Here are the winners of the 7th Annual Social Media Awards in Landscape Architecture presented by Land8 and the American Society of Landscape Architects! Social media has the power to significantly increase the awareness and importance of the profession of landscape architecture, and Land8 and ASLA believe industry leaders in social media should be recognized and promoted. Be sure to follow the winners to help grow and promote the profession!
Top 10 Social Media Accounts – LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
1. Design Workshop, Inc. – Instagram | LinkedIn
We use social media to promote the value of landscape architecture and its role in creating resilient, connected, and beautiful spaces. Our posts highlight DW Legacy Design®—balancing environmental sensitivity, community connection, artistry, and economic viability. We aim to educate, inspire, and engage a broad audience. In 2024, Instagram followers grew by 16.7% and engagement rose 921.5%, while LinkedIn followers grew 14.3% with engagement up 624.6%.
2. Arcadia Landscape Architecture – LinkedIn | Instagram
Arcadia’s purpose is to partner to enrich community and Country. Our social media content shares the work and culture of a landscape architecture and urban design practice operating across Australia, shaping a future where every landscape tells a story of innovation, sustainability, and cultural connection. We are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous Australians in the built environment and we hope to educate and inform as we share this journey through our content.
3. Fletcher Studio Landscape Architecture – Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Blog
We offer a behind-the-scenes look into what inspires us. It’s true to who we are, and reflects our interests in art, music, exhibitions, gathering, science–and sometimes bizarre phenomena. We look, celebrate what we see, and showcase often overlooked, tiny delights. Rooted in visual storytelling, our colorful social platform celebrates the personal touches that feed our creativity and live on in our work. We believe in the power of public space for everyone, and share our joy in designing it.
4. Hitchcock Design Group – Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Blog
We think of landscape architecture as storytelling at scale. Social media helps to further our stated purpose: To improve people’s lives through meaningful interactions with creative outdoor spaces and places. Our social channels showcase the people, process and projects that define our values of Design Excellence, Collaboration Equity and Life Balance, providing a venue for networking, education and celebration.
5. Oehme, van Sweden | OvS – Instagram
Our social media presence has always emphasized possibilities and creativity. Drawing from built work, our daily activities and on-going projects we engage our audience with our distinctive style and bountiful gardens. We pride ourselves on joyful, inspired places. No two days are alike at our office and similarly, no content is repeated.
6. DTJ DESIGN – Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook
Our social media is a pillar of how we develop the awareness of our brand. Using the platforms to promote the work we do for our clients as well as promote the DTJ designers. Although we are disciplined in landscape architecture, we are also disciplined in architecture and planning services. Making us multifaceted in several segments, public work, themed attractions, community design and amenities, resorts and hospitality, and more!
7. Spackman Mossop Michaels – Instagram
SMM sees social media as a critical connection to our collaborators, clients, and colleagues. In 2024, we focused on elevating the people behind our work as they are often an unseen part of our projects. Our community partners are the foundation of our practice. Their stories both motivate us on a personal level while also inspiring our approach to climate and environmental justice in our work. Showcasing the faces behind our work emphasizes that landscape architecture is about people.
8. McCullough Landscape Architecture – Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube
At McCullough, we elevate landscape architecture and celebrate our people through visually stunning content. We engage audiences with human-centered storytelling, showcasing team stories, project highlights with professional photography, designer renderings, and videos like “Studio Chats” with collaborators. By blending thought leadership, storytelling, and vibrant visuals, we spark conversations about the importance of creating sustainable, thriving communities, starting with landscape.
9. The MBTW Group – Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook
Our social media strategy has been built around sharing information about our projects and our office culture with the intention of demonstrating the capability and diversity of the Landscape Architectural profession. By highlighting our projects, team specialties, and community collaborations, we aim to inspire others and promote the value of sustainable, creative, vibrant, inclusive, and resilient spaces.
10. Clinton + Ries Landscape Architects – Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook
We use social media to showcase our work and raise awareness for thoughtful, environmentally conscious landscape architecture. By fostering connections with industry professionals and highlighting collaborations, we aim to educate and inspire our audience. Our focus is on sharing discoveries, promoting sustainable practices, and encouraging a deeper appreciation for the impact of design on our environment and communities.
