With the ASLA Expo/annual meeting this year in Chicago, LASN presents the landscape architectural work of firms in the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

This magazine will be distributed at the ASLA Expo at McCormick Place in Chicago, Nov. 7-8, 2015.

Thirty firms participated this year in presenting their project work. We asked the firms to send us a short biographical profile, plus photography of at least three projects, with a brief description of the design work for each project. We let the firms speak for themselves in their profiles and in describing the projects, although we did edit to fit the space.

We selected the images we thought best represented each project. As there wasn't room in the magazine to publish all the individual project photos submitted by the firms, LASN has made those available at www.landscapearchitect.com, and in the digital magazine. The unique five-digit number below each firm profile is a clickable link in the digital magazine to the firm's profile and all the project images (iPad compatible). That number is also the search criterion to take you to the firm's profile at www.landscapearchitect.com.

Thank you, Firms of the Midwest for participating! We look forward to seeing you in Chicago.

Coming in 2016: The ASLA Expo was in New Orleans in 2003. It was a memorable time, particularly as the show coincided with Halloween. Imaging the French Quarter on that night! In honor of the show returning to New Orleans, LASN will present in the October 2016 issue the "Firms of the Deep South": Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina.

Click on the name of the firm to visit their profile on landscapearchitect.com:

NBBJ, Columbus, Ohio
www.nbbj.com

Fanning Howey, Chicago; Celina and Dublin, Ohio; Indianapolis and South Bend, Ind.
www.fhai.com

Planning Design Studio, St. Louis, Mo.
www.planningdesignstudio.com

Ken Saiki Design, Madison, Wisconsin
www.ksd-la.com

RDG Planning & Design, Des Moines and Ames, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska
www.rdgusa.com

Grissim Metz Andriese Associates, Northville, Michigan
www.gma-la.com

Environmental Design Group, Akron, Ohio
www.envdesigngroup.com

Confluence, Des Moines, Iowa
www.thinkconfluence.com

Planned Environment Associates, Inc. (P.E.A.), Chesterton, Indiana
www.houzz.com/pro/sefranzen/planned-environment-associates

site design group, ltd., Chicago
www.site-design.com

Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group, Indianapolis, Ind.
www.tswdesigngroup.com

Behnke Landscape Architecture, Cleveland, Ohio
www.behnkela.com

Cawrse and Associates, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
www.cawrse.com

Hays Landscape Architecture Studio, St. Clairsville, Ohio
www.hayslas.com

Professional Engineering Assoc. Inc. (PEA), Troy, Michigan
www.peainc.com

WDM Architects, Wichita, Kansas
www.wdmarchitects.com

WSB Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.wsbeng.com

Forum Studio, St. Louis and Chicago
www.forumstudio.com

GRAEF Landscape Architectural Design, Milwaukee, Green Bay and Madison, Wis.; Chicago Loop and Chicago Airport; and Orlando, Fla.
www.graef-usa.com

Three C's Landscaping, Fraser, Michigan
www.threecslandscaping.com

SAS+Associates, Duluth, Minnesota
www.saslandarch.com

The Collaborative, Toledo, Ohio
www.thecollaborativeinc.com

ROWE Professional Services Company, a Michigan Corp.
www.owepsc.com

Wyss Associates, Rapid City, South Dakota
www.wyssassociates.com

Oakland Design Associates, Columbus, Ohio
www.houzz.com/pro/oaklanddesign/oakland-design-associates

Common Ground Landscapes, Boyne City, Michigan
www.commongroundlandscapes.com

Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Indianapolis, Ind.
www.bdmd.com

Big Muddy Workshop, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
www.bigmuddyworkshop.com

AECOM "?u 12 Landscape Architects in the Midwest
www.aecom.com

Pro Care Horticultural Services, Carmel Indiana
www.procarelandscapers.com