Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Association (LAHA)
The Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Association (LAHA) consists of students actively involved in the Landscape Architecture or Horticulture major concerned about bettering their campus, community, and environment.
Meetings are held monthly to discuss current issues, competitions, and plan various activities.
Association-sponsored events include fundraisers and community volunteer work. Revenues from the annual haunted hayride/haunted house and plant sales are used to fund students' attendance at various conferences and lectures.
Volunteer service includes watershed cleanups, community planting in conjunction with the local Civic Association, and support of incoming students through programs like the Freshman Trunk and Packet.
Pi Alpha XiNational Honor Society
This organization is a national honor society for students of Floriculture, Landscape, and Ornamental Horticulture. Pi Alpha Xi annually supports the Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University, an event that dates back to the earliest days of the campus.
Temple University Society for Ecological Restoration Student Association (TU-SER)
The Temple University Society for Ecological Restoration Student Association was established in 2012 in Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA. The group currently has 10-15 active members.
The Association meets weekly to discuss recent conferences, new developments in the field of ecological restoration, and recent group activities. Recently, the group created a native plant nursery and since organized a student led record keeping system for the nursery. Future activities include a speaker series, field trips to local restoration sites and native plant nurseries, and attendance at future SER regional and international conferences.
To join the Temple University Ambler Campus, SER Student Association, email Margaret.shaw@temple.edu.
The International Honor Society of Sigma Lambda Alpha
This organization, the Alpha Rho Chapter, is a national honor society for Landscape Architecture students. Students must be of junior standing to join this organization.
Student Chapter of the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA)
The student chapter of ASLA at Temple University Ambler works very closely with the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of ASLA. The organization provides several opportunities to meet and network with industry professionals throughout the year.
EarthFest
Students in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture and members of the LA/Hort Student Association and Pi Alpha Xi are integral to the success of EarthFest, Temple University Ambler's annual celebration of Earth Day held in April.
Welcoming between 7 to 10,000 visitors each year, Temple student exhibitors ar EarthFest provide interactive, fun, educational events for our younger visitors. The Student Association and Pi Alpha Xi, with assistance from campus organizations, such as Jubilee, present Planting the Seeds of Learning while other students from year's Junior Landscape Architecture Studio present a rendition of each year's Philadelphia Flower Show entry.
Planting the Seeds of Learning
Learn about careers that directly impact the world around you through hands-on projects, such as planting plugs, learning how to recycle, and discovering careers that will place you on the front lines of designing sustainable landscapes. The Planting the Seeds of Learning tent is presented by the Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Student Association and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture.
The Ambler Campus Sustainability Council (ACSC or Council) advises the leadership of the School of Environmental Design and the Ambler Campus in the development of sustainability initiatives at Ambler with respect to the built environment, environmental management, programs, services, and university policies.
The Council identifies national innovations in the context of sustainable development and assesses Temple University’s participation in and readiness for sustainable development initiatives. After conducting such reviews, the Council makes recommendations on priority initiatives and implementation strategies.
How to Get Involved?
Council members include faculty, staff, and students from the campus Dean’s office, the School pf Environmental Design, Main Campus, academic departments, the Center for Sustainable Communities, the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University, and Facilities Management.
The council meets once a month and the meetings are open to the Ambler Campus community. If you would like to get involved, please contact
sequoia.rock@temple.edu.
Welcoming between 7 to 10,000 visitors each year, Temple student exhibitors ar EarthFest provide interactive, fun, educational events for our younger visitors. The Student Association and Pi Alpha Xi, with assistance from campus organizations, such as Jubilee, present Planting the Seeds of Learning while other students from year's Junior Landscape Architecture Studio present a rendition of each year's Philadelphia Flower Show entry.