Chapter Awards
The intent of the Annual Maryland ASLA Awards Program is to encourage professional excellence in Maryland and the Washington Metropolitan Area by recognizing significant completed as well as un‐built Landscape Architectural projects. The objective is to bring public attention to the outstanding services of landscape architects by honoring them with professional awards for projects that demonstrate a superior quality of design and execution.
Lifetime Achievement Award
2023 - Sandy Clinton
2022 - Dennis Nola
2021 - Bob Gorman
2020 - Robert Alter
2019 - James Urban
2018 - Carol Macht
2017 - David Locke
2016 - John Slater
2015 - Jay Graham
2014 - Catherine Mahan
Mid - Career Achievement Award
2023 - Brian Reetz
2022 - Om Khurjekar
2021 - Colleen Vacelet
Emerging Professional Award
2023 - Lauren Gray
2021 - Michael Pullano
Spencer Ellis Award
2023 - Michael E. Busch
Former Speaker of the House of Delegates
2022 - Parks & People Foundation
2021 - William Baker
President of Chesapeake Bay Foundation
2020 - Suzanne Etgen
Executive Director of Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy
2019 - Delegate Dana Stein (District 11) & Delegate Stephen Lafferty (District 42A)
Maryland House of Delegates
2018 - Neighborhood Design Center
2017 - Spa Creek Conservancy
2016 - Partners for Open Space
2015 - Jack Neil
Jack Neil & Associates
2014 - Mel Wilkens
Spa Creek Conservancy
2013 - Delegate Barbara Frush (District 21)
Maryland House of Delegates
2012 - Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
2011 - Elizabeth Bobo (District 12B)
Maryland House of Delegates
2009 - Ed Snodgrass
Emory Knoll Farms
2008 - James Kraft (District 1)
Baltimore City Council
2007 - Sean McGuire
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Office of Sustainability
2006 - Gennady Schwartz
Chief of Capital Development, Baltimore City Recreation & Parks
2005 - Neighborhood Design Center
2004 - Ellen Moyer
Mayor of Annapolis
2003 - Tom & Kitty Stoner
TKF Foundation
2002 - David Pittenger
Director of the National Aquarium in Baltimore