On March 14th, 2014, the ASLA San Diego Chapter Stewardship Committee invited design professionals, contractors, City/County agencies and students to participate in a discussion on proper design and maintenance of Bioretention Basins and Swales at [...]
The Stewardship Committee of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) San Diego Chapter and Belgard Hardscape present a workshop on sustainable design solutions to storm water management issues in Southern California. The Stewardship [...]
Business Park Sustainable Design - Return On Investment Study (25MB). Also, see videos below under "Overcoming Barriers to Creative Low Impact Development (LID) Solutions Workshop" heading. Small Commercial Site – Return On Investment [...]
Chris Roesink (Hunter Industries) and Raul Avila (FX Luminaire) hosted a site tour of Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens on Thursday, May 23. The event featured a tour of San Diego’s first [...]
A panel discussion about creating and maintaining sustainable landscapes sponsored by the San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (SD ASLA) and San Diego Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA). [...]
On September 20th, the Emerging Professionals teamed up with the Social Activities Committee for a MeetUp tour of Village Nurseries by Suzie Weist. The event began with a walking tour of the landscape center which [...]
CEO of Grupo de Diseno Urbano (GDU), Mario Schjetnan, FASLA, came to Balboa Park on Sept 9th to speak about his work. Mario inspired the packed crowd with his more recognized work in urban parks [...]
Vicki Estrada spent lots of time growing up in and around Downtown San Diego. Hand-in-hand with her grandfather, she walked through city streets, from Sherman Heights down to the Harbor to see the tuna boats, [...]
The San Diego Chapter of the American Society Landscape Architects is conducting the 2014 Design Awards Program to recognize professional excellence for outstanding works of landscape architecture and environmental planning. “The ASLA design awards are the [...]
I recently met with landscape architects from San Diego’s Schmidt Design Group, Inc., “landscape architects of record” for the new Waterfront Park on the Embarcadero, for some after-opening stories. Here’s what Glen Schmidt (Principal-in-Charge), Marney [...]