Landscape Performance Series
Focusing on measurable value, these initiatives provide tools to quantify benefits and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions.
LAF's impact extends far into the world, influencing our program participants and all those they touch through their work. LAF strengthens individuals and the landscape architecture discipline by:
- Providing support for students to diversify the pool of talent and increase academic opportunity
- Investing in research to expand our knowledge and help designers and advocates make the case for more sustainable policies and landscape solutions
- Championing emerging issues and new modes of practice
- Communicating the value of landscape architecture and exemplary design
Our "By the Numbers" annual reports offer a snapshot of significant activities and accomplishments. In 2023, we expanded our programmatic offerings and added new resources. Highlights include:
Past Annual Reports
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2023
LAF invests in research, scholarships, and leadership initiatives to increase the capacity of the landscape architecture discipline by:
- Providing support for students to diversify the pool of talent and increase academic opportunity
- Investing in research to expand our knowledge and help designers and advocates make the case for more sustainable policies and landscape solutions
- Championing emerging issues and new modes of practice
- Communicating the value of landscape architecture and exemplary design
Focusing on measurable value, these initiatives provide tools to quantify benefits and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions.
LAF offers over $150,000 annually through 16 different scholarships that reward performance, support access and diversity, and assist with need.
This $25,000 fellowship empowers working professionals to advance an idea that will bring about impactful change and drive the future of the discipline.
This unique research collaboration pairs academic teams and designers to assess and document the benefits of exemplary landscape projects.
This multi-year program for BIPOC landscape architecture students provides an annual $10,000 scholarship, paid summer internship, and access to mentors.
With its $25,000 graduate and $15,000 undergraduate prize, this is the premier leadership award program for landscape architecture students.
This annual $25,000 grant opportunity funds research projects relevant to the professional practice of landscape architecture.
LAF is grateful to the many individuals and organizations that provide financial support towards fulfilling our mission to support the preservation, improvement, and enhancement of the environment.
Much of what LAF is able to accomplish would not be possible without the thought leadership and financial investment of our major supporters, including ASLA, which provides over $125,000 of in-kind support annually.