Landscape Architecture Research Exchange

The Landscape Architecture Research Exchange is an initiative of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), designed to connect landscape architecture professionals and academics around shared research interests. Key goals are to:

• Improve shared understanding of the importance of research and how knowledge is generated, shared, utilized, and disseminated in landscape architecture
• Create opportunities and dialogue across academic and professional practice to foster research partnerships and knowledge exchange while building community
• Identify research areas, interests, and questions along with potential action items for collaboration between academic and professional practitioners

Mark your calendar to participate in one of our upcoming activities and stay tuned for more details.

UPComing ACTIVITIES

Webinar: Research 101 for Practitioners

November 5, 1-2pm EST
Registration coming soon!

Videos: Voice Your Research Needs

December 2025
LAF invites landscape architecture professionals to submit short videos describing the research questions or knowledge gaps they'd like to see addressed to have real-world impact. If you could direct a research team for a year, what would you ask them to explore?
More details coming soon!

Virtual Event: The Research Exchange 

January 2026
This first-of-its-kind virtual gathering will be an interactive opportunity for academic and professional practitioners to identify shared research interests, explore opportunities for collaboration, and begin to shape a responsive research agenda for landscape architecture.
More details coming soon!