Landscape Performance Series
Focusing on measurable value, these initiatives provide tools to quantify benefits and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions.
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Uniquely trained to design for natural resources, natural processes, and people, landscape architects play a fundamental role in solving the complex, interrelated environmental, social, and economic problems we face today.
From our very first initiative in 1966 to our current call to action, LAF is identifying priorities and strengthening the discipline to take on defining issues like climate change, rapid urbanization, species extinction, and inequity. By investing in research, scholarships, and leadership, we work to increase the influence and impact of landscape architects to create a healthier, more equitable and sustainable world.
The mission of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is to support the preservation, improvement, and enhancement of the environment. Through its leadership and philanthropic activities, LAF advances the body of knowledge and supports innovative projects and initiatives needed not only for the landscape architecture discipline but for the many other individuals and organizations who share LAF’s mission and are critical to its success.
LAF invests in research, scholarships, and leadership initiatives to increase the capacity of the landscape architecture discipline by:
The landscape architecture profession — whether public, private or academic — needs an unbiased voice to give us a neutral, clear vision of what’s important. LAF is that voice: multilateral, inclusive, listening, and effective at developing effective messages, accessible tools and products that support our practice.
Joseph Brown, FASLA
Through thought leadership, signature programs, and strategic initiatives, LAF provides resources, knowledge sharing, and inspiration to help landscape architects make their vital contribution.
Our annual reports offer a snapshot of significant activities and accomplishments. In 2021, LAF continued to empower the next generation and invest in the future of landscape architecture. Highlights include:
- $385,500 given out through our signature programs
- 3,000+ participants Green New Deal Superstudio
- $130,500 in scholarships awarded to 21 students
- Strategic efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
See the boxes below for more information about our ongoing programs.
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 17 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.
With its $25,000 graduate and $15,000 undergraduate prize, this is the premier leadership award program for landscape architecture students.
Through two annual awards, LAF honors individuals and organizations that have made a significant and sustained contribution to the LAF mission.
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.