The Cultural Landscape Foundation

10/15/2026

Limited Space - Register Now: https://oberlanderprizeforumv-research.squarespace.com/

Join TCLF and Longwood Gardens on October 29 for RE: SEARCH, a symposium exploring how research and design intersect to shape the future of landscape architecture.

The program features Plenary Provocations from two distinguished voices:
🌿 Walter J. Hood, Creative Director + Founder, Hood Design Studio, will explore how communities reinterpret and reclaim landscapes whose official meanings obscure their presence, revealing the complex social meanings embedded in these places.
🌿 Anne Whiston Spirn, FASLA, FCELA, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at MIT, will examine visual thinking and the role of seeing and envisioning in the development of ideas.

The program begins October 28 with a reception and keynote by Oberlander Prize laureate Mario Schjetnan, followed by mobile workshops on October 30 offering opportunities to explore these themes in significant landscapes.

10/13/2026

LOW TICKET ALERT: Don't miss out.

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Join TCLF and Longwood Gardens October 28–30 for Oberlander Prize Forum V RE:SEARCH, exploring how research can inform, question, and expand landscape architecture practice.

https://www.tclf.org/oberlander-prize-forum-v

The October 29 symposium brings together leading practitioners, scholars, and designers, including Mario Schjetnan, Anne Whiston Spirn, Walter Hood, Kofi Boone, Elizabeth Meyer, and more, for conversations about research, design, cultural systems, and change.

The three-day program also includes a keynote reception and mobile workshops at some of the region’s leading gardens and landscapes.

📍 Kennett Square, PA
📅 October 28–30

Join us for the conversation.

Learn more and register: https://www.tclf.org/oberlander-prize-forum-v

Thank you to our sponsors: PlayCore , Bartlett Tree Experts , Landscape Forms, Maglin Site Furniture, and Select Trees.

10/12/2026

Peek behind the curtain at Glenstone.

Register Now: https://www.tclf.org/garden-dialogues-2026-glenstone

Join TCLF on October 24 for an exclusive Garden Dialogues tour of Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland, led by Adam Greenspan, FASLA, Design Director of PWP Landscape Architecture, and Matt Partain, Head of Grounds at Glenstone.

For more than two decades, PWP Landscape Architecture has worked with architects, artists, ecologists, and other experts to transform more than 300 acres of former residential subdivision plots into an expansive landscape of native forests, meadows, wetlands, contemporary architecture, and site-specific art.

Photo: Photo by Glenstone, Courtesy PWP Landscape Architecture

After the tour, stay as long as you like to explore Glenstone’s two miles of walking paths and trails and its exceptional collection of postwar and contemporary art.

Register now; space is limited.

10/09/2026

Join TCLF on October 17 in Boerne, TX, for an exclusive Garden Dialogues tour of Point Breeze Ranch in the Texas Hill Country.

https://www.tclf.org/garden-dialogues-2026-san-antonio-tx

Led by Christine E. Ten Eyck, FASLA, President of Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, the tour will explore how the landscape brings together architecture, ecology, and water management. Heritage oaks, limestone walls, native grasses, an arroyo, and the natural slope of the site all work together to create a resilient landscape that embraces its surroundings while helping protect the home from flash flooding.

https://www.tclf.org/garden-dialogues-2026-san-antonio-tx

Space is limited. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at this exceptional Texas Hill Country landscape.

Thank you sponsors and partners: Stone Curators, Bartlett Tree Experts, Summerhill Landscapes, Texas ASLA, and American Society of Landscape Architects

10/08/2026

Spend a day with Virginia Burt in Cleveland. 🌿

Join TCLF on October 17 for a special Garden Dialogues in honor of the release of Capturing Essence, the new book from Virginia Burt Designs. Led by Principal Landscape Architect Virginia Burt, FCSLA, FASLA, the day will take attendees behind the scenes of three distinctive landscapes:

🌳 A Tale of Two Houses
🌿 Norma’s Garden at The Gathering Place
🌾 Mountain Glen Farm

Together, these landscapes reveal how thoughtful design can connect people to place in profoundly different ways.

And there’s more: every Garden Dialogues attendee will receive a signed copy of Capturing Essence and a ticket to the book launch reception at the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 16.

Register Now: https://www.tclf.org/garden-dialogues-2026-cleveland-oh

Thank you to our sponsors: Danette Gentile Kauffman, Stone Curators , Bartlett Tree Experts , Summerhill Landscapes and Society of Landscape Architects.

Photo Credits:
Mountain Glan Farm, Cleveland, OH - Courtesy Virginia Burt Designs, by Richard Mandelkorn
Tale of Two Houses, Cleveland, OH - Courtesy Virginia Burt Designs, by Richard Mandelkorn
Capturing Essence by Virginia Burt Designs - Photo courtesy ORO Editions.

10/07/2026

Join TCLF and Longwood Gardens October 28–30 for Oberlander Prize Forum V RE:SEARCH, exploring how research can inform, question, and expand landscape architecture practice.

https://www.tclf.org/oberlander-prize-forum-v

The October 29 symposium brings together leading practitioners, scholars, and designers, including Mario Schjetnan, Anne Whiston Spirn, Walter Hood, Kofi Boone, Elizabeth Meyer, and more, for conversations about research, design, cultural systems, and change.

The three-day program also includes a keynote reception and mobile workshops at some of the region’s leading gardens and landscapes.

📍 Kennett Square, PA
📅 October 28–30

Join us for the conversation.

Learn more and register: https://www.tclf.org/oberlander-prize-forum-v

Thank you to our sponsors: PlayCore , Bartlett Tree Experts , Landscape Forms, Maglin Site Furniture, and Select Trees.

09/30/2026

The clock is ticking on TCLF’s 22nd Annual Silent Auction. Bidding closes tonight, September 30 at 8pm ET.

https://onecau.se/_mv4xf1

Incredible works are still up for grabs, from original artwork and photography to rare books, generously donated by artists, landscape architects, architects, and other members of the design community.

Have your eye on something? Now is the time to make your move. Use Auto Bid to stay competitive without constantly checking back, or choose Buy Now to secure an eligible work immediately.

Every purchase supports TCLF’s education and advocacy work.

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Browse the auction, find your favorite, and get your bid in before 8pm!

09/25/2026

Guest: Charles Birnbaum of The Cultural Landscape Foundation on Trump's 'triumphal arch'; Also: Ballroom building code violations, and the drone port next door...

09/21/2026

Did you know that bidding isn't the only way to participate in the auction? Check out TCLF's bookstore or make a donation. All proceeds support TCLF's education and advocacy efforts.

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09/19/2026

JUST ANNOUNCED: A Special Garden Dialogue with David Hotson and Iris Ceramica Group

https://www.tclf.org/garden-dialogues-2026-saint-sarkis-community-center

On October 21 in Carrollton, Texas, join TCLF for a special Garden Dialogue at the Saint Sarkis Community Center with architect David Hotson and landscape designer Zepur Ohanian.

Set on a five-acre campus, Saint Sarkis brings together 1,400 years of Armenian architectural tradition with the contemporary Texas landscape. The project creates a dialogue between architecture, landscape, memory, and place.

Hear from Hotson and Ohanian about their collaboration and explore the campus, including its shaded entry courtyard, reflecting pool, magnolia and cypress groves, and expansive views across the Texas horizon.

Following the tour, join fellow attendees for a reception sponsored by Iris Ceramica Group.

Photos by Dror Baldinger, courtesy David Hotson