University of Oregon Department of Landscape Architecture

10/04/2026

Applications due February 28 2027

Two plant sciences and horticulture scholarships are available for students seeking to be part of the world’s sustainability movement.

10/03/2026

Alumni winning awards: Congratulations for earning the Outstanding Emerging Professional Award from the Oregon ASLA! Sabina Botbol, Lango Hansen

Sabina has distinguished herself through sustained leadership and service to ASLA Oregon, from her work with the Student Chapter and Executive Committee to her involvement in nominations, elections, mentorship, and chapter leadership. She brings an engaged, collaborative spirit to the profession while actively creating connections between emerging professionals, students, and the broader landscape architecture community.

09/27/2026

PSA: Summer has left the chat and chlorophyll is OUT. Xanthophylls, carotenes, and anthocyanins are IN.

As daylight shrinks and temperatures sink, fall is officially fashioning up on the mountain—and it's giving looks courtesy of chemistry. Plants have been preparing for abscission (aka “cutting off”), restricting the movement of sugars between leaf and stem. As chlorophyll breaks down, other pigments finally get their moment in the spotlight: xanthophylls pop off in gold, carotenes in orange, and anthocyanins in red.

Heading to the trail? Time for a fit check! Keep an eye on the forecast, bring layers, and pack the 10 Essentials. Remember: there’s no bad weather, just poor preparation.

Every fall serves something different, with weather, drought, and early frost shaping the season’s palette. What looks will you be serving?

NPS Photo / Filo Merid

09/22/2026

https://www.asla.org/news-insights/press-releases/clarb-donates-$500,000-to-the-asla-fund-to-launch-clarb-exam-success-grants

New fund will reimburse eligible L.A.R.E. candidates in financial need for exam costs, reducing barriers on the path to licensure.

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

A student, a videographer, a painter and an old man teamed up to save a street tree in the Whiteaker. Here's how. See link below ⬇️

📸 Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard

05/06/2026

More alumni doing good!

UO experiences led to Bend company that produces, installs plant-driven water reclamation systems

05/05/2026

Two of our students (not pictured here, but in linked announcement) have big news to share! Congratulations to Alejando Bechtle for being named a 2026 LAF Graduate National Olmsted Scholar Finalist and to Josie Paik for being named a 2026 LAF Undergraduate Olmsted Scholar. We appreciate all of your contributions to the department.

Learn more at the link below:

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is pleased to recognize 97 exceptional student leaders, including the two national winners and six finalists.Named for Frederick Law Olmsted, the LAF Olmsted Scholars Program is the premier leadership recognition program for landscape architecture students...

04/29/2026

04/16/2026

Alpha-Chem Signal Debuts at McKenzie River Trust’s Green Island as Joyful Community-Empowered Art for Public Water Stewardship

Eugene, OR
April 13, 2026

The Alpha-Chem Signal project will make its debut at McKenzie River Trust’s Green Island (31799 Green Island Rd, Eugene, OR 97408) in Eugene on Saturday, May 9 (8 AM–4 PM) as part of McKenzie River Trust’s monthly Living River Exploration Day. Community artist David Buckley Borden and collaborators invite the public to explore how floodplain restoration helps rivers slow, filter, and clean water—and to spell out personal messages using more than thirty large-format signal flags. The one-day pop-up event is both outdoor art exhibition and interactive community art happening. The event is free, accessible, and open to all ages.

The colorful 4x4 foot fabric flags are playful mash-ups of traditional nautical flags and the periodic table of chemical elements. The project highlights common water-quality issues found throughout North America. The tactical public art project is designed to tour North America and will travel to Cape Cod Massachusetts for it’s next public installation.

"Community agency, stewardship, and activism starts with education, and I believe education should be accessible, wonderful, and most importantly fun. This public activism project took over two years to create and the team and I are beyond excited to debut it at Green Island and share it with the folks in the greater Eugene area.”
- David Buckley Borden, lead artist

About the Artist
David Buckley Borden is an Oregon-based interdisciplinary designer, artist, and educator working at the intersection of art, design, and ecology. Informed by research and community engagement, David promotes a shared environmental awareness and heightened cultural value of ecology. David’s collaborative work highlights both pressing environmental issues and everyday phenomena. Using an accessible, often humorous, combination of visual art and landscape design, David’s work manifests in a variety of forms, ranging from site-specific landscape installations in the woods to data-driven cartography in the gallery. Learn more at https://www.davidbuckleyborden.com/alpha-chem-signal

About McKenzie River Trust
McKenzie River Trust is a regional nonprofit land trust with offices in Eugene and Newport, Oregon. Our mission is to help people protect and care for the lands and rivers they cherish across western Oregon. Since 1989, we have worked with landowners and partners to protect more than 10,000 acres—safeguarding clean, free-flowing rivers, supporting salmon runs, and sustaining the farms and forests that provide both habitat and livelihoods.

Each month, we invite community members to experience this work firsthand through our Living River Exploration Days at Green Island. This 1,100-acre conservation area, located at the confluence of the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers, offers a place to connect with the land, learn about restoration, and witness the seasonal rhythms of a living river system. Learn more at www.mckenzieriver.org