UPCOMING EVENTS
Cocoa and Critiques
You’re invited to participate in WI ASLA Student Chapter's “Cocoa & Critiques” session - a casual, low-pressure opportunity to meet landscape architecture students and offer constructive feedback on their portfolios and in-progress projects. Cocoa and snacks will be provided, all we need is your presence and willingness to chat with students about their work.
Date: Tuesday, December 2
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Location: UW Madison Landscape Architecture Studio, 30 E Campus Mall, Madison, WI 53715
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Your participation would be incredibly meaningful for the students. If you're interested in attending, please RSVP via email at awards@wiasla.com by Tuesday, November 25 if you’re able to participate.
Holiday Happy Hour
Hey Milwaukee-area Landscape Architects! Join us on Tuesday, December 16th after work hours to celebrate the upcoming holidays together!
Thank you to Kompan for generously sponsoring this upcoming event!
2026 Annual Meeting and Recognition Awards
Save the Date for our Annual Meeting in January! This event is free for all Wisconsin ASLA members, and student attendance is highly encouraged! Please mark the details and stay tuned for registration opening soon.
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Also, we are looking for nominations from our members to honor outstanding individuals, firms, organizations, or initiatives in our profession! If they are doing great work in one of these categories, please nominate them:
Public Service
Visibility
Lifetime Achievement
Environmental Enhancement
Chapter Service
Chapter Support
Nominate by visiting our website at https://www.wiasla.com/awards-program to fill out the form and email it to awards@wiasla.com.
PAST EVENTS
Jensen Longenecker and WI ASLA Professional Awards Reception
A heartfelt thank you to the UW-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture for their continued partnership in hosting the annual Jensen Longenecker Banquet. This year’s event once again showcased the incredible talent and dedication within our landscape architecture community, celebrating both student accomplishments and professional excellence. Congratulations to all the 2025 Professional Design Award winners. Your submissions inspire and encourage communities, clients, and future generations of landscape architects.
Spring Conference
The Spring Conference is our largest event of the year, bringing together landscape architects from across Wisconsin to learn, connect, and celebrate the profession. This year’s conference featured thought-provoking educational sessions, exciting new products at the vendor expo, and plenty of fun at the social gathering. A big thank you to the UW-Madison Student Chapter for organizing a fantastic raffle. It added an extra layer of energy to the event! Thanks to everyone who made it a success, and we look forward to seeing you all in Milwaukee in 2026!
Annual Meeting
We hope everyone who attended the Annual Meeting had a fantastic time reconnecting with colleagues and celebrating the landscape architecture community. It was a great opportunity to recognize the outstanding achievements of our WI ASLA Recognition Award winners, whose work continues to inspire and elevate the profession. It also have us a chance to reflect on the advocacy efforts, memorable events, and educational opportunities that shaped 2024. Thank you to all who joined us!
Mentorship Portfolio Review
As part of the WI ASLA Mentorship Program, we hosted a portfolio review session for UW-Madison BLA students. This event provided valuable feedback, guidance, and encouragement as students prepared for their upcoming Career Fair. It was a great opportunity for students to connect with mentors and gain insights to help them confidently showcase their work.
Fall Field Session in La Crosse
Our annual fall field session event was a great success in La Crosse this year. The day started out across the river in Winona at the Anova Manufacturing Facility where we learned about their furnishing manufacturing process. And the afternoon was full of site tours including stops at Great River Landing, Dash Park, Trane Park. We ended the day with a tour at the Charmant Hotel, which served as an excellent spot for our happy hour!
Park(ing) Day and Mentorship Kickoff
What a fabulous day for our WI ASLA Park(ing) Day event in Madison! Months of idea generation and planning with our Emerging Professionals and UW-Madison Student Chapter resulted in an engaging setup. We had countless people stop by to ask "what is this?!" and we got to tell them all about landscape architecture! The collaboration also created the perfect opportunity to kickoff our WI ASLA Mentorship Program for the 2024-2025 school year. What a great day!
Taliesin Tour
Our tour of Taliesin in Spring Green was a great success. We had many professionals and students join us for this event and we all had a blast walking around Frank Lloyd Wright's home landscape and peeking inside his home and studio. We learned a lot about how this landscape was viewed though his eyes, used for experimental agriculture and prairie restoration. The plantings were lush and the site features were just as iconic as inside his architectural designs. It was inspiring to learn about a renowned Wisconsin-native's design process and see his work in person. Our social hours before the tour at Homecoming and after in the Taliesin studio served as a great way to catch up and get to know other attendees.
Mitchell Park Domes Tour
Our tour of Mitchell Park and the Domes was very informative and inspiring. We started with a walk around Mitchell Park and learned about the history, current programming, and plans to revitalize this community asset. After gaining an understanding of the surrounding landscape, we had a change to learn more about the Friends of the Domes organization and experience the Desert Dome and Tropical Dome- both unique and equally impressive. To cap off the evening, we enjoyed a social at City Lights Brewing full of great conversation with colleagues.
2024 Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Reception
Thank you to all applicants that submitted entries for the 2024 Professional Awards. Award winners were announced at the Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Banquet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 19, 2024. It was great to come together for this awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of students and professionals in Wisconsin. Thanks to the UW-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (DPLA) for their partnership in this event.
Spring Conference
We had a great conference in Milwaukee! There was so much to learn from a fantastic lineup of speakers covering topics from the perceptions of our profession to community engagement and local project examples. Plus, the informative vendor expo, lively social at the Third Street Market Hall and the construction tour on the UW-Milwaukee campus all added to the experience. Thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, and volunteers that make this event such a success every year!
