• USGBC Wildfire Defense Certificate Training

    Wildfire Defense Certificate Training - Landscape Pros Online Event A 150-minute training on fire risk reduction and community safety through landscaping. Reserve Here   Screenshot

  • Decarbonizing the Design Process: A Phase by Phase Approach for Landscape Architects

    Thursday, March 6, 2025| 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST The ASLA guide Decarbonizing the Design Process offers a phase-by-phase structure to decarbonize design through big ideas, strategies, and best practices. This webinar will explore the guide, with its high-level approach that can be implemented regardless of project type, scope, and scale.

  • ASLA Honor and Merit Awards – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

    Cal Poly SLO

      Our 2025 esteemed CPSLO jurors are: Brian Brodersen, ASLA,  Principal/Owner of Brodersen Associates Baxter Miller, FASLA, President of BMLA Eric JH Berg, ASLA, Principal of Pacific Coast Land Design, Inc Dan Veyna, ASLA, Principal Landscape Architect of Sierra Designs, Inc.  

  • Fire Resilience through Grassland Restoration and Regenerative Grazing

    Virtual Webinar

    Following the Los Angeles fires, concerns about the fuel loads of invasive grasses has inspired discussion around restoring grasslands  in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). While some consider the endeavor too costly and requiring extensive management,  others question why this isn’t a more widespread practice. We invite you to hear Channel Islands Restoration and Cuyama [...]

    Free
  • ExCom Meeting

    Virtual

    Monthly business meeting of the Chapter's Executive Committee.  

  • Climate Action Symposium – ASLA Sierra Chapter

    Registration is open for the Climate Action Symposium hosted by ASLA Sierra Chapter. Join us for a day-long interactive, multidisciplinary experience where designers, state and local agencies, academics, and community leaders will converge to share actionable strategies to further climate solutions. This event will be an exchange of ideas and opportunities, uniting voices of those [...]

  • Designing for Resilience With Shalini Vajjhala

    USC School of Architecture Harris 101

    Climate resilience is often narrowly framed around avoiding the worst harms of climate change. In this talk, Shalini will offer a broader perspective on how designing for resilience can help expand our ambitions for our public infrastructure systems — creating beautiful spaces that generate multiple social, economic, and ecosystem benefits and protect against that ‘once [...]

  • Resilient Regenerative Firescaping

    Online Webinar

    Douglas Kent, author of  Firescaping: Protecting your home with a fire-resistant landscape (2nd Ed.)and Ecological Land Management, will discuss comprehensive best practices in regenerative landscaping, focused on reducing fire hazards and preparing cities and large property owners for safety before, during, and after a firestorm.   Not your typical firescaping approach, he will discuss how strengthening our [...]

    Free
  • Emerging Professional Committee Volunteer Day @ Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Volunteer Center 1734 E. 41st Street, Los Angeles, California

    NOTE: You must be available for the entire volunteer session, please arrive on time for check-in, minimum age requirement is 18 (no exceptions), and all volunteers must wear closed-toe/closed-heel shoes. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (20 people maximum) - This event is geared toward Emerging Professionals, but open to any ASLA SoCal member (Student, Associate, Affiliate or Full [...]

    Free
  • USC School of Architecture Presents: Kotchakorn Voraakhom

    USC School of Architecture, Verle Annis Gallery

    Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a pioneering Thai landscape architect renowned for her expertise in designing public spaces that address the climate crisis in dense urban environments. She led the creation of Bangkok's first critical green infrastructure project, Chulalongkorn Centenary Park (top left), and has since brought her vision to life through several groundbreaking works, including the [...]

  • ExCom Face to Face Meeting

    Community Works Design Group, Riverside

    Spring meeting of the Executive Leadership  

  • USGBC California 2025 Conference

    For the first time, USGBC California is bringing the state's leading green building conference to San Francisco, where green building pros, sustainability rockstars, and change-makers from across the state will come together under one roof.   Expect an electrifying day filled with fresh ideas, game-changing insights, and endless opportunities to connect with industry leaders. Whether [...]

  • 2025 Quality of Life Design Awards – Call for Entries

    It's finally here! The Call for Entries is open for the 2025 Quality of Life Design Awards. This year's theme, Regeneration: "Cultivating the Future of Landscape Architecture". Please review the award submission information closely. There are some changes this year along with the addition of two categories, so be sure to check them out! For [...]