Licensed Landscape Architects in the State of Connecticut are required to participate in continuing education programs in order to maintain licensure, as established by Public Act 97-174. This page is intended to provide our members with background information about continuing education requirements.

Regulations require each licensed landscape architect to obtain 24 continuing education units (CEUs) within each two-year period. Six of these 24 continuing education units shall be earned by attendance at live presentations. One continuing education unit is the equivalent of one contact hour (50 minutes of instruction) of technical presentation acceptable to the Board of Landscape Architects. In addition, each one-hour lecture given by a licensee may count as six contact hours. As a guideline, the Board will generally deem acceptable presentations on any technical aspect of the profession (not office management or business development) that relates to the general health, safety and welfare of the public.

It is the obligation of licensees to maintain a record of their participation in continuing education programs. CTASLA neither endorses nor approves programs with regards to their satisfaction of the continuing education requirements for licensure. Similarly, the Board does not pre-approve educational programs, except for "self-guided" courses or individual research.

Please see the related correspondence from the Department of Consumer Protection for a list of approved subject material and more detailed information about CEU requirements. Questions should be directed to the Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection, Board of Landscape Architects at (860) 713-6145.

For a current listing of educational programs offered by CTASLA and select other organizations that may qualify for continuing education credits, please see our Calendar.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

For more information about continuing education programs offered by The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), or for information about the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.), see www.clarb.org or call (703) 319-8380.

In addition, the following organizations may offer continuing education programs of interest to landscape architects:

AIA Connecticut
www.aiact.org
(203) 865-2195

AIA Continuing Education Programs
www.aia.org/conted/

Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens
http://www.bartlettarboretum.org/
(203) 322-6971

Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems
http://www.yale.edu/ccws
(203) 432-3026

Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR)
clear.uconn.edu/contact.htm
(860) 345-4511

The City College of New York, School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/architecture/
(212) 650-8732

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
www.caes.state.ct.us

Connecticut Association of Conservation & Inland Wetlands Commissions (CACIWC)
www.caciwc.org

Connecticut Association of Golf Course Superintendents (CAGCS)
www.cagcs.com

Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists (CAWS)
www.ctwetlands.org

Connecticut Association of Zoning Enforcement Officials
www.cazeo.org

Connecticut Botanical Society
www.ct-botanical-society.org
(860) 633-7557

Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA)
www.ccapa.org

Connecticut Chapter, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
www.irem-ct.org

Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association
www.ctnofa.org
(203) 888-5146

Connecticut College Arboretum
www.conncoll.edu/ccrec/greennet/arbo
(860) 439-5020

Connecticut Council of Small Towns
www.ctcost.org
(860) 676-0770

Connecticut Forest and Park Association (CFPA)
www.ctwoodlands.org
(860) 346-2372

Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC)
www.ctgbc.org

Connecticut Grounds Keepers Association (CGKA)
www.cgka.org
(203) 699-9912

Connecticut Horticultural Society
www.cthort.org

Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG)
www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg

Connecticut Irrigation Contractors Association (CICA)
www.cicaweb.org
(877) 260-2422

Connecticut League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
www.conservationeducation.org

Connecticut Main Street Center
www.ctmainstreet.org
(860) 280-2337

Connecticut Nursery & Landscape Association
www.flowersplantsinct.com
(203) 445-0110

Connecticut Olmsted Heritage Alliance
www.ctolmsted.org

Connecticut Parks Association
www.ctparks.org

Connecticut Recreation & Parks Association (CRPA)
www.crpa.org
(860) 721-0384

Connecticut River Watershed Council
www.ctriver.org
(413) 772-2020

Connecticut Tree Protective Association (CTPA)
www.ctpa.org

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
www.cttrust.org
(203) 562-6312

Connecticut Urban Forest Council, Inc. (CUFC)
www.cturbanforestcouncil.org

Construction Institute
www.construction.org
(860) 768-4459

Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc.
www.ctgardenclubs.org
(203) 488-5528

The Garden Conservancy
www.gardenconservancy.org
(845) 265-2029

Harvard Design School, Department of Landscape Architecture
www.gsd.harvard.edu/academic/la

Institute of Ecosystem Studies
www.ecostudies.org
(845) 677-5343

National Association for Olmsted Parks
www.olmsted.org
(202) 783-6606

New England Parks Association
www.newenglandparks.org

New England Wild Flower Society
www.newfs.org
(508) 877-7630

New York Botanical Society
www.nybg.org/edu

Northeastern Weed Science Society
www.newss.org

Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org

Regional Plan Association
www.rpa.org

Rhode Island School of Design Landscape Architecture Program
http://landscape.risd.edu/

University of Connecticut Landscape Architecture Program
www.canr.uconn.edu/plsci/la
(860) 486-3435

University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Program
www.canr.uconn.edu/ces

University of Massachusetts Landscape Architecture Program
www.umass.edu/larp
(413) 545-2255

University of Rhode Island Landscape Architecture Program
www.uri.edu/cels/lar
(401) 874-2142

Urban Resources Initiative
www.yale.edu/uri
(203) 432-6570

Weir Farm National Historic Site
www.nps.gov/wefa
(203) 834-1896

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