home.

This project seeks to transform that lot into a cultural oasis—a permanent, ADA-accessible, and community-designed space rooted in creative placemaking. Through public art, storytelling, landscape design, and cultural activation, “Where We Gather” reclaims not just land, but memory, autonomy, and connection.

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10/22/2025

🚨 JOB OPENING 🚨

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary invites applications for a Full-Time tenure-track position in Landscape Architecture at the rank of Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the area of Advanced Technologies and Fabrication.

The University of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Strategy committing to creating a rich, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and supports Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous community partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in all that we do.

As an equitable and inclusive employer, the University of Calgary recognizes that a diverse staff/faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We strive to recruit individuals who will further enhance our diversity and will support their academic and professional success while they are here. In particular, we encourage members of the designated groups (women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible/racialized minorities, and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities) to apply. To ensure a fair and equitable assessment, we offer accommodation at any stage during the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. Questions can be sent to the Office of Institutional Commitments ([email protected]) and requests for accommodations can be sent to [email protected].

👉 For more information about this job and to learn how to apply, please visit www.nationalamla.org/job-listings

10/13/2025

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the first caretakers of the land.
Their deep understanding of place continues to inspire how we design, restore, and connect with landscapes today.

10/10/2025

🚨 JOB OPENING 🚨

Marketing Coordinator (Proposals)

SCAPE is a landscape architecture and urban design practice headquartered in New York with offices in New Orleans and San Francisco. We design and advocate for the ecologically restorative and socially engaged landscapes, urban environments, and nature-based infrastructure of the future.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Marketing Coordinator has a critical role within the Marketing Team at SCAPE. We are seeking a candidate with a minimum of two (2) years of experience working hands-on with RFP/Q proposal submissions in the AEC industry. An ideal applicant has a full understanding of the RFP/Q response process and associated workflow/content; is highly organized; possesses an expert command of Adobe InDesign; brings strong writing skills with the ability to translate key design themes into narrative content, has an exacting eye for detail; and works well in a team environment, bringing a self-motivated, problem-solving attitude.

The Marketing Team currently consists of a Director of Marketing, a Director of Business Development, a Communications Manager, and another Marketing Coordinator—collectively overseen by SCAPE’s Managing Principal. This role will primarily report to the team’s two Directors to support the proposal production process.

The Marketing & Proposals Coordinator will bring efficiency to both the “front” and “back end” of marketing—helping maintain an up-to-date, well-organized cache of marketing materials that describe our existing portfolio while also crafting thoughtful, graphically-compelling materials in the pursuit of new work. Strong working familiarity with InDesign templates and following a set of brand standards is an absolute prerequisite.

👉 To apply, please go to www.nationalamla.org/job-listings

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14435 Benefit Street #5
Sherman Oaks, CA
91423

Telephone

+18186799742

Website

https://www.nationalamla.org/

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