Landscape Architecture Books by ASLA Members

Accidental Wilderness: The Origins and Ecology of Toronto’s Tommy Thompson Park / Walter H. Kehm (University of Toronto, 2020).

Anatomy of a Park: Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design / Donald J. Molnar (Long Grove, Illinois : Waveland Press Inc., 2015).

The Art of Landscape Detail: Fundamentals, Practices, and Case Studies / Niall Kirkwood (New York : Wiley & Sons, 1999).

Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design / Norman K. Booth (Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, 1990).

Be Seated / Laurie Olin (Novato, Calif. : Applied Research & Design, 2017).

Becoming a Landscape Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design / Kelleann Foster (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010).

Book of Landscape Gardening (1926) (American Society of Landscape Architects Centennial Reprint) / F. A. Waugh; Library of American Landscape History. (Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press : in association with Library of American Landscape History, 2007).

Connection to Nature at the Building Edge: Towards a Therapeutic Architecture for Dementia Care Environments / Garuth Chalfont (Saarbrücken, Germany : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011).

Design & Play: Imagination Needs Places to Thrive / Sam Aquillano and Amanda Hawkins (Boston: Design Museum Foundation, 2017).

Design for Nature in Dementia Care / Garuth Chalfont (Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015).

Design with Culture: Claiming America's Landscape Heritage / Charles A Birnbaum; Mary V Hughes (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2005).

Design with Nature / Ian L McHarg (New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2005).

Designing Outdoor Environments for Children: Landscaping School Yards, Gardens and Playgrounds / Lolly Tai (New York : McGraw-Hill, 2006).

Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns / Ann Forsyth; Laura Musacchio; Frank Fitzgerald (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2005).

Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility / Tom Ryan; Edward Allen; Patrick Rand (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011).

Digital Land: Integrating Technology into the Land Planning Process / James L. Sipes; Mark S. Lindhult (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2007).

Essays on Landscape / Laurie Olin (Library Of American Landscape History, 2021).

The Eye Is a Door: Landscape, Photography, and the Art of Discovery / Anne Whiston Spirn (Wolf Tree, 2014).

Fountain Safari / James Garland (ORO Editions, 2025).

From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design / W. Gary Smith (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2010).

From Eye to Heart: Exterior Spaces Explored and Explained / Jon Burley and Patricia Machemer (Cognella, 2015).

Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape / Leonard J. Hopper (Hoboken, N.J : John Wiley, 2010).

Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape / Leonard J. Hopper (Hoboken, N.J : John Wiley, 2010).

Green Trees and Sam: A Landscape Architecture Story / Shannon Gapp (Bolton & Menk, 2017).

Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape / Peter Reed (New York : Museum of Modern Art, 2008).

Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture / Diana Balmori; Joel Sanders (New York : Monacelli Press, 2011).

A Guide to Site Planning and Landscape Construction / Harvey M. Rubenstein (New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1996).

Healthy Environments, Healing Spaces: Practices and Directions in Health, Planning, and Design / Timothy Beatley, Carla L. Jone, and Reuben Rainey, eds. (University of Virginia, 2018).

Hidden in Plain Sight: Theory and Practical Principles Employing Shadows for Creating Memorable Landscapes / Bruce Gary Sharky (Sentia, 2022).

How to Start a Home-based Landscaping Business, 7th edition / Owen E. Dell (Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2015).

Ideal Landscapes the Deep Meaning of Feng Shui: Patterns of Biological and Cultural Genes / Kongjian Yu (ORO Editions, 2020).

Inhabiting the Sacred in Everyday Life / Randolph T. Hester Jr. and Amber D. Nelson (George F. Thompson, 2019).

The Inspired Landscape: Twenty-One Leading Landscape Architects Explore the Creative Process / Susan Cohen (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2015).

Irrigation Fundamentals : An Applied Technology Text for Teaching Irrigation at the Intermediate Level / George H. Hargreaves; Gary P. Merkley (Highlands Ranch, Colo. : Water Resources Publication, LLC, 1998).

Is Landscape...? : Essays on the Identity of Landscape / Gareth Doherty; Charles Waldheim (New York : Routledge, 2016).

K-12 Landscape Architecture Education: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Guide for Art, STEM and Vocational/Trade Educators / Arnaldo Cardona (Columbus, OH : Gatekeeper Press, 2021).

Landscape Architect's Portable Handbook / Nicholas T. Dines; Kyle D. Brown (New York : McGraw-Hill, 2001).

Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards / Leonard J. Hopper (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2007).

Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition / Leonard J. Hopper (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2007).

Landscape Architectural Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design / M. Elen Deming; Simon Swaffield (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011).

Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design / Barry W. Starke; John Ormsbee Simonds (New York : McGraw-Hill, 2013).

Landscape Architecture For Sea Level Rise: Innovative Global Solutions / Galen D. Newman and Zixu Qiao, eds. (New York : Routledge, 2022).

Landscape Is...! : Essays on the Meaning of Landscape / Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim (Routledge, 2025).

