In 2021 the City of San Francisco published a comprehensive climate action plan that emphasized the impact of green infrastructure and biodiversity integration in tackling the climate crises. Included is strategy HE.6, which outlines a series of actions and describes what a successful implementation would look like, where: "city [...]

Allyship is the actions, behaviors, and practices that we can take to support, amplify, and advocate with other people, especially with individuals who don’t belong to the same social identity groups as each other. Our two panelists, Zayn and April, will discuss the value of allyship in the workplace, [...]

Join friends and colleagues as we honor the winners of the 2022 ASLA-NCC Professional and Student Awards program! The Reception and Awards Presentation  includes plentiful hors d'oeuvres and beverages at Lake Chalet,  1520 Lakeside Drive on Lake Merritt in Oakland Directions Public Transportation Members $40, Students with valid ID $20, [...]

Two Venues Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Slot House, Los Altos Hills, CA - 10:00 to 11:30 AM Sited in the midst of an oak woodland in the Los Altos Hills, the striking, modernist Slot House called for a decisive but restrained approach to its landscape plan, with colors [...]

Join the Center for Architecture and Design in collaboration with AIA San Francisco and the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design for Fresh Brew #2", the second of a 3-part series devoted to expanding our understanding of the legacy of Viennese-American architect, Richard J Neutra FAIA (1892-1970). His reconsidered legacy is especially relevant in today’s [...]

Join 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 mixed-use [...]

Join ASLA-NCC along with Patricia Algara, Principal of Base Landscape Architecture and Natalie Martell, from Fletcher Studio, for a tour of the Parklab Gardens, which is one of San Francisco’s most popular gathering places for fun, food and games in the heart of one of the city’s urban districts. [...]

Join ASLA-NCC along with With Honey in the Heart for a community workday on Dolores Street Pollinator Boulevard! The Dolores Street Pollinator Boulevard is an urban resiliency project which transferred islands plagued with brown turf and invasive weeds on San Francisco’s landmark Dolores Street to smart pollinator plantings that [...]

It’s ORANGE Friday!! Or are you Dodger blue? Wherever your loyalties lie, ASLA-NCC invites you and your family and friends to join us for our annual SF Giants Night as the Orange and Black take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. The rivalry between these two teams is regarded as [...]

Thursday, October 13th 5:00 - 5:30 PM Outdoor Exploratorium Tour 5:30 - 7:30 PM Reception at the Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery 7:30 - 10:00 PM Exploratorium After Dark 8:30 - 9:00 pm Panel Discussion - More Than Dirt: Landscape Is Homeland* The ASLA Northern California Chapter is excited to [...]

Conference: Friday, October 28, 2022, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX “The day that I dedicated myself to call myself D.I.R.T., that was the day that I just stuck my flag in the ground, albeit being toxic ground, and I just said, you know, this is my life’s work ... [...]

Dear friends and colleagues, As another incredible year comes to a close we want to take time to celebrate and come together with good cheer. Please join us for an evening of celebration to applaud all our members' efforts and congratulate our new Chapter Fellow, Adam Greenspan. Lucas Shellhammer, 2022-23 [...]

ASLA-NCC Emerging Professionals and Students Committee and ArtU ASLA Student Affiliate Chapter are pleased to co-host a virtual seminar and discussion titled Intro to the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) on Wednesday, March 1st from 12:00-1:00 PM! The presentation will cover an introduction to LARE and California Supplemental Examination [...]

Immediate Past President 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 women have made in [...]

Please join us for the sixth annual ASLA-NCC Sharks Hockey Night at the SAP Center in San Jose on Thursday, March 16th. Our San Jose Sharks are playing against Seattle Kraken. Your ticket includes a pregame celebration at the SAP Center Penthouse Plaza, a private space overlooking the tank [...]

Join friends and colleagues as we honor the winners of the 2023 ASLA-NCC Professional and Student Awards program at the Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation  (includes plentiful hors d'oeuvres and beverages) Members $40, Students with valid ID $20, Non-members and Guests $50 Registration by April 5th is required. No [...]