Awards

Awarded annually, professional award winners represent the best of landscape architecture in the General Design, Residential Design, Planning & Urban Design, Small Budget Big Impact, Communications, Research, & Unbuilt Works categories. Student award winners represent the bright future of the landscape architecture profession.

2024 Awards Gala

Save the date for Friday, April 26th at Nicollet Island Pavilion

ASLA-MN's 2024 Annual Awards Gala is a special evening during which we recognize excellence in design as well as service to our profession and the communities we serve. It is also an opportunity for chapter leaders to provide an update on chapter initiatives and other important issues impacting our society and our profession.

2024 Professional & Service Awards
Call for Entries

Professional Awards

  • March 18, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST

    • General Design

    • Residential Design

    • Planning & Urban Design

    • Communications

    • Research

    • Small Budget/Big Impact

    • Unbuilt Works

    • Student Work

    • People’s Choice Award (reviewed & voted on at the Awards Gala)

    1. Entry PDF
      Use the requested formatting and naming convention and include an abstract, narrative, and imagery

    2. Communications & Social Media Content
      Per our mission to celebrate professional accomplishments and educate the public, all entrants are required to submit imagery and captions for use on our website and social media platforms

    3. Digital Display Board & PDF
      The People’s Choice Award is going digital this year! Entrants will be required to submit up to three powerpoint slides to be displayed at the Awards Gala. Please use the template provided below!

  • Those submitting nominations must meet at least one of the following requirements:

    1. Fellow of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    2. Full Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    3. Associate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    4. Student Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    5. Affiliate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    6. Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Minnesota

    • ASLA-MN Member Entry: $200/submission

    • General Entry: $400/submission

    • ASLA-MN Student Member Entry: $25/submission

    • General Student Entry: $50/submission

  • This year’s entries will be reviewed and judged by another ASLA state chapter. Award-winning submissions will be publicly recognized and displayed during the 2024 ASLA-MN Awards Gala and will receive an ASLA Certificate of Recognition.

    The Jury reserves the right to reallocate an entry to a different award category if it believes it would be best judged under that category’s selection criteria.

Service Awards

  • March 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST

    • Community Design Excellence Award

    • H.W.S. Cleveland Award

    • Public Service Award

    • Support of Emerging Professionals Award

    • Theodore Wirth Award for Excellence in Parks

  • Complete the Service Award Nomination Form linked below

  • Those submitting nominations must meet at least one of the following requirements:

    1. Fellow of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    2. Full Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    3. Associate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    4. Student Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    5. Affiliate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    6. Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Minnesota

  • The jury will evaluate nominations using the above criteria for each award category. In the narrative accompanying your submission, please include information relevant to the criteria above to help the ASLA-MN Board evaluate your nomination. ONLY NOMINATIONS ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPLETED NOMINATION FORM WILL BE CONSIDERED.

    As in years past, the submissions will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of ASLA-MN and voted on by all board members. The Executive Committee reserves the right to not grant an award notwithstanding a nomination(s).

    Award-winning recipients will be publicly recognized at ASLA-MN’s Award Gala and will receive an ASLA Certificate of Recognition. As space allows, award winners will be featured in ASLA-MN publications throughout the following year, including _SCAPE and our website.

    Special note on Theodore Wirth award: A list of candidates will be submitted to the Award Selection Committee (ASC) by the ASLA Fellows. More information in the link below.

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Past Award Recipients

Explore some of our recent ASLA Minnesota award winners!