Advance the
Profession

The Potomac Chapter is involved in a number of initiatives to help our members and the community, as well as to advance the profession of landscape architecture.

Making our voices heard

Advocacy

The Potomac Chapter works on issues of interest to our members and their ability to practice their profession, such as licensure in DC.
Growing the profession

Emerging Professionals

The Potomac ASLA Emerging Professionals Committee aims to provide young members with the guidance for a clear path to grow in a role in their career.
Pay it forward

Mentorships

The WAAC/Potomac ASLA Mentor Chain is a mentoring program that provides student-to-student and professional-to-student learning and support from the beginning of a student’s academic career on...
History

Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)

Since 2010, landscape architecture preservation enthusiasts from every state have been challenged to complete at least one Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) short format history to...
Future of the profession

The New Landscape Declaration

On June 10-11, 2016, over 700 landscape architects with a shared concern for the future were assembled by the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Annual event

Park(ing) Day

ParK(ing) Day is an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. Park(ing) Day is always the 3rd Friday in September,...