In person. Free.

Join us outside! This spring makes our seventh season of Inside/Out -- outdoor, on-site walking tours of landscape architecture across our region. Tours are free. All are welcome.

RSVP here.

About this tour:

Playgrounds are more than just fun. They’re vital environments for children to build physical, cognitive, social and emotional skills. But for many kids, especially those with developmental differences, outdoor play spaces can feel overwhelming. This can lead to missed opportunities for connection, growth and play skill development. In this Learning Academy session, we’ll explore how playground design directly influences play skill acquisition and supports child development. Playground planners will gain insight into common pediatric diagnoses and how each can impact a child’s ability to participate in play.

This large, inclusive playground at 200 Trapelo Road opened in May 2025 and has been wildly popular ever since. Built on the historic grounds of the former Fernald Developmental Center, it is the largest inclusive playground completed by Landscape Structures and M.E. O’Brien & Sons in New England, designed for children of all ages and abilities.

Speakers :

• Dr.Ariel Mansholt, OTR/L, CPSI

• Jill Moore, Landscape Structures

Light refreshments will be provided, courtesy O'Brien & Sons.

This tour has been submitted for 1.0 LA CES HSW (status: pending) + this tour is confirmed for 1.0 AIA LU HSW .

In Person and Online. Free.

Grow Native Massachusetts: Evenings with Experts

Explore the Nighttime World of Caterpillars & Moths

May 20 | 7:00 - 8:30pm

Where: IN PERSON at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive, Boylston, MA & ONLINE via Zoom

Sign Up for Zoom (No Registration Needed to Attend in Person)

The Caterpillar Lab will present a photograph and video packed talk that explores the nighttime world of caterpillars, moths, and how to find them. Join us to learn how we can explore our own backyard habitats through the eyes of a moth, using UV and special light traps to uncover a whole new perspective. This special lecture will include time to meet a few special caterpillar specimens up close and, and chat with Caterpillar Lab educators about all things local caterpillar. In-person attendees will also get to try out blacklight flashlights!

The Caterpillar Lab is a non-profit based in New Hampshire that fosters greater appreciation and care for the complexity and beauty of natural history through live caterpillar educational programs, research initiatives, and photography and film projects. They believe that an increased awareness of one’s local environment is the foundation on which healthy and responsible attitudes towards the broader natural systems of this world are built.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

In person. Free.

Join us outside! This spring makes our seventh season of Inside/Out -- outdoor, on-site walking tours of landscape architecture across our region. Tours are free. All are welcome.

RSVP here

About this tour:

Our 2026 series continues in Boylston, Massachusetts...

This tour focuses on a few recent projects at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill:

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is a living museum of gardens, woodlands, and conservatories dedicated to creating experiences with plants that inspire people and improve the world.

This tour will focus on three of the many spaces designed by Ryan Associates: the recently completed Arrival Garden, Pliny's Allee, and The Ramble.

The Arrival Garden

Ryan Associates worked closely with the NEBG as part of a multi-year phased endeavor to expand visitor capacity, significantly improve accessibility, and reimagine the overall entry experience. Fundamental was relocating the initial visitor interaction from a gatehouse at the edge of the property into the main building at the center of the campus. This move included the construction of a lushly planted Arrival Garden -- "The Court; A Garden within Reach" -- as well as universally accessible pathways, lighting, parking, and rain gardens.

Pliny's Allee

Pliny’s Allée provides a pedestrian connection between the main campus building and the new children’s garden. Previously, a grass path between the rows of existing and beloved mature oak trees was not usable for all visitors. Ryan Associates was tasked with creating a fully accessible pathway without damaging the roots of the trees, part of the campus-wide effort to create equitable circulation routes.

The Ramble

The Ramble is a new 1.5-acre children’s garden. Designed in collaboration with landscape architect W. Gary Smith, the garden is composed of a series of destinations set within a lush botanic collection and encourages engagement with nature through unscripted play. Garden features include an interactive water sequence and wildlife pond, an “outcrop” amphitheater and boulder scramble, and a “stumpery” that turns felled trees into natural play structures.

Designed with accessibility at the forefront, visitors of all abilities can discover nooks and crannies that reveal opportunities for active and passive play. Paths meander through the woodland setting and lead to the heart of the space, a sunlit circular lawn and perennial garden, which is positioned with views of the surrounding garden.

After the tour, participatants will be invited to explore the rest of the grounds.

