Past Events

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph and the OPPI invite you to the 5th Annual Rural Romp! As a nod to the City of Guelph and Wellington County being awarded the Smart Cities Challenge Prize, the theme of this year's Rural Romp is Smart Cities: The Circular Food Economy. This social event is open to everyone!

Landscape Architecture welcomes Guest Speaker, Lorraine Johnson.  Lorraine will be speaking on "Unsettling the Garden: Reconciliation, Restoration and Landscape"

The OAC Graduate Student Council invites you to join us for the 9th Annual Graduate Colloquium! Registration is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2020-oac-graduate-student-colloquium-tickets-90413875335

The 4th biennial GIS in Education and Research Conference will be held on March 4 and 5, 2020, at Hart House, University of Toronto. The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is supporting interested students from SEDRD, all programs to attend this conference (BLA, MLA, RPD, CDE). 

Please join University of Guelph BLA Alumnus, Amanda Berry for a Digital Brown Bag on Thursday, Feb 13, 2020. Amanada will highlight the usefulness of LandF/X, an Autocad plug-in, that provides numerous time saving features relating to creating and maintaining planting plans. The presentation will start at noon in the Pit, and please bring your own lunch. Contact:  Prof. Martin Holland

The Rural Planning and Development graduate program at the University of Guelph is hosting an open house for all prospective students on Monday February 10th. The event will be held in the Landscape Architecture building from 5:30 – 7:00 pm and pizza will be provided. At this event, you can expect the following:

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

The Rural Symposium is an annual opportunity for University of Guelph graduate students to showcase their rural research to policy makers, policy analysts, and program staff from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The event facilitates knowledge mobilization and network building between graduate students at the University of Guelph, researchers, and OMAFRA .

The University of Guelph’s Landscape Architecture programs in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development invite Landscape Architecture firms and public sector organizations to attend our 3rd annual LA Networking Night on January 30th.  

The SEDRD Speaker Series presents: Ben Reid-Howells Ben’s talk “Beyond Resilience: Stories from the Field” explores his three-year journey from India to Scotland in which he and his partner Kumar Prashant undertook projects of peace, sustainable living and community wellbeing. This session will take place on Wednesday January 29th at 12 pm in the Landscape Architecture Pit. Pizza will be provided. All are welcome to attend! About Ben: