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 – Matthew Sellers, PLA, ASLA, LEED GA
Landscape Architect, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Executive Committee Page                                   View Our Newsletter

The 2024 Awards Gala at River Farms in Alexandria was a great success!

Gala Recap and Pictures                                              2024 Award Winners

The WAAC/
Potomac
ASLA Mentor
Chain

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 into professional life. The program is open to all WAAC MLA students

In its first year (2017-2018), the program pilot covered 2 full mentor chains. 2 first-year students were paired with 2 second-year students. These same second-year students were paired with 2 third-year students. These same third year students were paired with 2 professional members of the Potomac Chapter of ASLA.

2024 Potomac Chapter Professional Awards

Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners!

Professional Awards

President’s Award – HOK
Merit Awards – AECOM, Horn & Company, Lee and Associates, M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks, MKSK Studios, MVLA, OvS
Honor Awards – Moody Graham, Scape Studios, Parker Rodriguez

Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Snieckus, FASLA, National Landscape Architect – Retired, USDA NRCS

Emerging Leader Award
Logan Staley, Bradley Site Design

Visit the 2024 Awards Page for Details

Events

 

LARE Webinar
Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management
Thursday, September 26, 5:30-7:30pm
Sarah Gronquist will hold our next LARE webinar on Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management on September 26th.  Once you register, you will be provide the Zoom link.
POASLA/VA ASLA Happy Hour Following the ASLA Conference
Tuesday  October 8 5:30pm

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Victor Stanley Lunch and Learn
Thursday, October 17 12-1pm
Victor Stanley will present a Lunch & Learn presentation that will introduce and highlight our collection of site furnishings (1 LA CES professional development hour)


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Thank you to our 2024 Platinum Sponsors

 

 

 

Visit the Current Sponsors page for more information on these and other 2024 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. 

Current Job Opportunities

Landscape Designer (2 pos)          0-3 and  5-8 yrs exprience, Cord  Coplan Macht

Senior Landscape Architect, Charles P. Johnson and Associates, Inc

Assistant Project Manager, Georgtown University

Landscape Architect/Designer, PLUSEN Landscape Architects

Executive Assistant – Part-time, Restore Mass Ave

Principal Planner – Forest Conservation, City of Rockville

Visit our Job Announcements page for details on these opportunities

Founded in 1899, the mission of The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is to advocate, to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of cultural, natural and/or the built environments for human enjoyment.

The most important role ASLA takes on for you as a landscape architect or designer, is legal advocacy for the profession on the federal (National) and state (local Chapter) levels. ASLA is doing a lot of work behind the scenes, whether you know it or not, that directly affects you and your livelihood. Without ASLA’s persistent, timely and unwavering effort, landscape architecture as we know and practice it, would not be able to stand up to recurring state sunset laws and federal restrictions.

Michael Casey, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP
2018-2019 President

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.”