Benefits of native plants will be compared to introduced plants for butterfly caterpillars and pollen specialist bees. Each of California’s butterfly caterpillars evolved to eat a small set of native plant leaves, as Monarch butterfly caterpillars co-evolved to eat only milkweed leaves. https://youtu.be/MLat7cSN-1I
The JEDI Committee is excited to present the second ASLA-NCC Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship. The scholarship was created in response to reducing barriers of entry into ASLA for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, AANHPI, MENA, etc.) and LGBTQ+ individuals in order to concretely support the growth of Emerging Professionals from diverse backgrounds while promoting the JEDI [...]
Panelists discuss Designing for Neurodiversity providing insights and experiences in designing for neurodiversity.
Learn about incorporating biodiversity and human health considerations into greenspace design and planning. Hear from a group of cross-disciplinary experts from the San Francisco Estuary Institute, covering high-level biodiversity frameworks to multi-scalar strategies supporting site and detailed design. Explore how the institute bridges science research and implementation through past [...]
Learn about how SmithGroup and civic leaders developed and built recent projects with human-centered values to serve their communities and the accomplishments these collaborations have made from early planning through to construction and completion. The newly completed Sunnyvale and South San Francisco Civic Centers were designed with all disciplines, [...]
The ASLA Climate Action Plan sets ambitious goals for landscape architects to advance climate responsive practices by 2040. Learn how we can all move forward on climate action by joining us for an overview of the specific objectives and mission of the Plan, and hear from ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen on ASLA's [...]
Ashley Langworthy, Director, Western Region of BRV, will share the importance of passionate and engaged management of public realm spaces, and how programming creates a lasting, emotional connection for visitors to a park and is critical to long-term park success and vitality. She will share ‘boots on the ground’ [...]
Immediate Past President of ASLA Eugenia Martin, FASLA, will discuss the 1973 report on Women in Landscape Architecture by the ASLA Board of Trustees Task Force headed up by the late President Darwina Neal, FASLA. Looking at contemporary data on enrollment, employment, and licensure, Martin will consider the progress [...]
In July ASLA-NCC along with PWP lead designers of Salesforce Park, Adam Greenspan and Cornelia Roppel, for a tour of the 5.4 acre park located on top of the Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco. The integrated park has become the central public open space in a new [...]
Thank you to those that joined us in April for a walking tour of San Francisco’s newest park – the Presidio Tunnel Tops – before it opened to the public. The $120 million project is the final step in the two decades long transformation of the Presidio’s northern [...]
