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We would like to express our gratitude for all the Professional Practice Network (PPN) leaders and members who shared their experiences and expertise as authors for The Field blog this year. 68 posts were published in 2025—more than 95,000 words by 70+ contributors. Thank you for contributing to ASLA's shared body of knowledge!
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.
Here are the top 10 most-viewed posts of the year:
1. How Landscape Architects Are Incorporating Artificial Intelligence Digital Technology PPN
2. Emerging Trends in Recreation and Sports by Bronwen Mastro, ASLA, LEED BD+C, and Hans Klein-Hewett, ASLA, PLA Parks & Recreation PPN
3. Voices of Women in Landscape Architecture, Part 23 by Jie Han, Associate ASLA, Colleen Williams, PLA, and Mandi Fung, ASLA, PLA Women in Landscape Architecture PPN
4. Can Non-Natives Play Nice with Natives? by John Kamp Planting Design PPN
5. The 2025 HALS Challenge: Landscapes of Roadside America by Scott Keyes Historic Preservation PPN Note: the 2025 winners have been announced!
6. Temporary Tactics for Radical Shade by Clelie Fielding, Student ASLA
7. “A River Rushes Through It”: Why Green Infrastructure Should Matter in Urban Design by Taner R. Özdil, Ph.D., ASLA Urban Design PPN
8. Voices of Women in Landscape Architecture, Part 15 by Inge Daniels, ASLA, Alexandria Hernandez, and Abigail Thomas, ASLA Women in Landscape Architecture PPN
9. Technology in Urban Design by Kal Almo, ASLA, AIA, SITES AP, Jack R. Garcia, Affiliate ASLA, Jenny Zhang, ASLA, AICP, and Lauren Patterson, ASLA, PLA Digital Technology and Urban Design PPNs
10. Overcoming Barriers to Designing for Biodiversity by Suzette Lopane, ASLA, RLA
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:
For more holiday season reading, see Landscape Architecture Magazine's Gift Guide and The Dirt's Best Books of 2025.
New year's resolution suggestion: connect with your (new) PPN!
Be on the lookout for tomorrow's issue of LAND, which will include an article on changes to ASLA's Professional Practice Networks (PPNs). After many months of collecting input from PPN leaders, members, survey data, and collaborative discussions with the ASLA PPN Restructuring Task Force, we are excited to be rolling out a new structure to strengthen, streamline, and evolve the PPNs into more inclusive networks.
While ASLA members will be invited to choose their new PPNs in the new year, in case these 2025 highlights have sparked your interest, you don't have to wait until then to volunteer to be a PPN leader!
If 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 Microsoft Teams during regular working hours. Come nerd out with like-minded professionals about your practice area niche!
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 2026!