Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ is founded in New York City with 11 charter members, including one woman, Beatrix Farrand. The first Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Annual Meeting also takes place.
Harvard University becomes the first university to offer a degree in landscape architecture.
is founded by three Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ members.
National examining board is established and continues until 1948.
First ; as of 2024 there are 49 chapters representing all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
American Society of Landscape Architects Inc. is incorporated in Massachusetts.
First Code of Professional Ethics is adopted; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ membership reaches 252.
Katherine Bashford is elected first female chapter president by the Southern California chapter.
California adopts registration of the title ¡°Landscape Architect,¡± followed by the adoption of practice acts by New York and Connecticut.
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ headquarters offices moves to Washington, D.C.; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ membership reaches 1,647.
is organized to coordinate and assist the growing number of state registration boards.
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ medal program is established; today, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ¡¯s expanded medals and awards program continues to recognize outstanding achievement in landscape architecture with annual awards.
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Foundation is incorporated with the purpose to solicit and coordinate funds for research and other educational projects; it is reorganized in the mid-1970s as the independent .
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Professional Awards program begins and continues to recognize outstanding works in landscape architecture each year.
CLARB is incorporated as a separate organization and begins administering the Uniform National Exam (UNE) for landscape architectural licensure; UNE later evolves into the Landscape Architecture Registration Exam (LARE), which continues today.
Official policy supporting equal opportunities and treatment for women in the profession is approved by Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ¡¯s Board of Trustees.
A new Student Awards program was announced after a long hiatus.
Edward Pryce, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, becomes the first African American Fellow.
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ membership reaches 5,000.
Darwina Neal, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, becomes Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ¡¯s first female national president.
Brian S. Kubota, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, becomes Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ's first Asian American national president.
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ establishes a website at .
The is established as a partnership between Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin with the goal of developing the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes with or without buildings. In 2006 the United States Botanic Garden joins the partnership.
Residential Design category added to the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Professional Awards.
The is established as a collaborative project of Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), and Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) to offer continuing professional education in landscape architecture.
Perry Howard, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, becomes the first African American national president.
Mark Focht, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, becomes the first openly gay national president.
. Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ continues its support as a licensee.
National Landscape Architecture Month in April becomes World Landscape Architecture Month as Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ works with colleagues around the globe to raise awareness of the profession.
Urban Design category added to the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Professional Awards.
Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ becomes an official NGO observer to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security designates landscape architecture a STEM discipline.
SuLin Kotowicz, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, becomes the first Asian American women national president.