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.

Why Study Landscape Architecture?

"As landscape architects, we have the power to leave the world in better shape than when we found it. I challenge everyone to do the same"

- Lucas D'Entremont, BSLA 2024 Graduate

Zube

Zube Lecture Series

Our department gathers academic experts, professional leaders, and LARP alumni from around the world for our renowned Zube Lecture Series. Guest speakers lead weekly talks and panel discussions on major topics in landscape architecture, regional planning, and community development. 

UMass landscape architecture and architecture students present proposals for housing plans in the Hampshire Mall to clients, faculty, and classmates

Studio Midterm Presentations

Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning studios will present their midterm projects in the Design Building on October 15-18, 2024.

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Save the Date!

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.