The Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA MN) has announced the winners of its annual Professional & Student Design Awards competition, recognizing excellence in landscape architectural design, planning and analysis, communication, and research.

Here are the winners of the 2025 ASLA Minnesota Professional & Student Awards program:

General Design
HGA (Milwaukee, WI) - HONOR AWARD for Davidson Park [Keep your eye out for the August Hardscapes Issue, featuring this project!]
LHB (Duluth) - HONOR AWARD for Lincoln Park
TEN x TEN (Falcon Heights) - MERIT AWARD for Philando Castile Community Peace Garden
TEN x TEN (Charlotte, NC) - MERIT AWARD for Constellation Garden Remembrance Memorial
HKGi (Sherburne County) - MERIT AWARD for Grams Park Nature Play Improvements

 

Small Budget, Big Impact
Damon Farber (Minnetrista) - HONOR AWARD for Six Mile Marsh Prairie Trail
TEN x TEN (Dakota County) - MERIT AWARD for Dakota Homeland Frames
Bolton & Menk (Minneapolis) - MERIT AWARD for Seward Montessori School Outdoor Classroom

Planning & Urban Design
Damon Farber (Duluth) - MERIT AWARD for West Superior Street
Damon Farber (Wright County) - MERIT AWARD for Rootsprings: A Holistic Site Plan for Healing and Connection

Residential
Wanjing Ji (St. Paul) - MERIT AWARD for The Little Project: Unlocking the Potential of an Everyday Urban Lot
Aune Fernandez Landscape Architects (Balsam Lake, WI) - MERIT AWARD for Kindred Oaks
PEBL Design (Okoboji) - MERIT AWARD for Okoboji

Research
Bolton & Menk - HONOR AWARD for Low Salt Design

Student Work
Izabel Wilde (Detroit, MI) - MERIT AWARD for Consequential Habitat
Lucia Bennett (St. Paul) - MERIT AWARD for Underworld: Soils, Research, & Risk at Pig's Eye Regional Park

To read more about the winning projects, go to: https://aslamn.org/awards

For more information on the ASLA Minnesota Chapter and the local profession, visit aslamn.org.