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Concurrent Education Session

Learning to Lead and Grow in Your Career

SAT-B05: Inside the LA Studio—Phyto Studio

Saturday, October 11, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW

Phyto Studio is a leading landscape architecture firm specializing in resilient, high-visibility planting design. Founded in 2017 to bridge landscape architecture, horticulture, and ecology, the four-person studio pioneers ecological horticulture as a technology to restore urban ecological abundance through practical, adaptive plant systems tailored to contemporary environmental stresses.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Discover how a niche-focused business model challenges conventional firm structures and unlocks new opportunities.
  • Examine how a singular, plant-forward design philosophy adapts across diverse project types and sectors.
  • Unpack the ways Phyto collaborates with leading firms while preserving its distinct ecological perspective.
  • Experience how deep engagement in procurement and fieldwork fuels design innovation and studio creativity.