Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of high-design site furniture, structure, lighting and accessories, is proud to announce that the company’s Sustainability Leader, Amy Syverson‑Shaffer, ASLA, has joined the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Board of Directors. 

The Landscape Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the landscape architecture profession and promoting its role in addressing environmental and social challenges. It works to advance the field of landscape architecture through research, scholarships, leadership development, and advocacy, empowering landscape architects to create more sustainable, just, and healthy environments. Landscape Forms is a longtime supporter of LAF, aiding and collaborating with the organization through their joint scholarship program, the Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership, and the bi-annual XtremeLA student design charrette. 

Drawing on her background in landscape architecture and recent work with the ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee, as well as her experience as a SITES Accredited Professional and TRUE Zero-Waste Advisor, Syverson‑Shaffer brings to the LAF Board the strong design acumen and deep contextual understanding needed to empower landscape architects to better take on today’s most important challenges, leverage their unique strengths, and elevate the positive impact of the profession. 

"Against a changing climate and biodiversity crisis, landscape solutions are more needed than ever before, and more than any other profession, landscape architects have the unique nexus of skills to make places for a thriving planet and for thriving people,” says Syverson‑Shaffer. "That's where the Landscape Architecture Foundation comes in — to advance an enhanced, healthier environment by supporting landscape architects.”

“In joining the Board, I look forward to supporting landscape architects in climate solutions and opportunities for reducing the environmental impact of landscape construction,” she continues. "I believe that accelerating the learning curve for our profession can have a real impact on reducing timelines to action, and I hope to bring my experience in sustainability strategy to drive faster adoption of better practices for our industry.”

In her wide-ranging experience that encompasses landscape architecture, design, manufacturing and sustainability strategy implementation, Syverson‑Shaffer excels in synthesizing different areas of expertise and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration — a skill she looks forward to leveraging in her new role. "I look forward to bringing my perspectives from design, modern craft manufacturing, and sustainability," she says. "I believe that our partnerships hold enormous opportunity for reducing impacts and increasing co-benefits of making landscapes. Our hard-earned capacities at Landscape Forms mean making things responsibly and making the most of the resources we use. Now is the time to work together and make the most of all of our skills, and I'm grateful to LAF for that convening and that call to action."

About Landscape Forms 

Landscape Forms is the industry leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture, structures, accessories, and advanced LED lighting. Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. Headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the family of brands includes Loll Designs located in Duluth, Minnesota; Summit Furniture in Monterey, California; and Kornegay Design in Phoenix, Arizona. It has sales representatives throughout North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Monaco, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs and help create a sense of place. Additionally, the company has formed global marketing partnerships with select companies that share its commitment to design. Landscape Forms has an installed base of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, hospitality, residential, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Harvard University, LinkedIn, New York Central Park Conservancy, Bryant Park, Google, Coca Cola, Oculus, U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), Nike, National Museum of African American History (Washington, D.C.), Barclays Center, Adidas, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Microsoft, and Uber. Landscape Forms has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 by Fortune magazine, Michigan Manufacturer of the Year for 2020 by the Michigan Manufacturers Association, and by 269 Magazine as one of Southwest Michigan’s Wonderful Workplaces.

About the Landscape Architecture Foundation     

For over 50 years, the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has provided leadership and resources to empower landscape architects to use their unique skills to change the world. The mission LAF is to support the preservation, improvement, and enhancement of the environment. Through its leadership and philanthropic activities, LAF advances the body of knowledge and supports innovative projects and initiatives needed not only for the landscape architecture discipline but for the many other individuals and organizations who share LAF’s mission and are critical to its success.