Top 10 Social Media Accounts – INDIVIDUAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
1. Zixu Qiao – Instagram | YouTube
I use social media to educate and inspire the global design community by sharing innovative tutorials, mapping techniques, and visualization tips through LandSpace Architecture. My content highlights sustainable solutions, AI integration, and design approaches for climate resilience. By engaging followers through platforms like Instagram and YouTube, I promote the value of landscape architecture, foster collaboration, and empower young designers to address pressing environmental challenges.
2. Eric Arneson – Instagram | Threads | YouTube
Eric Arneson, a Landscape Architect, provides an inside look at the design process of his California-based firm, Topophyla Landscape Design. His Instagram account features an engaging blend of quick tutorials, landscape-themed memes, and insights into cutting-edge technologies such as drones, 3D scanning, and AI, highlighting his dedication to innovation in landscape architecture.
3. Nahal Sohbati – Instagram
A little bit of this & that. Showing the fun, the ugly, & everything in between. It’s not always about celebrating achievements but about embracing the lessons learned along the way. My platform breaks away from the “always pretty” & perfect practices, highlighting the fun, messy, & raw reality of design. In a world where AI delivers picture-perfect everything, what’s missing is the authenticity & honesty of the process. No formulas, no filters, just the genuine ebb & flow of the work we love.
4. Jordan Chiang – Instagram | LinkedIn
This account is focused on landscape architecture from an emerging professional’s standpoint, displaying the various aspects of my life that relate to the study and practice of it; including sketches, professional/personal works, academic engagements, conferences/professional events, interesting landscape moments, licensure, travel, etc. I hope to show a bit of what working in this field can be, particularly for minority students, and promote this field as the fascinating opportunity it is.
5. Joanna Łaska-Sochacka – Facebook | Instagram
I’m Joanna, owner of Studio S Landesign, and I’ve been designing healthy gardens for Polish families for 10 years. I hold a BSc and MSc in Landscape Architecture, alongside two therapeutic degrees. Passionate about plants and wellbeing, I promote health through horticulture. Recognized in 2020 as a Top 10 social media account by Land8, I share garden design, plant education, and charity work, including annual custom garden project auctions, inspiring sustainable living and connections with nature.
6. Camille Wildburger – Instagram
At Bylines Studio, I channel my passion for landscape architecture by providing accessible online design services and resources for homeowners, builders, architects, and designers. As a full-time public park project manager, I launched this business to make thoughtful design available nationwide. Through social media, I showcase the creative process, empower clients to transform spaces, and share insights on building a design business online, combining sustainability with modern accessibility.
7. Michelle Davis – Blog
My blog, The Botanical Texan, promotes landscape architecture by connecting design, nature, and real-world experiences. I share examples, practical tips, and ways to translate natural inspiration into design solutions. Through storytelling, I highlight underrepresented topics, showcase the profession’s impact, and advocate for its importance. By blending education, inspiration, and advocacy, I celebrate landscape architecture and inspire appreciation for its role in creating meaningful spaces.
8. Kiley Aguar – Instagram
Our social media account uses humor and relatable visuals to create disposable memes that reflect the consumable nature of the landscape. Each post blends wit, critique, and insight—designed to entertain while inspiring thoughtful reflection. By focusing on direct, easily digestible content, we strive to make complex ideas about design and landscape architecture more accessible. Our goal is simple: to help people laugh, reflect, and reconsider how design shapes the world around them.
9. Nicholas Robins – Instagram
At Plants for People, we use social media to tell the story of how landscape architecture connects people to nature. By documenting our projects from concept to completion, we show how thoughtful design transforms outdoor spaces. Whether it’s creating habitat-friendly gardens, integrating stormwater solutions, or blending with the natural beauty of the Nova Scotia coastline, our work highlights the power of design to address environmental challenges and create lasting beauty.
10. Nick Straabe – Instagram
I utilize social media to elevate firms, individuals, scholastic programs and allied organizations to bring awareness to others within the profession who might not see the works. It is also a platform that several individuals find more comfortable to have an abbreviated industry conversation. Overall objective is to galvanize the industry and bring awareness to Landscape Architecture.