A Landscape Manifesto / Diana Balmori (New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2010).

Large Parks / Julia Czerniak; George Hargreaves (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2008).

Letting Play Bloom: Designing Nature-Based Risky Play for Children / Lolly Tai (Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022).

Manufactured Sites: Rethinking the Post-Industrial Landscape / Niall Kirkwood (London : Taylor and Francis, 2011).

My Kind of Countryside / Roger G. Courtenay (Chicago : the University of Chicago Press, 2010).

Nature in Play: Measuring the Relationship of Nature and Unstructured Play through Case Studies / Lisa Horne (Lap Lambert Academic, 2010).

The Nature of Inclusive Play: A Guide for Designers, Educators, and Therapists / Amy Wagenfeld and Chad Kennedy (Routledge, 2023).

Nature through a Hospital Window : The Therapeutic Benefits of Landscape in Architectural Design / Shan Jiang (Routledge, 2022).

The New Landscape Declaration : A Call to Action for the Twenty-First Century / Landscape Architecture Foundation (Los Angeles : Rare Bird Books, 2017).

Outdoor Environments for People: Considering Human Factors in Landscape Design / Patsy Eubanks Owens, Jayoung Koo, and Yiwei Huang (Routledge, 2023).

Porous Pavements / Bruce K. Ferguson (Boca Raton, Fla. : Taylor & Francis, 2005).

Preserving Modern Landscape Architecture II: Making Postwar Landscapes Visible / Charles A. Birnbaum with Jane Brown Gillette and Nancy Slade (Washington, DC : Spacemaker Press, 2004).

Professional and Practical Considerations for Landscape Design / Steven L. Cantor (Oxford University Press, 2020).

The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture: A Complete Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Firm / Walter Rogers (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2013).

Ready, Set, Practice: Elements of Landscape Architecture Professional Practice / Bruce Sharky (New York : Wiley, 1994).

Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture / James Corner (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2006).

Representing Landscape Architecture / Marc Treib (New York : Taylor & Francis, 2008).

Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence / Norman K. Booth; James E. Hiss (New York : Pearson, 2018).

Responsive Landscapes : Strategies for Responsive Technologies in Landscape Architecture / Bradley Cantrell and Justine Holzman (New York, NY : Routledge, 2016).

Sawyer / Berson: Houses and Landscapes / Brian Sawyer and John Berson (Rizzoli, 2023).

Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind / Claire Latane (Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2021).

Security and Site Design : A Landscape Architectural Approach to Analysis, Assessment, and Design Implementation / Leonard J. Hopper, Martha J. Droge (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2005).

The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture / Marc Treib (ORO Editions, 2023).

Silt Sand Slurry: Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We Are Making / Rob Holmes, Gena Wirth, Brett Milligan (Applied Research & Design, 2024).

Site Engineering for Landscape Architects / Steven Strom, Kurt Nathan, Jake Woland (Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2013).

Site Furnishings : A Complete Guide to the Planning, Selection and Use of Landscape Furniture and Amenities / Bill Main and Gail Greet Hannah (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2010).

Site Planning: International Practice / Gary Hack (MIT Press, 2018).

Sketches: Their Three Lives / José Juan Terrasa-Soler (Santurce, P.R. : blurb, 2021).

The Spoils of Dust: Reinventing the Lake that Made Los Angeles / Alexander Robinson (Applied Research & Design, 2018).

Taking Measures Across the American Landscape / James Corner; Alex S. MacLean, photographs ; foreword by Michael Van Valkenburgh (New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1996).

Tangier Gardens…out of the classroom into real life…via plant portals / Edward Flaherty (flahertylandcape, 2022).

Thinking about Landscape Architecture : Principles of a Design Profession for the 21st Century / Bruce Sharky (New York, NY : Routledge, 2016).

Thirtyfour Campgrounds / Martin Hogue (The MIT Press, 2016).

Timberline Lodge : The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon / Sarah Baker Munro ; with photographs by Aaron Johanson ; foreword by Richard Moe (Portland, Ore. : Timber Press, 2009).

Time-Saver Standards : Site Construction Details Manual / Nicholas T. Dines & Kyle D. Brown (New York : McGraw-Hill, 1999).

Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture, 2nd Edition / Charles W. Harris & Nicholas T. Dines (New York : McGraw-Hill, 1998).

Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design: Finding Center in Theory and Practice / M. Elen Deming, ed. (Louisiana State University Press, 2015).

Waterstained Landscapes : Seeing and Shaping Regionally Distinctive Places / Joan Woodward ; drawings by Kiku Kurahashi (Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).

Weathering and Durability in Landscape Architecture : Fundamentals, Practices, and Case Studies / Niall Kirkwood (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2004).

Wisdom of Place: The Elemental Landscape: Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape / Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults (ORO Editions, 2025).

Wisdom of Place: The Elemental Landscape: Tarot Deck: Cards and Guidebook / Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults (ORO Editions, 2025).