Awards

Awarded annually, professional award winners represent the best of landscape architecture in the General Design, Residential Design, Planning & Urban Design, Small Budget Big Impact, Communications, Research, & Unbuilt Works categories. Student award winners represent the bright future of the landscape architecture profession.

Call for Entries /
2025 Professional & Service Awards

Now accepting submissions for the 2025 ASLA-MN Professional Design & Service Awards. Review the information below for award categories, submission criteria, and deadlines. The 2025 ASLA-MN Awards Gala will be held on Friday, April 25th at the American Swedish Institute! Full details are included on the Gala’s event page.

Professional Awards

    • General Design

    • Residential Design

    • Planning & Urban Design

    • Communications

    • Research

    • Small Budget / Big Impact

    • Unbuilt Works

    • Student Work

    • People’s Choice Award (Reviewed & voted on at the Awards Gala)

  • Those submitting professional entries must meet at least one of the following requirements:

    • Fellow of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Associate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Student Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Affiliate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Minnesota

    Refer to the ASLA website for a description of membership categories at http://www.aslamn.org

  • ASLA-MN Member Entry: $200.00 per submission

    General Entry: $400.00 per submission

  • All entries must be received by or before 11:59PM central standard time on Monday, March 17th

Service Awards

    • Community Design Excellence Award

    • H.W.S. Cleveland Award

    • Public Service Award

    • Support of Emerging Professionals Award

    • Theodore Wirth Award for Excellence in Parks

  • Those submitting nominations must meet at least one of the following requirements:

    • Fellow of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Associate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Student Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Affiliate Member of the Minnesota Chapter of the ASLA

    • Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Minnesota

    Refer to the ASLA website for a description of membership categories at http://www.aslamn.org

  • It is free to nominate someone for a service award!

  • All entries must be received by or before 11:59PM central standard time on Monday, March 17th

Get excited for this year’s event by browsing through images from last year’s celebration!

Past Award Recipients

Explore some of our recent ASLA Minnesota award winners!