Art on the Land: Fault Line Park
Every Californian knows about the San Andreas Fault, but closer to home and not so well known is the Rose Canyon Fault, which makes a journey through La Jolla, Coronado, and Downtown San Diego, where, [...]
ASLA Members on U-T San Diego Spotlight Radio Show
Tim Smith, President of ASLASD and Glen Schmidt, Founding Principal of Schmidt Design Group, Inc., discuss the role and work of landscape architects; saving water during the drought: what to do and what not to [...]
Art on the Land: History at Our Feet
San Diego’s Lane Field Park, created by Denver’s urban design and landscape architecture firm Civitas, is on the former site of Lane Field baseball stadium, home to the then-Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres from [...]
Emerging Professionals April-June Newsletter
ASLA’s Emerging Professionals are making an impact as we head toward National Landscape Architecture month and all the exciting Spring and Summer events to come. The new year brought on a fresh wave of participation [...]
Art on the Land: “Living Walls” Bring Life to the City
With more development in urban than suburban areas in 100 years, there is a clear need for more parks, gardens and plants, which could explain the popular new trend of living walls, also referred to [...]
Patricia Trauth Appointed for CA Landscape Architects Technical Committee
Past ASLASD President, Patricia Trauth, was appointed Friday, June 5, 2015 by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Landscape Architects Technical Committee. The committee establishes standards for licensing and enforces laws and regulations that govern [...]
ASLASD Members Quoted in U-T Article
ASLASD President Tim Smith and member Michelle Landis are quoted in an article featured in the Union Tribune discussing if the drought is killing the lawn. Read the beginning of the article below and click [...]
Stewardship Committee Hosts Workshop on Low-Impact Development Solutions
The San Diego ASLA Stewardship Committee hosted an educational Workshop to Discuss Low-impact Development Solutions on April 30, 2015 at Silver Gate Yacht Club on Shelter Island. This Storm Water Management and Creative Low Impact [...]
WS Radio.com Interviews Tim Smith, ASLASD President
Tim Smith, President of the San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), is joined by landscape architects Ilisa Goldman and Kurt Carlson, to talk about ASLA’s mission, the benefits of sustainable [...]
Balboa Park’s Trees are Dying in the Drought
Nobody can say exactly how many, but trees in Balboa Park are dying, according to park advocates and city officials. Years without hard rain have weakened the trees, many of which do not belong in [...]