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New Directions in the American Landscape

37th Annual Symposium

Seeing the Forest and the Trees

Designing Landscapes that Integrate Regional Specificity with Global Commonality

January 15-16

Union, NJ

Keane University + Online

Program link:

https://www.ndal.org/2026-annual-symposium#program-details