KESSLER LEGACY AWARD

PGASLA recognizes those works of Landscape Architecture that have endured in the Prairie Gateway region and are a viable component of our regional landscape heritage.  The works must be located within the Prairie Gateway boundary, must be constructed and/or completed at least twenty years ago and must remain as viable today as they were when originally completed.  Originally called the Landscape Legacy Award, the name was changed to the Kessler Legacy Award to honor George Kessler who first helped promote the City Beautiful movement in Kansas City.

2022 – Mill Creek Park
2021 – Riverside Park System
2020 – Liberty Memorial Site
2019 – Powell Gardens
2018 – Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Garden/The City of Overland Park
2016 – MetroGreen as Managed by MARC
2014 – University of Kansas National Historic District
2013 – Country Club Plaza  |  Kansas City, MO
2012 – Leavenworth National Cemetery
2011 – The Kansas City Sculpture Park, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
2010 – The Kansas City Parks and Boulevard System Plan of 1893