Oberlander Prize Forum V: RE:SEARCH
TICKETS GOING FAST: Join TCLF and Longwood Gardens for a one-day symposium on October 29 examining how landscape architects are redefining the relationship between research and design, with a keynote address and reception on October 28 and mobile workshops on October 30.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)
connects people to places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.
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Oberlander Prize
The biennial Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities.
PLACES: What's Out There
This searchable database raises public awareness of the rich diversity and interconnectedness of our shared landscape heritage.
Check Out What’s Out There Twin Cities Cultural Landscapes Guide
Discover the landscape legacy of Minneapolis and St. Paul—developed alongside each other in the mid-nineteenth century on the Mississippi River waterfront. The richly illustrate guide now features more than one hundred landscape and pioneer profiles.
Kirby Park
Mount Auburn Cemetery - MA
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Watson Farm
STEWARDSHIP: Landslide
The goal of Landslide is to draw immediate and lasting attention to threatened landscapes and unique features, and to encourage informed, community-based stewardship decisions.
Monument Razzle Dazzle
Will the administration's peculiar interpretation of a 1924 report be enough to get a 250-foot-tall arch built near Arlington National Cemetery?
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Elizabeth Street Garden
After thirteen years of twists and turns, lower Manhattan’s beloved one-acre oasis is no longer at risk of being destroyed.
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Dallas City Hall
This exceptional melding of Modernist landscape architecture and a Brutalist building is threatened with demolition.
EVENTS: Lectures, Exhibitions, Tours
TCLF hosts events across the United States including excursions, dialogues, and tours that highlight the nation's rich and diverse landscape heritage.
Garden Dialogues 2026: Cleveland, OH
In honor of the release of Virginia Burt Designs’ new book, Capturing Essence, spend the day with Principal Landscape Architect Virginia Burt, FCSLA, FASLA, experiencing the landscapes and gardens that embody the firm’s distinctive design philosophy. Registration includes a signed copy of Capturing Essence and an invitation to the book launch reception at the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 16.
Examples: Landscape name, designer, stytle, location, etc
Advanced SearchPEOPLE: Designers & Stewards
Pioneers of American Landscape Design chronicles the lives and careers of those who have designed our gardens, parks, streets, campuses, cemeteries, suburbs, and the innumerable other environments in which we live.
James van Sweden Oral History
James van Sweden has been a leader in landscape architecture for more than 35 years. In a series of interviews he shares his philosophy about an enduring design legacy.
Examples: “Dan Kiley” or “Modernist”
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