The Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning at CU Denver offers a full-accredited Master of Landscape Architecture, a minor in landscape architecture, and a landscape architecture certificate program. Students in all of our programs engage with issues of social justice, sustainability, and environmental racism and explore responses to these constructs through research and design.
Over a 12-year period, Denver Public Schools (DPS) converted 99 elementary schoolyards into green “Learning Landscapes” across the district. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his plan for Green Schools for a Healthier New York City in May 2025.
Landscape architecture is so much more than designing outdoor spaces. At its core, it's a discipline that blends art, ecology, design, and social understanding. It goes beyond gardens and parks, branching out to include projects that involve restoring ecosystems, designing for resiliency and longevity, planning spaces that are accessible and equitable, and adapting spaces in response to climate change. So let's dig into something else, something less obvious, something you might not know about landscape architecture.