Image credit: Urban Streetscape, 2024 Professional Award Commendation, General Design. Hill Studio.
VA ASLA Awards
The purpose of the VA ASLA Professional and Student Awards Program is:
- to recognize Excellence, Exemplary Performance, and Significant Contributions within the landscape architecture profession of the Commonwealth of Virginia;
- to encourage the application of landscape architectural solutions to the issues, problems and opportunities challenging us today; and
- to provide a forum for the review and evaluation of work currently shaping our environment.
Honor Awards
In addition to the Professional and Student Awards held each year, the Chapter recognizes members, students, and allied professionals for their outstanding work and distinguished service to the Chapter and the profession.
The Stewardship Award
Allied Professional Award
Distinguished Service Award
Emerging Professionals Award
President's Award
Student Scholarship for Excellence in the Study of Landscape Architecture
Each year, the Chapter recognizes two students, one at each of the accredited landscape architectural programs within the state—University of Virginia, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University—based upon the recommendations of the faculty. The
M. Meade Palmer Medall
To celebrate the extraordinary professional contributions of our late colleague, M. Meade Palmer, the Virginia Chapter of The American Society of Landscape Architects has established its highest award in his honor.
The M. Meade Palmer medal will be awarded to an individual who exemplifies the values, sensibility and spirit reflected in the life and work of M. Meade Palmer:
Devotion to design excellence and the profession of landscape architecture
Dedication to encouraging and teaching others
Humility despite significant accomplishment
A deep respect for nature and context that guided his design interventions on the land, dictating a lightness of touch that became his hallmark