National Month

National Landscape Architecture Month – April

On National Landscape Architecture Month – April, the garden, the park, and the wild places get their due.

How to celebrate

Small, doable ways to celebrate National Landscape Architecture Month – April.

  • Take a walk without your phone — just the walk.
  • Plant something. Anything.
  • Pick up ten pieces of litter from a place you love.
  • Learn the name of one tree, bird, or wildflower in your neighborhood.
  • Leave a place a little better than you found it.

Celebration ideas by audience

For families

Go on a no-phone walk together. Point out what you see.

For kids

Do a scavenger hunt — five kinds of leaves, three birdsongs, one funny rock.

For couples

Plan a day outside — picnic, trail, park. Pack well. Rush nothing.

At the office

Move a meeting outside. Walk-and-talks are underrated.

At school

Take a class lesson outside if weather permits.

In your community

Volunteer for a park cleanup, trail maintenance, or community garden workday.

On your own

Pick one spot, go there, and stay longer than you planned.