Oaks School Greenspace Tour
2024-06-25 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oaks Green School
View program announcement here
Registration here

Dodger Night with ASLA SoCal - SOLD OUT!
2024-07-22 18:00 - 21:30 | CA

Emerging Professionals - Bi Monthly Virtual Meeting/Lunch Bunch Conversation
2024-07-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Topic: Advocacy 101 for Emerging Professionals

Virginia Robinson Gardens Tour and Presentation
2024-07-27 10:30 - 14:00 | CA
Honoring ASLA SoCal’s HALS Project (Historic American Landscape Survey)
Guided Tour of House & Gardens; Free Parking & Shuttle to Venue; Lunch on the Pool Terrace and HALS Team Presentations.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. We are celebrating the HALS project and volunteers led by ASLA SoCal’s very own Alison Terry, PLA, HALS Committee Chair over 3.5 years! Lunch is provided with registration!
Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virginia-robinson-gardens-tour-tickets-927584880347
Full announcement here: HALS-VRG-Visit-05.jpe

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No Chapter Programming - Summer Schedule
2024-08-01 - 2024-08-12, 2024-08-14 - 2024-08-31 | CA

ASLA SoCal Emerging Professional Committee (EPC) - August Virtual Lunch Bunch
2024-08-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Topic – Advocacy 101: An Introduction to Advocacy in Landscape Architecture for Emerging Professionals

This virtual lunch session focuses on an introduction to advocacy for Landscape Architecture Emerging Professionals, brought to you by the ASLA SoCal EPC! We are excited to host a presentation, conversation, and Q+A with: Stephanie Landregan and Emily Gabel-Luddy.

Stephanie Landregan, FASLA, PLA, MSPM, LEED BD+C is the Program Director at UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture and our California Council of ASLA Southern California Council Director, and was previously the National VP of Government Affairs for ASLA. Emily Gabel-Luddy, FASLA is an Instructor at UCLA Extension, and the former Mayor of the City of Burbank (2013-2014 and 2018-2019), she was also the former Director of the Urban Design Studio at LA City Planning and a ’91 Loeb Fellow at Harvard GSD.

We are honored to have Stephanie and Emily join us in conversation to discuss topics related to advocacy, and hope you join us on Tuesday August 13th from 12-1pm Pacific to discuss: What is advocacy? Why is it important to you, our Landscape Architecture Profession, and our communities? How can we can all advocate and get more involved? Registration is not required, this event is free and open to all to join – Zoom information below:

ASLA SoCal is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: ASLA SoCal Emerging Professionals Committee (EPC): August Lunch Bunch – Advocacy
Time: Aug 13, 2024 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81875875576?pwd=[REDACTED] ID: 818 7587 5576
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Happy Labor Day - End of Summer
2024-09-02 | CA

Los Angeles Climate Week
2024-09-08 - 2024-09-15 | CA
LAEDC is excited to partner with the first-ever LA Climate Week happening Sept 8-15! With 75+ diverse events (and counting!), there is something for you.
Registrations for the inaugural LA Climate Week are now open! Dive into a week packed with hands-on workshops, conservation projects, networking events, and interactive sessions that turn passion into action. Learn directly from experts, connect with innovators, and discover how you can make a difference in your community’s sustainable future. Learn More Here

Annual BMLA BBQ
2024-09-12 17:00 - 20:00 | BMLA Inc., 310 N. Joy Street, Corona, CA
Save the Date!
Details to Come!

Net Zero Conference 2024
2024-09-17 - 2024-09-18 | Anaheim Convention Center
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 keynotes, and an Expo Hall for making new connections. Shoulder events will be taking place nearby on September 17.
Stay tuned for abstract submission announcements, registration launch, and more!

UCLA - ASLA Honor and Merit Awards Jury
2024-09-21 09:00 - 13:00 | A Zoom Meeting
Tricia is coordinating jury selection from the membership. Jury members should be full members (not Associate members) and be a member in good standing. Students selected to present need to be ASLA student members.

ASLA jurors for Sept 21st:

Vinita Pugal, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP, Design Director at Designodal
Carlos Flores, PLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect at the National Park Service – RTCA Program
Nanda Raghunathan, ASLA, Principal at TGP Inc Landscape Architecture
Cheryl Fields, ASLA, Senior Landscape Architect, Cheryl Fields Landscape Architecture
Kathleen McKernin, PLA, ASLA, Associate Landscape Architect, Alta Planning + Design, Inc

Addressing Air Quality Impacts in Schoolyards
2024-10-03 11:00 - 12:00 | CA
Part of a series, speakers in this session will discuss schoolyard air quality, including air pollution concerns and risks and design features that can improve schoolyard air quality, as well as those that may have an adverse impact. They will focus on considerations and recommendations for planting trees and vegetation at schools to reduce air pollution and protect vulnerable students, while creating vibrant, shaded, living green schoolyards.
Speakers will include Richard Baldauf, PhD, Senior Research Engineer at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Brent Bucknum, Founder, Hyphae Design Laboratory (Oakland, CA). The session will be recorded and posted to the Green Schooyards website.
We invite school district facilities staff, schoolyard designers, landscape architects, architects, public agency staff, and others who are involved in creating green schoolyards and schoolyard forests or want to learn more to join us for this interdisciplinary series. However, all are welcome!
REGISTER HERE

ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
2024-10-06 - 2024-10-09 | CA
See you next year in Washington DC

LARE 1: Inventory, Analysis and Project Management
2024-10-19 | Virtual
Learn More About this course here

LARE 2 - Planning and Design
2024-10-20 | Virtual

Member Appreciation and ASLA 125th ASLA Celebration
2024-10-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Museum of Latin American Art
RESERVE NOW!

