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We would like to thank all the Professional Practice Network (PPN) leaders and members who shared their experiences and expertise as authors for The Field blog this year. Thank you for contributing to ASLA's shared body of knowledge in 2024!
Contributions to The Field are by members and for members, and we encourage all ASLA members with an idea or an experience to share with their peers in landscape architecture to write for The Field. Fresh content appears weekly, and 89 posts were published in 2024—more than 120,000 words by 100+ contributors.
Here are the top 10 most-viewed posts of the year:
1. Putting AI to Work: Practical Applications of AI in Landscape Architectureby Lauren Schmidt, PLA, ASLA Digital Technology PPN
2. The 2024 HALS Challenge Competitionby Scott Keyes Historic Preservation PPN
3. My Meadow Lab, Part 1by Dan Greenberg, ASLA Planting Design PPN
4. From Landscape Architecture to Art (and Back?): "Realities" of Nature, Layered Up by Darren Sears
5. Words of Wisdom for Our 2024 Landscape Architecture Graduates by Chloe Gillespie, Associate ASLA, Magdalena Aravena, PLA, ASLA, Jennifer Ng, PLA, ASLA, Adrian Alexander, Associate ASLA, Megan Barnes, Lexi Banks, Associate ASLA, Gretchen Wilson, PLA, ASLA, LEED, WEDG, Emily Siler, Associate ASLA, Kim Case, PLA, ASLA, CSI CDT®, and Dr. Bo Zhang, ASLA Education & Practice PPN
6. Reimagining Abandoned Airfields Through Adaptive Reuse by Anhad Viswanath, Associate ASLA Community Design PPN
7. Resilient Landscapes: Native Plants and Local Solutions by Jodie Cook, ASLA, PLA, SITES AP Planting Design PPN
8. Transit Oriented Districts: Urban Design Experience by Taner R. Özdil, Ph.D., ASLA, Kal Almo, ASLA, AIA, Lauren Patterson, PLA, ASLA, Jenny Zhang, Associate ASLA, Tyler Smithson, ASLA, and Brent Raymond, ASLA, OALA, FCSLA, MCIP RPP Urban Design PPN
9. A Guide to Setting Up Midjourney on Discord: A Tutorial for Beginners by Qing Lana Luo, PLA, ASLA, Afshin Ashari, OALA, Radu Dicher, ASLA, LFA, Phillip Fernberg, ASLA, Benjamin George, ASLA, Tony Kostreski, PLA, ASLA, Matt Perotto, ASLA, and Lauren Schmidt, PLA, ASLA Digital Technology PPN
10. Voices of Women in Landscape Architecture, Part 5by Dana Hernalsteen, ASLA, Lucila Silva-Santisteban, ASLA, and Martha Fajardo Women in Landscape Architecture PPN
In case you need even more reading material for your holiday break, continue your exploration of The Field's greatest hits with the top posts from:
New year's resolution suggestion: connect with your PPN!
If these 2024 highlights have sparked your interest, and you want to help make future blog posts, virtual events, and conference gatherings happen, then PPN leadership is a great way to engage with your PPN all throughout the new year. PPN activities are much more feasible (and fun!) to organize when there are a few PPN volunteers lending a helping hand to make things happen.
Appointments are for one year, and all ASLA members are welcome to volunteer. Most leadership teams meet once a month via Teams or Zoom during regular working hours. Come nerd out with like-minded professionals about your practice area niche!
Volunteer as a PPN leader >But if you're not quite ready to join your PPN's leadership team, there are many ways to be an active PPN member!
ASLA’s Professional Practice team wishes you a happy new year and we look forward to continuing our work together—here’s to a successful and productive 2025!