To expand the body of knowledge of the landscape architecture profession, promote the value of landscape architecture, and increase public understanding of environmental and land use issues and principles.

Education , Libraries

Awards - to provide recognition to landscape architects for work in their profession and to promote the profession to the public. library & education - maintain information on landscape architecture, maintain an archive for documents valuable to the profession, and make available education opportunities to theprofession. the sustainable sites initiative is an interdisciplinary effort by the american society of landscape architects, the lady bird johnson wildflower center, and the united states botanical garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarksfor sustainable land design, construction, and maintenance practices.