Chapter News and Events

July 2025

Candidates Wanted for the 2025-2026 Leadership Year

Help guide our profession! Nominate a colleague or volunteer today. Anyone may nominate a candidate for one of these open Executive Committee positions; you don't need to be a member to make a nomination. You DO need to be a member to serve in these positions.

The following Executive Committee positions are currently open:

President-Elect, Advocacy Chair, and Membership Chair

Click here to learn more about ASLA leadership positions.

Chapter Events

Open Studio at Landscape Creations

Thursday, July 24, 5-7pm

Saunderstown, RI

RSVP HERE

Join us at the Landscape Creations barn for a summer evening in coastal Rhode Island. This relaxed, cocktail-style Open Studio invites New England ASLA members to discuss construction and proactive landscape maintenance services and to tour Landscape Creations' operations at the farm. Building on themes introduced at FIELDDAY, we’ll explore the ongoing care of designed landscapes, drawing on insights from Landscape Creations’ Estate Care team. They will share what they’ve learned from stewarding built landscapes through changing field conditions, along with practical tips for managing client and budget expectations.

Offering 1.0 LACES HSW.

Other Industry Events Happening Soon

9/13

Science in Action: Ten Years of restoring native plant-pollinator functional diversity at Breakneck Hill

Southborough, Massachusetts

Saturday, September 13, 2025, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Join Freddie Gillespie, steward and land manager of the 100-acre Breakneck Hill Conservation Land, to see what functional pollination systems can do for biodiversity. Walk through the gardens and meadows and hear the various challenges encountered and the excitement of success as Dr. Gegear’s research has documented increased populations of some of our most at-risk pollinators.

9/26

Symposium | Geometry of Uncertainty

Meaning, Exploration, and Application of Design Science

A Design Science Symposium and Maker’s Fair at RISD

September 26-28, 2025

The Design Science Symposium is an interactive meeting of thinkers, makers, and educators interested in spatial phenomena, complex systems, and nature-inspired design.

See more events happening around Rhode Island on the

"What Grows on in Rhode Island" Calendar

Jobs + Opportunities

Landscape Designer

The City of Providence Parks Department is seeking a Landscape Designer, who will work at an advanced level to provide design deliverables for public bid purposes, including CAD and GIS based plans and technical specifications; and to develop Illustrative images for public presentations and public query tools for the Providence Parks Department.

See more here

Other Chapter News

2025 RI ASLA Design Awards Call for Entries Coming Soon!

Keep an eye out for the Design Awards Call for Entries!

Categories include:

Large-Scale Built Projects

Small-Scale Built Projects

Paper Projects

Planning and Analysis

Communications

Research

The Professional Design Awards Program is open to all landscape architects registered to practice in Rhode Island, Projects located within Rhode Island, professionals in public or private practice of landscape architecture who reside in Rhode Island, affiliated professionals, faculty currently teaching at accredited Rhode Island landscape architecture programs, and students currently enrolled in an accredited Rhode Island landscape architecture curriculum submitting works associated with their academic pursuits.

Last Month's Guided Walk at Beaver River Preserve

RIASLA met with the Nature Conservancy to explore the Beaver River Preserve in Richmond last month! Thanks to all who came out, and to the TNC for leading such a wonderful walk!

If you’d like to support The Rhode Island Nature Conservancy, you can donate below.

Donate Now to Protect Nature | The Nature Conservancy

Resources for Immigrants + Employers

For many in our community, these are difficult days. We share these resources to help immigrant students and professionals and to help landscape architecture firms and related businesses as they strive to make our places of work safe and welcoming. We offer these for individuals, for employers, and for friends and colleagues who want to learn more:

ACLU Rhode Island

Immigrant Coalition of Rhode Island

Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island

Refugee Dream Center

Diocese of Providence

Additional Resources from BSLA

What do you need? Please be in touch with questions, comments, additional suggestions or requests. Email rhodeislandasla@gmail.com

We are grateful that you are in our community!