Build Sustainable Communities
Now more than ever, landscape architects and planners are needed to help solve today’s biggest challenges, from housing inequality, to food insecurity and climate change. Our department offers professionally accredited degree programs in Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. We also offer a highly flexible Sustainable Community Development undergraduate program and a skills-based Associate of Science in Landscape Contracting.
Giving You the Tools to Make a Difference
Do you want to create positive change for people and the planet? Watch this video to discover how UMass LARP will help you get started on your path.
Registration Open!
The 8th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Healing Place and Planet will take place April 11-13, 2025, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Spring 2024 Graduate Urban Design Studio Publishes Final Report
Ten graduate students in Professor Frank Sleegers' Urban Design Studio collaborated with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and local stakeholders to develop Neighborhood Investment Plans for the North End, South End, and Metro Center in Springfield, MA. Read the studio's findings and design proposals in the final report.