As part of its outreach for National Landscape Architecture Month (NLAM), the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) launched two educational resources to help young people and teachers explore the landscape architecture profession. They are in the form of a newly redesigned Career Discovery website and Tools for Teachers.
Career Discovery, aimed at students in middle school and high school, explains what a landscape architect does and how to become one. In addition to answers to common questions about the profession, it includes two videos featuring landscape architects and designers advocating landscape architecture as an ideal career for art- and science-oriented students.
Tools for Teachers is a new education hub for K-12 teachers, loaded with free classroom activities to inspire lesson plans and start classroom dialogues about landscape architecture.
“We invite students and their teachers and families to check out our resources and learn more about the landscape architecture profession,” said Nancy Somerville, executive vice president and CEO of ASLA. “Landscape architects draw upon their knowledge of the environment, science, and art to design outdoor environments and related green infrastructure, such as plazas, campuses, parks, playgrounds, streetscapes, and residential properties. Their work is everywhere.”
