While a professional organization with broad interests, the ASLA has increasingly moved to the forefront of the discussion about the role of landscape design and construction in building more sustainable communities. Indeed, hitting their website or listening to some of their leading members, you might well imagine them to be an environmental group.

If you're thinking about incorporating bright green landscaping into your professional life in any way, you need to be paying attention to these folks. But even if your interest in lanscaping stops at your back fence, their website offers some valuable resources for learning more.