To date, the Landscape Architecture Foundation has awarded $2.07 million in scholarships to more than 680 students.
LAF scholarships support the next generation of designers by rewarding superior student performance, supporting access and diversity, supporting original research, and assisting students with unmet financial need. The awards are made possible through funds established by generous sponsors.
See bios for the most recent year's winners below. Announcements of winners from previous years are at:
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2026 Scholarship Winners
Kailey Kruse MLA Candidate, Arizona State University Kailey
KruseMLA Candidate
Arizona State UniversityWinner: Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design
Kailey Kruse is an environmental designer and graduate student at Arizona State University focused on sustainable research and design that creates reasonable landscape architecture across public and private contexts. Her design literacy is grounded in a commitment to improving the quality of life for people and the places they inhabit, with particular interest in how landscapes shape both physical and psychological well-being. She currently works with Arizona State on numerous projects, and is a Design and Education Specialist at ASU's Naturespace, where she engages with natural history collections and interpretive environments that foster public learning and ecological connection. Kailey hopes to advance a practice that bridges systems, infrastructure, and art to support more happy and healthy features.
Lydia Olivier PhD Candidate, University of California, Riverside Lydia
OlivierPhD Candidate
University of California, RiversideWinner: Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design
Lydia Olivier, MSRS, LEED BD+C is a graduate from the Lyle Center of Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona, and is currently pursuing a PhD degree in the department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Her work integrates cultural landscape studies, garden history, and environmental education. As a former University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) Fellow, she contributed to university climate action planning by foregrounding environmental justice narratives. Oliver is a co-founder of a primary school garden and has written numerous successful grants supporting food access and environmental education through her ten-year board membership with the non-profit Garden School Foundation in Los Angeles. Her research and professional practice focus on gardens and cultural landscapes as designed environments that mediate ecological knowledge, social values, and educational experience.
