2025 Fall Symposium and Awards Celebration
Join VA ASLA in Charlottesville, Virginia to celebrate our Professional and Student Award winners, then stay for the Fall Symposium to connect, learn, and earn continuing education credits!
The awards celebration will be held on Friday, November 14th from 4:00-7:00pm! Our Fall Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 15th from 8:00am-1:30pm. This event is hosted in collaboration with the Department of Landscape Architecture at the UVA School of Architecture.
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Landscapes in a Changing World explores how the spaces we design, preserve, and inhabit are responding to the dynamic forces of our time. As we examine recent projects, this theme invites us to reflect on how historic preservation and cultural design are being reimagined not as static practices, but as adaptive strategies that honor the past while engaging with the present and preparing for a rapidly evolving future.
Awards Celebration Schedule
Friday, November 14, 4:00-7:00pm
Kardinal Hall, 722 Preston Ave., Charlottesville, VA
4:00pm-7:00pm: Networking and Awards Celebration
*Awards Presentation begins at 5:30pm
Fall Symposium Schedule
Saturday, November 15, 8:00am-1:30pm
Campbell Hall, School of Architecture, Room 153, University of Virginia
8:00-9:00am: Coffee, Snacks, and Networking
9:00am-9:45am: Welcome and Chapter Updates
Voices in Action: Chapter Updates and Advocacy Highlights
Speakers:
Peter Russell, ASLA, VA ASLA President
Shawn Balon, ASLA, VA ASLA Immediate Past President
Rob McGinnis, FASLA, VA ASLA Government Affairs Committee
9:45-10:00am: Break
10:00-11:00am: Panel Discussion
Title: Civic Infrastructure for Adaptation
(1.0 PDH | LA CES)
Speakers:
Michael Luegering, University of Virginia
Sheen Wang, University of Virginia
Jenn Thomas, ASLA, Virginia Tech
Session Description:
Explore how community-engaged design education empowers students and strengthens rural resilience. This session highlights two university initiatives—one partnering with Esther Manor Farm in Beaverdam, Virginia, and another focused on adaptation in coastal and rural communities through the Envision Resilience Challenge and Virginia Sea Grant Fellowship. Attendees will learn how collaborative studios, client partnerships, and nature-based design strategies create meaningful learning experiences while supporting communities facing cultural, social, and climate challenges.
11:00-11:15am: Break
11:15am-12:15pm: Panel Discussion
Title: Echoes of the Land: Memory, Loss, and Renewal
(1.0 PDH | LA CES)
Speakers:
Chieh Huang, Marvel
Jill Nolt, ASLA, Waterstreet Studio
Nathan Roth, Affiliate ASLA, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Session Description:
This session explores how the spaces we create and conserve adapt to the changing social, cultural, and environmental forces of our time. Featuring recent VA ASLA award winners presenting their work, this session reimagines historic preservation and cultural design as living, adaptive practices that honor the past while shaping a resilient future.
12:30-1:30pm: Lunch and Departure
(We invite all attendees, including professionals and students, to stay for our Student and Emerging Professional Luncheon.)
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Thank you to our Sponsors!
The Symposium is hosted in collaboration with the Department of Landscape Architecture at the UVA School of Architecture.
