Tips for celebrating World Landscape Architecture Month

April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM), a time for the landscape architecture profession to celebrate their impactful work and inspire everyone from clients to consultants, students, and the public through education and advocacy.

Here are a few tips and ideas for celebrating WLAM:

Set up a public meet and greets or tours for one of your projects to educate the public about the project and the profession.
Ask your city or clients if you can put up “Designed by a Landscape Architect” signs in your project.
Hold events such as an open house, a lunch & learn, or friday night catchup at your firm or university and invite the allied professionals, government, and surrounding businesses to provide insights into what landscape architects do.
Visit a local school or university and have a workshop or presentation on what landscape architects do.
Send an email to your government official about the importance and role of landscape architecture in cities and addressing issues such as climate change, health and well-being, air pollution, etc.
Submit an article to your local newspaper or blog about how landscape architects could help with a key issue in your city or area.
Submit a project or article to World Landscape Architecture for publication – find out more here.
Organise an event and invite allied professionals, non-profits, and government to discuss global and local issues and how to partner together to address them.
Hashtag your images on social media with #WLAM2025 and #landscapearchitecture and tag WLA @worldlandscapearch on Instagram and other social media platforms (linkedin, facebook, rednote,
Follow your landscape architecture profession organisation on instagram and share, like and comment on their posts. You can find ASLA, AILA, CSLA/AAPC, Landscape Institute, HKILA, etc all on instagram.
Follow ASLA on instagram for daily prompts to held you generate ideas for social media posts