{"id":12973,"date":"2026-08-26T07:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/?p=12973"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:52:53","slug":"uf-landscape-architecture-earns-three-asla-national-student-awards-including-top-honor-for-seagrass-restoration-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/uf-landscape-architecture-earns-three-asla-national-student-awards-including-top-honor-for-seagrass-restoration-project\/","title":{"rendered":"UF Landscape Architecture Earns Three ASLA National Student Awards, Including Top Honor for Seagrass Restoration Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UF Landscape Architecture Earns Three ASLA National Student Awards, Including Top Honor for Seagrass Restoration Project<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-80119938b9d08a0933c3226c5fd75691 wp-block-paragraph\">Students from the University of Florida Department of Landscape Architecture have received multiple awards and national recognition from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/awards-events-main-landing\/honors-awards\/pro-student-awards\/2026-asla-student-awards\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/awards-events-main-landing\/honors-awards\/pro-student-awards\/2026-asla-student-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 ASLA Student Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-f5eaf3fb alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-b593443e\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-b7e515bc wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/desi-headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-12985\" width=\"319\" height=\"301\" title=\"desi headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-cda58a62\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-a3e8aae8 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/desi-1024x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-12907\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" title=\"desi\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6fb622a0a6b74385ad2424a7a7940fb9 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Cleary shows how building community awareness can make hidden natural systems visible and more meaningful to the general public.&#8221; &#8211; ASLA Awards Jury<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-20ce3bbbead7c65f4f3b60c02dfb618e wp-block-paragraph\">Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) alumni Desi Roch-Hernandez (BLA \u201826) received the highest honors in the \u201cGeneral Design\u201d category, with an Award of Excellence for the project &#8220;The Invisible Meadow: A Perceptive Approach to Seagrass Restoration&#8221;, which reimagines seagrass restoration as both ecological infrastructure and public experience. By combining ecological restoration with public engagement, the project presents a framework for coastal intervention that operates across environmental and social scales, supporting both ecosystem recovery and community awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5058bc1d9eae4f45cbf85ae46d6b97f8 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/awards-events-main-landing\/honors-awards\/pro-student-awards\/2026-asla-student-awards\/the-invisible-meadow-a-perceptive-approach-to-seagrass-restoration\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/awards-events-main-landing\/honors-awards\/pro-student-awards\/2026-asla-student-awards\/the-invisible-meadow-a-perceptive-approach-to-seagrass-restoration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to view the full project award.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-34b490d7 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d4d2ecea\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-f6611451 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/06\/HaydenGermanis-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-12729\" width=\"475\" height=\"227\" title=\"HaydenGermanis-Photo\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-931fd170\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-8fd04a9e wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/hayden1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-12901\" width=\"1900\" height=\"927\" title=\"hayden1\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-697aca9a0ef2fb36993c502388e86183 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Beautiful, stunning project, lovely graphics, local\/place-based analysis and planning&#8221; &#8211; ASLA Awards Jury<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0e42416a762092c79d1d247d369399a9 wp-block-paragraph\">BLA alumni Hayden Germanis (BLA \u201826), received an Honor Award in the \u201cAnalysis and Planning\u201d category for the project \u201cA Ground for Change: Regenerating Cultural Landscapes on Pine Island\u201d, which explores how regenerative landscape design, when applied to the cultural landscape, can empower the stewards of coastal-rural landscapes to accommodate climate change while maintaining recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c260fc8abd14ad373f33cc5d8c08561b wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/awards-events-main-landing\/honors-awards\/pro-student-awards\/2026-asla-student-awards\/a-ground-for-change-regenerating-cultural-landscapes-on-pine-island\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/awards-events-main-landing\/honors-awards\/pro-student-awards\/2026-asla-student-awards\/a-ground-for-change-regenerating-cultural-landscapes-on-pine-island\">Click here to view the full project award.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9ea9de3557edab6b4469dff93e6affdc wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-427f67f6 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-26-at-7.23.41-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-12981\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1237\" title=\"Screenshot 2026-08-26 at 7.23.41\u202fAM\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b59bd2e7b864dd1fc24d4eb2f61f0a66 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Compelling story of design education and student leadership. Highlights the importance of a critical process of experimenting, learning, and reflection.&#8221; &#8211; ASLA Awards Jury<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d00e5986a31f5f49bd56ff2d76e60ac1 wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the department\u2019s student-led magazine publication Understory won an Honor Award in the \u201cStudent Collaboration\u201d category, being recognized for their focus on the process of making and the importance of collaboration in design thinking.&nbsp;Through Understory&#8217;s zines and publications, the club has developed initiatives such as a US Library and student talks that highlight both collective creativity and personal growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size 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