Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference

A Day for Everyone Who Believes in Parks

For over 25 years, Park Pride’s annual Parks & Greenspace Conference has brought together park advocates, community leaders and professionals to learn, share ideas and make connections that strengthen parks and communities.

Monday, March 22, 2027 | Atlanta Botanical Garden | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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2027 Parks & Greenspace Conference

Community Powered Parks

Monday, March 22, 2027 | Atlanta Botanical Garden | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Parks exist for the benefit of communities. The best and most loved parks owe their success to a combination of players: the individual park user, community groups, design professionals, volunteers, nonprofits, donors, the private sector and government. This year, we’re celebrating the collaborations that turn greenspace into community space. With the theme of Community Powered Parks, the 2027 Parks & Greenspace Conference will highlight the role of community in designing, creating, supporting, activating and advocating for our parks and greenspaces.

Registration will open in January 2027.

The Conference Experience

Learn. Connect. Get Inspired.

Hear from thought leaders, explore the ideas shaping parks and public spaces, and connect with people who share your commitment to stronger parks and communities. Keynotes, breakout sessions and opportunities to exchange ideas make the Conference a place to learn from others and bring new thinking back to your own work or neighborhood.

The Parks & Greenspace Conference brings together park advocates and community members alongside landscape architects, planners, nonprofit leaders, students, government representatives and other professionals. Whether parks are your profession or simply something you care deeply about, there’s a place for you in the conversation.

Get Involved

Make the Conference Your Own

Attend

Spend the day learning, connecting and exchanging ideas with people who care about the future of parks and greenspaces.

Present

Bring your experience and ideas to the Conference by submitting a proposal for a breakout session.

Submit a session proposal

Sponsor

Help make the Conference possible while connecting your organization with the region’s parks and greenspace community.

Scholarships

Financial assistance helps make the Conference more accessible to community members and students.

Volunteer

Support the Conference team and help create a welcoming, engaging experience for attendees.

What Attendees Say

“It always feels like a reunion. I look forward to it every year.”

Donna Stephens English Park, Park Pride Inspiration Award Winner

“I left with new ideas and new friends who care about parks just as much as I do.”

A Conference attendee Friends of the Park member

“It’s the one day a year our whole team gets to talk shop with people outside our own department.”

A Conference attendee City parks professional

Conference Resources

Take the Ideas With You

The learning doesn’t have to end when the Conference does. Explore presentations and recordings from past conferences to revisit favorite sessions, discover something you missed or continue the conversation.

Explore the 2026 conference

Conference Sponsors

Thank You to Our 2027 Sponsors

Presenting

Inspiration Awards

Celebrating the People Who Power Parks

Each year at the Parks & Greenspace Conference, Park Pride recognizes local park champions whose leadership, commitment and impact strengthen the connection between parks and communities.

Meet the Inspiration Award winners