BSLA Design Awards

Boston Society of Landscape Architects seeks to recognize excellence in the diverse practices of landscape architecture.

Pamet Bend | Leblanc Jones Landscape Architects | 2024 BSLA Honor Award

The 2025 BSLA Design Award Winners

The 2025 JURY

This jury was selected for the variety of scales, geographies, and ways in which they work; together, they create a unique and extraordinary cross section of landscape architecture practice in our region today.

Thank You to every one of the incredible individuals of the 2025 BSLA Design Awards Jury:

Juror names and headshots in alphabetical order, starting top left and going left to right, top to bottom.

Yufan Gao | core faculty, Boston Architectural College + partner, Studio Gao-Byun

Gretchen Giumarro | senior project designer, Knickerbocker Group

Ginna Johnson | special projects manager, Design & Engineering Division, Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation

Lara Trimarco Prebble | Harvard GSD MLA '24 + landscape designer, Copley Wolff Design Group

Kirt Rieder, FASLA | principal, Hargreaves Jones

Khyati Saraf | senior associate, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Jenna Talbott | editor in chief, New England Home

Peter White, ASLA | partner, ZEN Associates, Inc.

Sonny Meng Qi Xu | landscape architect, STIMSON + critic, Rhode Island School of Design

along with guest jury chair

Jason Shinoda, ASLA | design director, RIOS

The 2025 BSLA Design Awards Call for Entries is closed.

Above, from “Landscape Respiration, Infrastructure Ventilation” by Lara Trimarco Prebble, Harvard Graduate School of Design. 2024 BSLA Excellence Award in the Student category.

We are pleased to release the 2025 BSLA Design Awards Program Call for Entries.

Professionals and students are encouraged to submit their best work for review by the 2025 BSLA Awards Program Jury. Projects should demonstrate excellence and reflect the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environment.

See full eligibility details and submission info, FAQ, and Q&A on the 2025 Design Awards page at BSLAnow.org

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis until Monday, March 31, 11:59pm EST.

The BSLA Design Awards are published in Fieldbook