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Join us for a planting party at Blake Garden this Friday, April 24th! Come help build Blake Garden’s “Hypermeadow,” spend time outdoors, enjoy some pizza, and connect with the design/build community. We’ll have all the tools and plants, just come ready to get dirty!

In a webinar earlier this semester sponsored by Berkeley City Council Member Brent Blackaby (@councilmemberblackaby ) Master of Landscape Architecture students (@berkeleylaep_students ) in Professor Kristina Hill’s (@drkzhill ) studio presented fire-safe garden designs to residents of the Berkeley Hills, highlighting key strategies for adapting to new zone-zero regulations without sacrificing aesthetic appeal. Several themes emerged, including rethinking outdoor spaces as rooms, replacing foundation plantings with planted islands, and using boulders, river rocks, colored gravel, tile, or other non-combustable materials for visual interest. More than 100 residents attended the one-and-a-half-hour webinar, and another 100 registered to receive the recording. Blackaby thanked the students for inspiring his constituents to think creatively about how to harden their homes: “This has been a wonderful opportunity to explore zone zero designs that are fire-safe and beautiful,” he remarked. “There are many different paths for people to take.” Read more on our website. Images: 1, 4 – Kevin Camacho 2 – Yuchen Xiong 3 – Peak Bamroongsuk 5 – Sanjana Roy 6 – Jiatong Cui #ZoneZero #FireSafety #DefensibleSpace #LandscapeArchitecture #UCBerkeley

Thank you to all the artists ! We had an amazing gallery of 14 artists at the event, mediums ranging from photography to quilting to landscape design, and more! Each artist presented their piece and talked about the process, meaning, and importance of their work. We appreciate everyone who made the time to make, bring, and pin up their work, as well as to everyone who helped with the meticulous set-up and clean-up of the event. pic credits: @ninhpractice and @dairyqueen2014 #cedberkeley #landscapearchitecture #architecture #loudreaders #namla

Thank you to all who came to LOUDREADERS! We had an amazing time last night filled with friends, food, and amazing conversations. Cruz Garcia gave an incredible presentation about his practice and much more. Thank you @zi4laur3n for organizing this awesome event and thank you everyone who helped make this event happen ! And of course thank you @garciafrankowski ! More pictures coming sooon pic creds: @ninhpractice and @dairyqueen2014 #cedberkeley #landscapearchitecture #architecture #loudreaders #ucberkeley

Hey everybody, please join us for Professional Dinner!!! We're very excited about this awesome event that's been in the works for a long time. Come and engage with professionals and industry leaders from several different firms around the Bay. Link for the event is in our bio, see you there! #cedberkeley #landscapearchitecture #architecture #namla #dinnerrr

Happy spring equinox! 🌱 We love Blake Garden, the living lab for our landscape architecture program, all year long — but spring is special.

Hey everybody ! Very excited to announce that LOUDREADERS led by Cruz Garcia will be taking place on April 10th, 6-9PM, in the Wurster Gallery (Room 170) This event invites attendees to explore the relationship between architecture, landscapes, critical theory, anti-coloniality, resistance movements, and global networks of solidarity through the practice of loud-reading. Curated student projects from the College of Environmental Design will be exhibited and loud-read by students during this event, creating a collaborative and interactive lecture, workshop, and exhibition experience. Presented by the Anticolonial Workshop Working Group, supported by CLACS. Co-sponsored by the Graduate Assembly and NAMLA. #cedberkeley #landscapearchitecture #architecture #berkeley #loudreaders

Submissions for NAMLA's minority student work exhibition are now OPEN from 3/3 - 3/22 @ 11:59PM! Our theme is "Decolonizing the Creative Space," meant to center the identities, talents, and visions of a generation working to dismantle and operate outside of colonial frameworks via calling back to and envisioning new modes of creative practice. This theme can be explored however you wish to do so! NAMLA's exhibition will be displayed alongside Cruz García's LOUDREADERS, a guest lecture and interactive workshop that will explore the intersections of anti-coloniality, architecture, landscape, critical theory, resistance, and solidarity on April 10th, 2026. Submissions can take the form of multi-media artworks, sculpture, architectural or landscape design projects, photography, video, etc. Current and new works are welcome! Students do NOT have to be in CED to submit. We look forward to seeing your awesome work in our exhibition! :D #landscapearchitecture #cedberkeley #berkeley #artist #artexhibition

Link in bio for registration 🌿✨ “At a time when we see human rights being blatantly disregarded, community building becomes a political act. Immigrant America is a living and dignified part of our society whose rights must be advocated for and protected. This webinar will feature several panelists, covering different scales and call to actions, offering resources to advocate and protect the immigrant community and sparking collaboration.” The goal of this webinar is to learn how to be an advocate, building acknowledgment and sharing experiences and resources, and to envision a collaborative network with ASLA chapters, affinity groups, universities and landscape architecture firms. This event is organized by an active collaboration between El Merequetengue, network of Latin American landscape architects and designers; the private firms of TERREMOTO, TOPOPHYLA Landscape Architecture, Bethany Rydmark Landscapes, and CROW Landscapes; and by the local Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), including ASLA - Northern California, ASLA - Illinois, ASLA - New York, ASLA- Maryland, ASLA-Arizona, and ASLA - New York Upstate.

Hey everybody, LAEP Spring Town Hall is coming up! Join us in providing feedback to the chair of the LAEP department, Richard Hindle, and having an open discussion about issues and topics regarding LAEP. Please submit questions and/or comments through our Spring Town Hall feedback form found through the QR code. Room 315A March 11th, 5-6PM Excited to see you all there! #ucberkeleyced #ucberkeley #landscapearchitecture #architecture

“Public Land, Public Space, Public Discourse”, presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, aims to spark critical thinking about how perceptions of public space and land impact our disciplines. Academics, practitioners, writers, and thinkers will bring a range of perspectives to a semester-long discussion of public realms.   In this presentation, landscape architects Liz Einwiller, FASLA, and Sarah Kuehl, FASLA, principals of EinwillerKuehl Landscape Architecture, discuss how value is given to public space through spatial conditions and qualities and how landscape architects can advocate through design.   Time: Mar 2, 2026, Monday | 6:00 - 7:00pm Location: 112 Bauer Wurster Hall   We look forward to seeing you.   #Einwillerkuehl #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanPlanning #PublicLand

Calling all students‼️ We’re teaming up with @casaberkeley , @nomas_berkeley , @bk_gasu , @namla.berkeley , and @berkeleylaep_students for a Portfolio & Resume Review at UC Berkeley. Get personalized, one-on-one feedback to help sharpen your materials and prepare for the next step in your career. Wednesday, February 25th 6-8 pm 305 Baur Wurster Hall