Top 10 Social Media Accounts – ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS
1. Landscape First – Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky
Landscape First is an online platform that carries out a precise cultural challenge: to show the different facets that landscape can take on and the opportunities it offers us to improve the quality of life of communities and individuals. Landscape First support those who operate in the transformation of cities and the territory, from public to private entities, promoting reuse operations, care of public spaces and urban spaces, active citizenship practices and social inclusion projects.
2. Landscape Architecture Foundation – Instagram | LinkedIn
LAF uses social media to increase visibility of landscape architects, offer inspiration, and spur action on critical issues like climate change and inequity. Besides publicizing its program and funding opportunities, LAF showcases rising leaders, innovative ideas, and the far-reaching impacts of the work it supports. LAF also shares valuable resources like webinars and landscape performance case studies. Consolidating accounts allowed for more visually engaging posts and broader reach in 2024.
3. LandArch.org – Instagram | Blog
LandArch.org is a nonprofit platform dedicated to promoting landscape architecture by showcasing student projects, innovative designs, and academic work from architecture schools. Through blog posts, social media, and exhibitions, we amplify the voices of young designers and small firms, connect them with global opportunities, climate-responsive design practices. Our platform fosters community engagement and raises awareness about the critical role of landscape architecture.
4. Urbideias – Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Facebook
Urbideias offers technical solutions and visual interpretations of urbanism and landscape, in an innovative, gentle and didactic way, combining depth, critical perspective and unique views. We believe that landscape architecture can go in addition to its utilitarian function, being able to create spaces that awaken emotions, stimulate the senses and enrich people’s lives. We main goal is to democratize the content to many people, at the same time, from different locations.
5. New York Upstate ASLA – Instagram | Facebook
NY Upstate Chapter uses social media to keep its members and followers informed about seminars and events and to foster the sense of community across its 5 sections. NYUASLA loves to celebrate its history within the state and highlight the designs with Annual Awards and Annual Instagram Takeover.
6. American Society of Landscape Architects Northern CA Chapter – Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Blog
We represent 700+ landscape architects along the north coast of California. Our social media links our expansive membership, while growing public awareness. Last year we shared successes online including: our first Landscape X Symposium on cross-disciplinary topics, resources for Students and Emerging Professionals, invites to our Climate Action webinar series, JEDI events for our diverse community, and annual chapter awards. Our social media connects us, so we can pursue big ideas, together.
7. California Polytechnic State University – Instagram | Facebook
Cal Poly Landscape Architecture uses social media to promote student success and the “Learn by Doing” philosophy in an effort to attract more students to the field and celebrate what landscape architects do to make the world a better place. We post a mix of content contributed by students, staff, and faculty. Social media is also a networking tool to make connections, and we readily share relevant information from student clubs, industry partners, and the College community in our Stories.
8. Virginia Tech Landscape Architecture Program – Instagram
VTLAR uniquely highlights the world of landscape architecture by building community and sharing authentic stories from students, faculty, alumni, and friends. We showcase experiential learning, fieldwork, academics, moments, and design’s transformative impact. By leveraging social media trends, we connect with broader audiences, inspire future designers, and reveal how this innovative career shapes sustainable, equitable environments—showing prospective students how they can make a difference.
9. The Digital Journal – Instagram
The Digital Journal promotes the value of shaping urban open spaces with landscape architecture through interactive video illustrations. The page is a collection of the imagined and the unbuilt – an archive of work which puts landscape concepts at the forefront, while effortlessly conveying them to even non-professionals. We have hosted 1507 students across 78 countries in our workshops to spread awareness and further the field of landscape amongst the community of designers & other enthusiasts.
10. Vectorworks, Inc. – Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | X | YouTube
By engaging the community, educating users, and showcasing our software’s value. We demonstrate workflow efficiency and complex design capabilities while featuring customer success stories that validate its impact. We share industry insights, free educational resources and on-demand webinars, to encourage learning. By fostering creativity and sharing user-generated content, we build lasting relationships within the landscape architecture community through our active social media presence.
Please note that priority is given to those who have not previously received this award. View all past winners here:
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Please visit Land8 again in December 2025 for next year’s call for nominations!
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