This tour will be led by

• Laura Knosp, ASLA, Principal, Ryan Associates Landscape Architecture + Planning and BSLA Member-at-Large

• Zach Kalette, ASLA, Senior Associate, Ryan Associates Landscape Architecture + Planning

  
  

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This Inside/Out ticket includes entrance to the grounds.

This ticket does not include lunch. Participants are encouraged to bring along a picnic, so that we don't overwhelm Tower Hill's small cafe.

All are welcome.

Members and non-members, coworkers + friends + families too. We aim to go in most weather. We look forward to exploring with you!

Online. All welcome.

Join us at our next monthly task force meeting on May 26th, 8:30-9:30am where we will debrief the plant-centric pieces of Fieldday 2026! There were a lot of plant-related talks and many of our nursery friends circling. Did you hear something or have a conversation that stuck out to you? Did you learn something really interesting? Or something you want to talk through more as a group? Join us on Zoom.

Zoom link here

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Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

In Person. Free. NOTE: this event was originally scheduled on May 15 and postponed due to weather. Join us on this new date!

Sign up here

Ever wondered how to “read” a tree through pruning?

Ever wanted to build confidence working with trees -- not just talking about them?

Pruning practice day is an opportunity to learn proper structural pruning techniques for a variety of ornamental and fruiting trees.

This part of a special series of Inside/Out activities organized by the BSLA Plant Sourcing Task Force focused on meeting plants where they are. Join us!

Members and non-members, all are welcome.

What to bring:

• If you have them: Clean and sharpened BY-PASS pruning snips (or you can borrow some)

• Boots (the fields tend to be very muddy in the spring)

• Water

• Sun protection

• Questions, patience, + good humor

Lunch will be provided by Pierson Nurseries.

Join us to get hands on plants!

Free. Online.

Register Here

Take a Risk with Rope Playgrounds - CEU Provided by Berliner Play Equipment & UltiPlay

Please join Berliner Play Equipment and UltiPlay for a free CEU!

UltiPlay clients across New England are invited to join a live webinar on Wednesday, June 3rd at 12 PM Eastern for a presentation of Take a Risk with Rope Playgrounds. Participants have the opportunity to join and earn 1 HSW learning unit with either AIA and LA CES.

CEU Session Description:

Do challenge and risk belong on the playground? As safety standards evolve, designers and agencies are increasingly asked to balance protection with opportunities for meaningful play. This session examines how rope-based playgrounds reintroduce manageable risk in ways that align with modern safety standards. We’ll explore the evolution of playground design and connect recent research on risky play to its benefits for children, including building confidence, resilience, and creativity. By unpacking the critical distinction between risk and hazard and reviewing key safety standards, attendees will leave with practical strategies for integrating developmentally beneficial risk into contemporary play environments.

Register Here

In Person at Progression Brewery, Northampton

The Western Mass Section of BSLA invites students, landscape architects, designers, teachers, makers, and all in our larger landscape architecture community to a Summer Social! Classmates, colleagues, friends, ALL ARE WELCOME.

RSVP Here

Say hi to old friends and meet someone new... Bring a coworker, family, friends, ALL ARE WELCOME. UMass and Five College and Conway students, this includes you!

Tickets are free for students + members, $10 non-members, and include lots of hot appetizers and 1 free drink ticket. Come and hang out + share good cheer.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

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In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

.

In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is an informal, monthly drop-in Zoom meeting of landscape architecture firm owners and leaders. 

Our goal is to create a space where New England landscape architecture firm owners and leaders can connect, commiserate, compare notes, and hopefully laugh a little with your peers in this community.

There is no fixed agenda, but we will start with a few discussion prompts and then you can take the conversation wherever you want to go. 

Questions or topics to discuss? contact BSLA President & Crowley Cottrell firm owner, Michelle Crowley.

Do you want to receive the monthly calendar invite? email Gretchen.

Here’s the Zoom link for 2026.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

.

In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

.

In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is an informal, monthly drop-in Zoom meeting of landscape architecture firm owners and leaders. 

Our goal is to create a space where New England landscape architecture firm owners and leaders can connect, commiserate, compare notes, and hopefully laugh a little with your peers in this community.

There is no fixed agenda, but we will start with a few discussion prompts and then you can take the conversation wherever you want to go. 

Questions or topics to discuss? contact BSLA President & Crowley Cottrell firm owner, Michelle Crowley.

Do you want to receive the monthly calendar invite? email Gretchen.