Location: Museum of Latin American Art (MOLA)

View Full Announcement Here

LARE 4 - Grading, Drainage and Storm Water Management
2024-11-01 - 2024-11-02 | Virtual
Learn More about this 2-day course here
November 1 – 12 noon to 5 p.m.
November 2 – 8 am to 5 p.m.
Cost: $626

2024-2025 Annual Leadership Retreat and Planning Meeting
2024-11-02 | Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens

LARE 3 - Construction Documentation and Administration
2024-11-03 | Virtual

2024 Green Industry Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
2024-11-07 18:00 - 21:30 | Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), 628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach, CA, 90802
2024 Green Industry Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
Join us on Thursday, November 7th, 2024, at 6 p.m. for a spectacular awards ceremony at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), 628 Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach. This year we’ll be hosting a dinner which will be the backdrop for our fifth annual television extravaganza that will air on the award-winning PBS|KLCS television show, Things Green.
2024 Inductees include: Javier Reyes, Villa Park Landscape; Lisa Smith, The Tree Resource; Robert Stone, NUVIS; Art Ludwick, formerly Rainbird; Inge Bisconer, Surf ‘N Earth Enterprises; James Huston, JR Huston Consulting.
Cost:
$150 per person | Tables of 8 or 10 available
REGISTER HERE
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ExCom Monthly Business Meeting
2024-11-19 17:30 - 18:45 | CA

Demystifying Scholarships: How to Get the Funds to Propel Your Future
2024-11-21 17:30 - 19:00 | MLA Studio, 251 South Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
Finding scholarship opportunities is tough, and understanding what will position yourself in the best light is even harder.
Just in time for applications season, the Association for Women in Architecture Foundation (AWAF) is partnering with SoCal NOMA, NAMLA, and the AAa/e Foundation to provide information and resources.
Meet representatives from each of these organizations and learn about what scholarships are offered, what goes into a good submission/portfolio, and how to tell a story with your work to make a compelling submission.
Light food and drink will be served at the venue, but virtual attendance is offered via Zoom too!
REGISTER

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
2024-12-04 10:30 - 11:30 | Online Webinar
A Webinar | Wednesday, Dec 4 | 10:30 AM PST (1:30 PM EST)
Join us with urban designers, Aditi Subramanian and Cassandra as they present their research-backed study challenging traditional design ideologies in public spaces and explore how these spaces can be made more inclusive for girls and young women. Hear key takeaways from their study and engage in a conversation about reimagining public spaces for all.
REGISTER

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AWA Foundation Holiday Fundraiser 2024
2024-12-07 15:00 - 19:00 | AWA
December 7 | 3:00 – 6:00 P.M. | Practice in Old Town Pasadena
Each year, the AWA Foundation (AWAF) holds its largest fundraising event on the first Saturday in December. In 2024 we’re thrilled to be hosted by Practice in Old Town Pasadena. Learn More Here
REGISTER

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2025 ASLA SoCal Emerging Professional Virtual Kick-Off Event: January Lunch Bunch
2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 | CA
This lunch session will feature an outlook for 2025 followed by a conversation with our ASLA SoCal 2025 President, Scott Rice, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, President at Community Works Design Group! Scott will share about his background, his practice, and some of his goals for 2025 with ASLA SoCal, and we will also open up the session to questions/discussion with our local Emerging Professionals! We look forward to seeing you on 1/28 – this event is FREE, and geared toward emerging professionals, but open to all ASLA members.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81343777498?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 813 4377 7498
Passcode: [REDACTED]

LARE 1: Inventory, Analysis and Project Management
2025-02-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Online Webinar
Cost: $357
Register here: https://www.uclaextension.edu/lare-prep

LARE 2: Planning and Design
2025-02-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Online Webinar
Cost: $357.
Register here: https://www.uclaextension.edu/lare-prep

Wildfire Taskforce Summit
2025-02-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
Please join SoCal President-Elect, Melanie Buffa, ASLA and SoCal Climate Action Chair, Alyssa Moffitt, Assoc. ASLA for this very important hour long Summit.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83392473730?pwd=[REDACTED]
Dial by your location
1 669 444 9171
Meeting ID: 833 9247 3730
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Are You Ready to Grow ?
2025-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
“Harnessing the power of native plants to enable future generations to flourish”
Native plants are more than just beautiful – they provide essential habitats for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife facing increasing threats. By integrating native species in the spaces where we live, work, and play, we create lifelines that support biodiversity and help ecosystems thrive. Learn More Here
Speaker: Dr. Steve Winager, Executive Director – Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
