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IMASLA 2025 Fall Summit | Landscape Architecture, Engaged

  • Idaho Montana, ASLA Boise, ID US (map)

Landscape Architecture, Engaged

Exploring the opportunities and constraints of the stakeholder engagement and collaboration with peers, public, allied professionals, and policy makers. 

Summit Schedule
12:15 – 12:30 Introduction

12:30 – 1:30 Keynote: Dr. David Reinhart Managing Emotion-Filled Public Meetings: From Heat to Helpful Input
Landscape Architects, planners, and education leaders who must present and decide in rooms charged with fear, anger, grief—or all three. Better public-meeting design directly influences the health, safety, and welfare of communities by improving trust, decision quality, and site/program outcomes that shape the built environment.

1:30 – 1:35 Break/Transition

1:35 -2:35 Speaker: Chad Lorentze, PLA Advocacy by Design ; Lessons Learned from a Design’s Failure to Lauch
Building Bridges: A Call for Advocacy Ambassadors to Strengthen Local Ties for Landscape Architecture in Idaho & Montana.

2:35 – 2:40 Break/Transition

2:40 – 3:40 Speaker: Matthew T. Adams, PLA & Megan Terry, PLA Advancing Landscape Architecture Through Relationships
Examine “Barriers to Adoption” for alternative landscape design strategies observed in recent projects in southwest Idaho. Explore strategies to better identify social constraints for unconventional or alternative landscape design strategies. Discuss the specific design elements, contract structures, and communication strategies that may improve outcomes.

3:40 – 3:45 Closing Remarks

Special Thank You to Our Event Sponsor


Treasure Valley participants, please join us for a happy hour

with our sponsor following the event.

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