Here’s the Zoom link for 2026.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

In person. Free.

Join us for a hike, a beer, or both!

Landscape architects + designers, students + coworkers, family + friends:

Join us for a light-hearted fall hike, followed by food and drink. A Western Mass BSLA Social!

The "agenda" is to enjoy this special landscape and have fun together. We'll meet at Mass Audobon's Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton at 10:30am and hike some of their 4 miles of trails.

Afterwards, we'll head over to Abandoned Building Brewery -- around noon.

The Arcadia entrance fee + the first round of drinks will be covered by BSLA.

RSVP here

All are welcome. Say hi to an old friend and meet someone new. Bring a partner, or kids, or a classmate... you get the idea. Five College students, this includes you! The vibe is informal and fun.

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are FREE. RSVP requested to make communication easier in case of bad weather. We aim to go in most conditions, but if anything changes due to weather, we'll email all ticket holders + will announce here and via Instagram (@BSLAoffice).

At Arcadia or at the Brewery, it is OK to just show up, too.

Please come dressed for the weather, with shoes good for walking, water bottle and sun protection.

Directions: click here.

Join us outside! We look forward to seeing you

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

.

In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

.

In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is an informal, monthly drop-in Zoom meeting of landscape architecture firm owners and leaders. 

Our goal is to create a space where New England landscape architecture firm owners and leaders can connect, commiserate, compare notes, and hopefully laugh a little with your peers in this community.

There is no fixed agenda, but we will start with a few discussion prompts and then you can take the conversation wherever you want to go. 

Questions or topics to discuss? contact BSLA President & Crowley Cottrell firm owner, Michelle Crowley.

Do you want to receive the monthly calendar invite? email Gretchen.

Here’s the Zoom link for 2026.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

.

In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.

Online.

This is the monthly meeting of BSLA’s elected Executive Committee (“ExComm”), Section chairs, Student chapter leaders, and Committee leaders. All members from Maine and Massachuetts are welcome to attend.

This typically takes place on the third Thursday of the month.

The regular agenda includes brief updates, questions, and calls-to-action from each of the leaders and the work that they represent, along with longer discussions on special topics. If you have a topic to bring to an ExComm meeting, please email BSLA President, Michelle Crowley.

It’s our regular, essential moment to connect and coordinate our activities across Mass & Maine, AND our means to collaboratively discuss questions, issues, and other important things.

The 2026 Zoom link is here. Email Gretchen to be added to the calendar invite. Join us!

Online. All welcome.

Zoom link here

.

Welcome to the Plant Sourcing Task Force. This group focuses on anti-neonicotinoids as well as other issues such as seed grown plants, local ecotypes, etc.

All are welcome.

Online.

The relatively new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of BSLA aims to foster a network of welcoming support focused on people of color and other minorities within and beyond the organization.

Given current events, this is necessary now more than ever.

What’s on your mind? What’s your lived experience? What do you/your colleagues need? How can we act together?

Members + non-members, students and recent graduates to seasoned leaders are welcome. Join us.

Click here to join the Zoom

Photo: BSLA Inside/Out tour of The Embrace + Boston Common, summer 2023

Online.

This is an informal, monthly drop-in Zoom meeting of landscape architecture firm owners and leaders. 

Our goal is to create a space where New England landscape architecture firm owners and leaders can connect, commiserate, compare notes, and hopefully laugh a little with your peers in this community.

There is no fixed agenda, but we will start with a few discussion prompts and then you can take the conversation wherever you want to go. 

Questions or topics to discuss? contact BSLA President & Crowley Cottrell firm owner, Michelle Crowley.

Do you want to receive the monthly calendar invite? email Gretchen.

Here’s the Zoom link for 2026 + January 2027(!!!)

Online. Free. All welcome.

Join the Zoom

Our popular Firm Leaders / Owner's Zoom meetup has a new cousin: an online Zoom meetup for Solopreneurs!

This is a drop-in, come-as-you-are space to connect, commiserate, compare notes, and share a laugh with others who are also sole practitioners or leading tiny practices. Whether you recently went out on your own or have been doing this for decades, stop by and say hello.

This is a monthly thing. Members + non-members welcome. New England solo/small firms, this is a space for you.

To be added to the Google calendar invite, email Gretchen.

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In the photo: a solo plug from the Van Berkum Nursery Tour by solopreneur (and BSLA Plants Task Force Chair) April Maly.