Terrace Town
Terrace Town is an amazing program organized by the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. Over the course of a few months, planning and design professionals visit elementary schools across Dane County to teach students about cities and how to participate in their community. WI ASLA had an opportunity to participate in the Open House event. Throughout the day, we encouraged kids to think like a landscape architect as they imagined their park design in the form of a collage. After seeing the thoughtful selection of images and creative solutions to the activity, there were some potential future landscape architects in attendance!
Annual Meeting & Mentorship Kickoff Event
Conversation filled the room as we kicked off the new Mentorship Program with UW-Madison students at our Annual Meeting. The Event was held at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison. We came together with membership for a nice dinner to share our Chapter success from the past year and look forward to what is to come in 2024! We also took this time to honor our Recognition Award recipients for this year.
ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
Our Chapter has an impressive turnout at the National Conference on Landscape Architecture in Minneapolis this year. The LABash Block Party provided an opportunity for our members to connect with University of Wisconsin-Madison students and alumni.
Milwaukee Fall Field Session
Thanks to everyone who attended our 2023 Fall Field Session in Milwaukee. We had the opportunity to tour Wagner in the morning, followed by stops at Green Bay Playfield, Lakeshore State Park, the Discovery World E-Cacia Tree, and Northwestern Mutual Community Park Playground. Despite a little rain, we learned a lot about local projects in Milwaukee!
Thanks to our Happy Hour Sponsor!
Thanks to our Sponsors!
2023 Park(ing) Day at UW-Madison Campus
Park(ing) Day was a blast! The WI ASLA Emerging Professionals hosted the event on the UW-Madison campus near Memorial Union. This years theme was "Pollinator Places" so the group spent the day educating the public about pollinator communities, their habitats and how to assist in creating thriving ecosystems for them through landscape architecture and our everyday lives. Thank you to all our sponsors for supporting this effort by providing materials and financial assistance to make the event a success!
2023 Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Banquet
Thank you to all applicants that submitted entries for the 2023 Professional Awards. Award winners were announced at the Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Banquet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 24, 2023. It was great to come together for this awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of students and professionals in Wisconsin. Thanks to the UW-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (DPLA) for their partnership in this event.
2023 WI ASLA Spring Conference
Thanks to all who attended the Spring Conference at Union South in Madison! It was a fantastic event full of a diverse range of education sessions, a lively vendor expo, and great opportunities for networking with connections new and old. The event began with an inspiring keynote from TEN X TEN. Other education session highlights include inclusive park design, funding outdoor learning environments, measuring landscape performance, preventing plant disease problems, and design that supports mental health. For a full list of sessions, see the button below. We also enjoyed an after hours social, complete with bowling and camaraderie. Thanks to all our sponsors that help to make this a successful event every year!
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Green Bay Field Session and Annual Dinner
Thanks to all who joined WI ASLA in Green Bay for our fall Field Session, Annual Meeting, and Recognition Awards celebration. The day started out at Neenah Foundry where we learned about the manufacturing process and toured part of their facility. From there, the group made their way up to Green Bay for tours of Bay Beach and the Broadway District. Bay Beach is a city owned amusement park with a rich history and unique plans for beach restoration in the bay. In the Broadway District, we heard about plans for revitalization and strategies for redevelopment. We also discussed the Shipyard Redevelopment Project that is currently under construction in the area. The field session tour ended with a walk through the Titletown District. It was great to learn about the design and programming decisions that were made for this year round destination right outside Lambeau Field. The evening concluded with the WI ASLA Annual Meeting where we discussed Chapter business and accomplishments. We also took this opportunity to present recognition awards to members with exemplary achievements and service to the profession.
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2022 Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Banquet
2022 WI ASLA Awards were announced at the Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Banquet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in April. It was great to come together for the awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of students and professionals in Wisconsin. The event was full of mingling and awards presentations along with dinner and drinks at Memorial Union.
2022 WI ASLA Spring Conference
Thank you to all who attended our 2022 WI ASLA Spring Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It was great to re(connect) in person with colleagues and sponsors to celebrate the future of landscape architecture in our communities and state. We had many wonderful presenters who showcased their project examples, design processes, and other historical knowledge of the profession.
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We look forward to seeing everyone next year when the conference heads back to the City of Madison.
Field Session: Madison Isthmus: Present, Past, and Future
A tour of the Wisconsin State Capitol kicked off the Madison Isthmus field session. From there, the group traveled down State Street stopping at various improvements along the way including Lisa Link Peace Park, State Street Mall, East Campus Mall, Library Mall and Alumni Park. The session highlighted the past, present and future development of State Street, the urban fabric of the city, civic spaces, and the importance of equitable design. The tour ended with a happy hour sponsored by Landscape Forms at Memorial Union Terrace.
Field Session: Wausau River Life
The Wausau River Life field session began with a tour of the Kafka Granite Crushing Facility. After that, the tour moved downtown to highlight civic and downtown redevelopment efforts. The field session also featured several riverfront attractions along the Wisconsin River including the Wausau Whitewater Park and an overlook along the River Life Trail. The tour ended with a brownfield redevelopment project, River Life Park, highlighting the custom playground with integrated lighting, fitness course, shoreline restoration, marina, and kayak launch. A happy hour was sponsored by Ultimate Playgrounds at the conclusion of the tour.