Lunch and Learn from your peers. A complimentary lunch will be provided to the first 100 Landscape Professionals. Each table is labeled with a topic. Sit with your peers at the table with the topic of your choice to network as you dine.
Table 1: Design Matters, Play Matters More Join us for a conversation around how thoughtful design creates amazing and inclusive play experiences. Discover how color psychology shapes social interaction, universal design benefits all children, and community spaces become catalysts for belonging through intentional, empathetic playground design. Facilitated by: Landscape Structures
Table 2: Paver-Grate® Suspended Paving Systems The most important part of your design the public will never see. We will discuss how these systems protect trees while maintaining uniform hardscape appearance. Integrating details with soil cells, incorporating uplighting, decorative trim grates, and much more. As well as options for hiding utility vaults with easily removable tray systems. Facilitated by: Ironsmith
Table 3: Designing the Outdoor Kitchen Experience Explore how outdoor kitchens intersect with design, function, and lifestyle. In this collaborative forum, we will discuss spatial planning, material selection, client needs, regional influences and how outdoor cooking spaces can elevate both everyday living and the experiential quality of outdoor environments in residential and multi-unit settings.Facilitated by: Pleina Group
Table 4: Designs That Sell Themselves: The Power of Visualization Join Robert Cheezum, Design Manager at PlaygroundEquipment.com, for a discussion around design visualization, principles, technologies, best practices and resources. Facilitated by: PlaygroundEquipment.com
Table 5: Smarter Vegitation
Design: Boost Your Revit Landscape Workflow Vegetation design workflows in Revit. Share experiences, explore common challenges, and exchange ideas on improving planting design and documentation. This is a great opportunity to brainstorm solutions and learn how others approach landscape modeling in BIM. Facilitated by: Environment for Revit
Table 6: Designing for Active Nature Play In this roundtable discussion, Suzanne Quinn, Ph.D., Head of the KOMPAN Play Institute, Americas, will lead a discussion about the trends in outdoor nature-based play and play in nature and how to nourish nature play in parks and schools through playground design. We will identify design features in outdoor play environments that support play in nature and critique playground design to make the most out of natural features while also being compliant with playground safety criteria. Facilitated by: KOMPAN
Table 7: Shade Structures vs Trees: A Case for Both! Why choose one and not both? This lunch box roundtable explores how trees and fabric shade structures can work together—providing immediate and lasting shade while also addressing site challenges and enhancing comfort, health, sustainability, and environmental impact in outdoor spaces. Facilitated by: USA Shade
Table 8: Aluminum versus Steel Landscape Edging What is the best material for landscape edging? Aluminum? Steel? Plastic? Come learn about the pros and cons of each. Facilitated by: Permaloc
Table 9: Recreational Accessibility - What It Is & How to Achieve It Many outdoor environments are designed to ensure access by those in wheelchairs, but fall short of actively inviting those with disabilities to participate in recreational activities. Explore how to give this often-overlooked demographic ways to participate in active recreation alongside others in the community, and facilitate greater inclusion for all. Facilitated by: Greenfields Outdoor Fitness
Table 10: Products, Programs, and Services to Elevate your Client Experience Discover how advocacy tools like data services, funding resources, playful plant database, and the widest array of custom product choices can help simplify your design process and help you provide new services to your clients that will stand out from other proposals. Facilitated by: PlayCore
