CELEBRATION 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
Midwest Groundcovers Pollinator Event & Perennial Island ... · St. Charles, IL
About this event
@ 2026 CELEBRATION Join us for an evening of celebration of landscape architecture in Illinois featuring the presentation of juried awards, a cocktail hour, and a post-reception. Thursday, October 8, 2026 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm Lacuna Lofts Chicago 2150 S. Canalport Chicago, IL 60608 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Event Schedule 5:30 – Skydeck Cocktail Reception 6:30 – Dinner and Seating 7:30 – Presentation and Awards 8:30 – Online Auction for Advocacy Closes and Prizes Announced ( Check it out here! ) PARKING INSTRUCTIONS Additionally, the north parking lot is $12 per vehicle and will lead you to the north entrance. FREE street parking is also available on Morgan Street and 21st Street, and Canalport Ave has metered parking. Our Emcee for the evening: Katherine Darnstadt, AIA, NOMA, LEED Founding Principal, Latent Katherine Darnstadt is the founder of Latent, an architecture and urbanism practice exploring the influence of design as small or as large as the context allows in the search of social and spatial justice. Since founding Latent in 2010, Katherine and her firm have pursued projects at the bench, building, and block scale across Chicago and the Midwest. They have prototyped new urban design systems to advance urban food access with Forty Acres Fresh Market, supported over 200 small businesses through Boombox micro retail popup program, designed new community centers with Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, and created community design frameworks through co-founding the nonprofit Design Trust Chicago. View images from the 2025 Celebration Pricing: ILASLA Member $120 Early Bird until 9.16.26 (5:00 pm) $135 Regular until 10.4.26 (5:00 pm) $145 Week of and Door 10.4.26 (5:01 pm) through event Non ILASLA Member $155 Early Bird until 9.16.26 (5:00 pm) $165 Regular until 10.4.26 (5:00 pm) $175 Week of and Door 10.4.26 (5:01 pm) through event Awardee & Sponsor Additional Guest $120 Early Bird until 9.16.26 (5:00 pm) $120 Regular until 10.4.26 (5:00 pm) $120 Week of and Door 10.4.26 (5:01 pm) through event Registration will remain open online until October 8, 2026 at 7:00 pm. If you register after Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 5:00, please be prepared to show your registration receipt at the door. REGISTER
Event details
- Date and time
- Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
- Venue
- Midwest Groundcovers Pollinator Event & Perennial Island ... · St. Charles, IL
- Category
- Volunteering
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Age guidance
- Age guidance not specified
- Format
- In person
- Last verified
- October 7, 2026
Accessibility
Wheelchair: Not stated
Assistive Listening: Not stated
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