Lauren Brandes, ASLA

Landscape Architect
Smithsonian Institution/ Smithsonian Gardens
Washington, District of Columbia

Lauren Brandes is a licensed Landscape Architect with Smithsonian Gardens. Her role includes collaborating on planning, design, and construction projects and managing landscape architectural and garden exhibit design projects within the gardens. As a Landscape Architect with Smithsonian Gardens, Lauren aims to help others feel a sense of stewardship and delight about the natural world through public gardens. Prior to joining the Smithsonian Institution, she worked as a Senior Associate at OCULUS, a Washington DC based landscape architecture firm.

Presentation(s):

• SUN-FS-12: Public Space, Public Practice: Design and Stewardship of the Capital’s Monumental Core

  Sunday, October 6, 2024
  9:30am – 4:30pm ET

• WED-FS-11: Curating and Stewarding Smithsonian Gardens for the 21st Century

  Wednesday, October 9, 2024
  8:30am – 1:00pm ET

• WED-FS-12: The National Mall: Continuity, Adaptation, and Design Excellence

  Wednesday, October 9, 2024
  8:30am – 1:00pm ET