ASLA’s 2026 Honors & Medals
American Society of Landscape Architects announces its 2026 Honors recipients, recognizing outstanding landscape architects, educators, and firms who advance excellence, equity, and innovation in the profession.
“In Photos: A walk through Frederick Law Olmsted’s Enduring Gift: America’s Public Parks”
“A New York photographer captured every season in Olmsted-design spaces.”
Open Season on Open Space
With some foresight and minimal effort, the entirety of Scout Island could be made a publicly accessible natural area, which could easily be combined with the adjacent Couterie Forest to the north. The result would be a new whole that is greater than the sum of its parts—a freely accessible ‘in-nature’ experience in the heart of City Park.
Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood
Urban residence is associated with a higher risk of some psychiatric disorders, but the underlying drivers remain unknown.
Lack of fair access to urban green spaces
People with higher incomes and more education tend to have greater access to urban green spaces than their less privileged neighbors.
Citizen groups back plan to better fund and manage city green space
PFA Chair Scott Howard posted an opinion about the upcoming parks millage in The Lens.
Time to recognize the basic flaw in our whole approach to flood prevention
A storm comes. The city floods, yet again. And so we revert to form, squabble angrily in public forums and look for scapegoats.