Emerging Professionals

One evening last week, @division.32 & @kompan.us brought our Emerging Professionals — landscape architects & designers in the first few years of their careers — together for a spring social. It was a light-hearted way to celebrate World Landscape Architecture Month & raise a glass to the season. > > > Swipe for a few pics…. All sorts of special friends showed up 🐾 Helping our community connect, grow & thrive is so important. Thank you all for coming out! Happy spring! 🌸💚

Wow - Fieldday 2026 education sessions offer our biggest & most robust lineup yet, featuring speakers, sites, & issues across New England. Check these out! (In alpha order) CLIMATE ACTION LIGHTNING TALKS - A Future for 200 Years of White Mountain Trails - Building Ecotypic Native Seed Systems in New England - Data, Design & AI – A Young Designer’s Climate Agency - Designing for Climate at Stellata - Healing the Land: A Collaborative Approach to Habitat Restoration - Human Assisted Tree Migration - LAtour: If Bruno Latour Was a Landscape Architect - Leading with Passion: The "Power of One" - Mapping Soil Organic Carbon Potential - Ship & Shore: Designing an Intertidal Gradient for Charlestown’s Shoreline - The Death & Life of Green Infrastructure: A Call to Action - To Bee or Not to Bee: The Lethal Toll of Neonics - Throwing Shade: Rethinking Playground Surfaces in a Warming Climate - Weathering Change on an Urban Street 60 MIN WORKSHOPS, PANELS + PRESENTATIONS: - A Living Laboratory for a Climate Ready Campus - Building Soil through Biodiversity: Replicable Models for Resilience - Building Tomorrow’s Landscapes: Open Space, Green Infrastructure, & Community - Community Engagement in the Public Sector; A Multi-Municipality Discussion - Goodbye Grass: Tales of Meadow Conversions - Guidance & Design for Dynamic, Multimodal Streets - How Do We Work for People, & Work with People, All Over the World - In the Trenches: Women’s Leadership Lessons for Times of Change - Many Small Projects Make Major Improvements - Planting a Tree - How Hard Can It Be? A Guide to Long-Term Success - Preserving Place through Transformation: A Science-Based Co-Design Framework for Resilient Coastlines - Reconnecting Community: Partnership + Transformation in North Adams + Providence - Relocating Roberto: A Novel Preservation Approach to Celebrate a Legacy - Residential Impact: How Private Landscapes Balance Resilience, Ecology, & Elegance - Resilience Through Worker-Ownership - Shaped by the Storm: How Coastal Parks are Embracing an Inclement Identity Find speakers + descriptions + tickets + travel info + more at fielddayconference.org. Updated daily. See you at Fieldday!

Things we love? We LOVE seeing so many landscape architects of all ages in one room! 💚 Thank You to the 75++ of you who came out to last week's Western Mass winter social. Incredible. Conway students and LARP students, faculty and firm leaders, solo practitioners who've been at it for a while and those who have just gone out on their own -- welcome. It was really really great to see old friends and meet a few new. Landscape Forms, thank you for making this evening accessible to so many. We are a community. We love this community. Happy Valentine's Day! 💚💚💚 @umasslarp @umassbsla @conwayschool @landscapeforms @deborah_myers_lfi #wmbsla #bslawesternmass #landscapelove #landscapearchitecturecommunity

Oh, what fun! A wintry mix won’t get us down. Thank you to the 200 of you who came out to the BSLA Boston holiday party. It was SO good to see old friends and meet new folks too. Gingerscape competition was fierce + friendly conversations were flowing. Inside was delightful, indeed. On behalf of our landscape architecture community, we wish you all the joys of the season 💚🎄 #happyholıdays #bringonwinter❄️ #gingerscapes #gingerscapes2025 #whatacommunity❤️ #landscapearchitecturecommunity

In search of career advice? -- or just a friendly conversation with someone who has gone through this before? Willing to listen, and to share your story? Mentors + Mentees: we need you! We're about to make the first round of pairs for our new mentor program and we invite you to be part of it. Mentorship helps throughout a career journey. OK to sign up as both. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/oWAD3qnrf6ge6dEP9 OR swipe + scan the QR code OR use the link in bio . . 👉 Swipe to see a few more highlights from this summer's Intern Meetup Series... 💚Thanks again @agencylp @klopfermartindesigngroup @leblancjones @wearestimson @reedhilderbrand @sasakidesign @copleywolff @westonsampson & @bscgroupconsulting for organizing activities and tours and welcoming student interns to our awesome landscape architecture community. . . . @bsla_ep @gsd_asla @gsd_mla @sasla_bac @bacstudentlife @nuasla @nuarchitecture_soan @umassbsla @umasslarp #mentorship #mentorshipmatters #landscapearchitecturecommunity

Gather your gumdrops! And your Cheerios bagels…. It’s time for Gingerscapes! Yes, that's edible landscape architecture in gingerbread. All happening in a sugar-fueled charrette at the BSLA holiday party on Tuesday, December 2 at Garage B. 🍬👨‍🍳Direct link to Gingerscape sign up: https://forms.gle/tvkSKHWpQKCwWPct9 or go to BSLAnow.org/events or use the link in bio ❄️ Direct link to holiday party tickets: or go to BSLAnow.org/events or use the link in bio 📷 Swipe for sweet inspiration……….. . . About BSLA Emerging Professionals invite up to six teams to compete in the hotly contested annual Gingerscape competition -- conducted as a delicious design/build charrette at Garage B immediately before the BSLA holiday party. Materials are provided. No fee to participate - only a ticket to the social. This year’s theme: Cinematic Landscapes (hold the Shrek) No team? No problem. Individuals are welcome too – we’ll connect you with a team. All are welcome. The vibe is informal and fun. . . 🥯 In case you’ve never heard of gardens made of bagels, check this out: https://www.msp.world/projects/bagel-garden (Thank you @msp_marthaschwartzpartners ! Rendered in Rice Krispy treats & Cheerios by @agencylp ) . . 💚 What a community. We look forward to a light-hearted evening of seasonal celebration. #tistheseason #bringongingerscapes #gingerscapes2025 #ifyoucantstandtheheat #cookingupfun #newenglandlandscapearchitects #landscapearchitecturecommunity

