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Save the date and join the Emerging Professionals Committee on June 18th to ‘Meet the Fellows’, accomplished professionals from our chapter who have achieved FASLA status! This is a wonderful opportunity for our members, especially Emerging Professionals, to learn from our most esteemed chapter members. The event will begin with a casual happy hour and will be followed by a panel in which the attending fellows will discuss their backgrounds, achievements, and passion for landscape architecture as well as answer questions from all guests.

The event will take place on June 18th from 5:00pm-7:30pm at:
1 Columbia Place - Room Casa 1
401 West A Street, San Diego, CA 92101

Register at the link in our bio!

ASLA was proud to be front and center at the Cuyamaca College Water Conservation Garden Spring and Butterfly Festival on May 2! 🌿🦋

Representing our ASLA San Diego Chapter were VP of Community Outreach Difan Chan and Trustee Jon Wreschinsky, who presented “How to Hire a Landscape Architect” and “What is Landscape Architecture” to festival attendees and the general public.

A special thank you to Suzie Weist from Everde Growers for providing plants that were given away to festival patrons! 🌱

We’d also like to recognize our Climate Action Co-Chair Ashlie Zinn for volunteering at the booth and helping make the event such a success.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and helped showcase the value of landscape architecture to the community!

🎨The Sketch Crawl in Old Town is on June 13th from 10:00am to 4:00 pm! Join renowned artist Jacqueline Gold as well as fellow landscape architects in sketching some of the beautiful sights in San Diego, such as iconic buildings, plantings, and gathering spaces.

This event is generously sponsored by Spruce & Gander and Blick Art Materials.

This event is FREE for ASLA members! Non-member registration is $20.

Register at the link in our bio.

Congratulations to our President-Elect, Dillon Diers, on being elevated to the 2026 ASLA Council of Fellows!

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the selection of 36 distinguished members as new ASLA Fellows, recognizing individuals whose leadership, service, and body of work have made a lasting impact on the profession and society. Fellowship is among the highest honors ASLA bestows on its members, celebrating exceptional contributions to landscape architecture and the creation of inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities.

As a Partner at OJB Landscape Architecture, Dillon has spent nearly two decades shaping impactful projects across the U.S. and Mexico, with a design approach rooted in planting design, environmental responsibility, and sense-of-place. His dedication to advancing landscape architecture through innovative design, advocacy, collaboration, and community service has earned him this prestigious recognition.

Be sure to catch Dillon’s presentation at the National ASLA 2026 Conference: “Lights, Camera, Green: Recasting the Studio Lot for Ecological and Social Health” on Friday, September 18.

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🌴 Join ASLA members across the nation in Los Angeles for the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture, the nation’s premier gathering for landscape architecture and allied professionals. From September 16-18, 2026, connect with leaders across the industry for three days of education, inspiration, innovation, and action. Registration is now open!

Explore expert-led sessions, discover the latest products and technologies at the EXPO, and network with the professionals shaping healthier, more resilient, and more beautiful communities.

This year’s theme, Action!, celebrates a profession driven by momentum, purpose, and meaningful change. Be part of the conversations and ideas defining what’s next in landscape architecture.

Save the date and join us in LA. 🌿 See registration link in bio.

🌿 A Call to Action: The Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Challenge is back. This year’s theme, Landscapes of Liberty and Freedom, invites members, students, historians, and practitioners to document historic places that reflect our nation’s ongoing pursuit of freedom. Help preserve these important stories and contribute to the national archive at the Library of Congress.

Submissions due August 31, 2026

Email complete submissions to propractice@asla.org for acknowledgement at the ASLA Conference, and to scott_keyes@nps.gov for inclusion in the Library of Congress collection following Donated Documentation guidelines.

Drought conditions and water restrictions can put trees at serious risk, but there are effective ways to keep them healthy while staying compliant with local regulations. 🌳💧

Attend the webinar, “Balancing Drought Restrictions and Water Prescriptions for Young Trees While Enhancing Water Conservation,” to learn practical strategies for watering trees during shortages, including rainwater capture, mulch use, runoff prevention, and targeted root-zone watering. Discover how trees may need less water than commonly prescribed and explore real-world case studies from across the U.S.

✅This webinar is preapproved for 1 CEU/PDH by ISA VNLA and LACES

Register now at the link in our bio.

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