The Potomac Chapter of ASLA

Potomac ASLA is the Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the national professional association representing landscape architects.  Potomac Chapter ASLA was founded to advocate for and serve members studying and practicing landscape architecture in the Greater Washington, DC region, including northern Virginia and suburban Maryland.

 

 

President – Jules Krinsky, PLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect,Rhodeside & Harwell

Executive Committee Page                                   View Our Newsletter

 


Congratulations to the POASLA 2025 Fellows!

Ann English, ASLA, and Joan Honeyman, ASLA, have both been elevated as ASLA Fellows. They will be elevated during a special investiture ceremony at the 2025 Conference

Congratulations Ann and Joan!

See All 2025 ASLA Fellows and Their Profiles

Ann English, ASLA

Ann English has focused on sustainability and resilience of local, regional, and national landscapes for over thirty-five years. Long before the term “green Infrastructure” was coined, Ann was developing ecological methodologies that highlight the practice of landscape architecture as a field centered on the relationships of soil types, plant communities, and the distinct history of diverse sites.

Joan Honeyman, ASLA

For over 40 years, Joan Honeyman has elevated landscape architecture’s transformative power to address social and environmental change. Her holistic approach underscores the essential contributions of design, science, and public awareness in creating inclusive, resilient spaces that engage communities, advance the profession, and provide ecological value. In 1990 Joan co-founded Jordan Honeyman Landscape Architecture in Washington, DC, developing the firm to take agency in addressing critical social, cultural, and environmental challenges.


2025 Potomac Chapter Awards

Awards Page

Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners!

We greatly appreciate the hard work done by the volunteer judges from Minnesota ASLA.  Thank you!

Professional Awards

We greatly appreciate the hard work done by the volunteer judges from Minnesota ASLA.  Thank you!

President’s Award
Design Collective

Honor Awards
Michael Vergason Landscape Architects and Rhodeside Harwell, Inc

Merit Awards
AECOM; Clinton+Ries Landscape Architects; Field Operations; Moody Graham Landscape Architecture; Oehme, van Sweden; Volkert; Virginia Tech and Temple University – Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry Team


Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger Courtenay, FASLA

View Presentation

 

POASLA Foundation Student Scholarship

Ruth Shatka, University of Virginia

Details


The 2025 Gala

May 15th at the DC Water Headquarters in Navy Yard

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Sparks@Play Playground Tour

Big thank you to Sparks@Play for the wonderful playground tours!

As you can see our members had a great time!


 


Sponsor Spotlight
Thank you to Sparks@Play, a POASLA 2025 Platinum Sponsor

Sparks@Play is making communities a better place through play. With expertise and a passion for Playgrounds, Parks and Sports Infrastructure, our team provides consulting, design, installation, construction and maintenance services to a wide variety of commercial and governmental clients. No matter the size or complexity of your play project, trust the play experts at Sparks@Play to deliver a space that meets the goals of your community or school. The team at Sparks@Play is dedicated to better play. We Are Play!

Thank you to LandScape Forms, a 2025 Platinum Sponsor

Our design team is creative, deeply passionate and unafraid to take on the difficult challenges — an ethos we share with our community of design collaborators. These partners include architects, landscape architects, industrial designers, interior designers and leading multidisciplinary design firms who span the globe. The products of our collaboration reflect this diversity of expertise and are celebrated for their beauty, quality and performance.

 


News
LandDesign Awarded the Landscape Architecture Firm Award

The Landscape Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor the American Society of Landscape Architects may bestow upon a landscape architecture firm.  The award was presented to LandDesign in recognition of almost five decades of creating places that matter by leveraging the creative tension of landscape architects, civil engineers, planners, and urban designers—each approaching projects with unique expertise and diverse perspectives.

Congratulations LandDesign!

More about LandDesign.

June 2025 Events

Sparks@Play/Landscape Structures Inc Playground Tour – June 20, 2025, 9:30am-3pm, 3 LA CES PDH

LARE Prep: Construction Documentation – June 25, 2025, 5:30-7:30pm, Zoom

Events Details and Registration


Support the 2024 Legacy Project

POASLA is the lead chapter in the project, Reimagining Community Connections in Anacostia. More Information  and Donate


2025 Awards Gala

POASLA held the 2025 Annual Awards and Gala at the DC Water Headquarters in Navy Yard, The event was a great success!  See pictures from the Gala and access the Award Winners

 


Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors

Visit the Current Sponsors page for more information on these and other 2025 sponsors


Become a Member!

POASLA membership includes benefits provided by ASLA as well as access to local professional events and opportunities.  Contact Christine Cotter, Executive Director, for more information. 


Visit our Job Announcements page for details on these opportunities

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARLA ELLERN, RLA, ASLA, LEED® AP BD+C

“The biggest benefit of joining the ASLA is being part of the movement and learning how as a group we can work to improve lives through landscape.”