Start your spatulas! It’s time for Gingerscapes! Yes, that's edible landscape architecture in gingerbread... All happening in a sugar-fueled charrette at the BSLA holiday party on Tuesday, December 2 at Garage B. 🍬👨‍🍳Direct link to Gingerscape sign up: https://forms.gle/tvkSKHWpQKCwWPct9 or go to BSLAnow.org/events or use the link in bio ❄️ Direct link to holiday party tickets: or go to BSLAnow.org/events or use the link in bio 📷 Swipe for sweet inspiration……….. . . About Gather your gumdrops: Emerging Professionals invite up to six teams to compete in the hotly contested annual Gingerscape competition -- conducted as a delicious design/build charrette at Garage B immediately before the BSLA holiday party. Materials are provided. No fee to participate - only a ticket to the social. This year’s theme: Cinematic Landscapes (hold the Shrek) No team? No problem. Individuals are welcome too – we’ll connect you with a team. All are welcome. The vibe is informal and fun. . . 💚 What a community! We look forward to a light-hearted evening of seasonal celebration. #tistheseason #bringongingerscapes #gingerscapes2025 #ifyoucantstandtheheat #cookingupfun #newenglandlandscapearchitects #landscapearchitecturecommunity

The Emerging Professionals invite you to a special edition of Inside/Out. Join us outside! All are welcome. Join us for a special tour: Inside/Out: Boston Food Forests Saturday, October 4 11am - 2pm In person. Free. 🌳 Details + RSVP here: or at BSLAnow.org/events or use the link in bio 🍏 🍑🫜 About: This tour focuses on a few of Boston's new "food forests"... "At the intersection of green space equity and climate resilience," the Boston Food Forest Coalition is "a coalition of neighbors working to transform vacant lots into locally-run, edible, public parks." There are now 13 urban food forests in Boston, and they just broke ground on the 14th -- growing at a rapid pace toward a goal of 30 by 2030. We will meet at Ellington Street Community Food Forest, and then caravan to Maple Street Food Forest. We will hope to make it to Uphams Corner Food Forest, too. This tour is organized by April Maly, ASLA, Senior Landscape Construction Manager, Boston Food Forest Coalition + co-Chair of the BSLA Plant Sourcing Task Force and will be led by Liz Luc Clowes, ASLA, Engagement & Construction Director, Boston Food Forest Coalition also BSLA Emerging Professional and recent BSLA Member-at-Large The Emerging Professionals invite all to join. Members and non-members, current students + recent graduates, coworkers + friends + families too. Tickets are FREE, registration appreciated. Please come dressed for the weather, prepared to walk outside. All ages welcome. We aim to go in most weather. We look forward to exploring with you! @bostonfoodforestcoalition @bsla_ep @sasla_bac @nuasla @gsd_mla @conwayschool @umassbsla #BSLAinsideout #treeequity #urbanheat #landscapeisinfrastructure #parksareessential #landscapearchitecturecommunity #joinusoutside

As August wraps up, we’re thinking of the many BSLA events and gatherings of this season…. Today, we are featuring our amazing Emerging Professionals! Swipe to see a few highlights from the EP summer social meet up and their most recent plant walk in the Arnold Arboretum. It’s been a summer of people & plants! We are so thankful for our lively & wonderful Emerging Professional landscape architecture community. Thank you to everyone who organized, sponsored and attended. We can’t wait to see you in the fall — 💚💚💚 @bsla_ep @kompan.us @greentheorydesign #bslaeps #emergingprofessionals #hoorayforsummer #BSLAcommunity #thisislandscapearchitecture

Thank you, @bsla_ep and @bslaoffice , for a great night at @tallshipboston . The skyscape was especially impressive! #thisislandscapearchitecture #landscapearchitecturecommunity #bslaeps

Calling all Emerging Professionals! Current students and recent graduates, this includes you. Please join us for the third annual summer meetup: BSLA EP Summer Meetup Thursday, August 14 6pm at The Tall Ship, East Boston 🌞Tickets are free but limited -- get your ticket here: /event-details/bsla-emerging-professionals-meetup or use the link in bio If you don't receive a ticket at first, join the waitlist. We do our best to include everyone. . About: Join us for the 3rd Annual BSLA EP Summer Meetup hosted by @greentheorydesign and @kompan.us - open to all who share a passion for landscape architecture, design, and community. 🍹Drinks will be provided thanks to our sponsors. 🙏 Enjoy waterfront views, great company, and conversation at The Tall Ship in East Boston. ⚓️Swipe to see a few scenes from recent EP summer meetups... 🌞Whether you're a new professional or a seasoned designer, we’d love to see you there! #BSLAeps #emergingprofessionals #summer #landscapearchitecturecommuity

Join us for the BSLA Emerging Professionals summer meet up at The Tall Ship! Hope to see you all there! Thanks to @kompan.us and @greentheorydesign for sponsoring! Link in bio for registration information. See you there ☺️🌻🍃