The 2024 jury consisted of Stacey Isaac, ASLA, Landscape Architect; Bob Borthwick, Emeritus ASLA formerly of Borthwick Guy Bettenhausen; David Dahlke, ASLA of Studio MLA; and Zinni Zhang, ASLA of Fiore Landscape Design BSLA Winners Gabriel Stein - BSLA Honor Award Daniel Lopez- BSLA Honor Award Naui Olin Tanatuh Munoz, BSLA Honor Award Victoria Bruno, [...]
On Saturday, April 27, the chapter's leadership held their spring face-to-face meeting at the Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens in Long Beach. While many of the business meetings are virtual throughout the year, at least twice per year the leaders are able to come together for team building, collaborating and bonding. Topics included [...]
Each year, the So. Calif. Chapter of ASLA hosts, by invitation only, a unique field trip where students from each of our chapter universities (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona, USC and UCLA) have an opportunity to meet their student board counterparts while enjoying various tours including landscape architectural office visits, educational tours, [...]
As we do every year, the chapter notifies the membership of the annual call for nominations. We seek candidates who are interested in the advancement and advocacy of the landscape architecture profession, are committed to their community, and are willing to share their talents and creativity to grow their leadership skills and professional network. If [...]
The Outdoors for All Act unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives as a part of the EXPLORE Act package. The American Society of Landscape Architects and its members successfully advocated for the measure and now urges the Senate to swiftly pass its version of the bill. The Outdoors for All Act seeks to address [...]
A rainy and cold 3 day event, LABash, the landscape architecture conference for students, by students, was held March 28-30 at the University of California Davis in Davis, CA. After more than a year of planning, a team of 10 student leaders led my Mark Peñaran, Student ASLA, and Olive Tang, Student ASLA, hosted a [...]
As your Southern California Chapter Liaison to Students, I would like to ask for your assistance in serving as a juror for our upcoming 2024 Student ASLA Honor and Merit Awards. We seek licensed landscape architects who are current ASLA Full or Fellow members willing to volunteer their time by participating in a student presentation [...]
We are sadly sharing the news that long time irrigation industry member Tom Gentile, Gentile & Associates, Inc., passed away unexpectedly on January 2, 2024, at the age of 81 in Murrieta, California. Tom was a long-time member and supporter of the ASIC. Born in 1942 in Des Moines, Iowa, he moved to Southern California [...]
Verdical Group is pleased to announce that our 2024 Net Zero Conference will be hosted on September 17 + 18 in Anaheim, CA! Join us for the main conference at the Anaheim Convention Center -- directly across from Disneyland! -- on September 18, where we will have zero carbon learning opportunities across all industries, exciting [...]
Hosted by USGBC Los Angeles, we highly encourage submissions that address multiple categories. *Submission Deadline: Feb. 7th, 2024* TABLE TOPIC SUBMISSION: Presenters will be asked to lead a 30-minute topic-focused discussion on a field of their own expertise at a community table of 10-15 participants in a conversation-style dialogue. Click here to submit your [...]
