In 1996, Janine Benyus developed the term biomimicry to describe designsolutions prevalent in biological environments. The past two decades has seenbiomimicry applications in multiple disciplines, including engineering, architecture, andmaterial sciences. This design tool has yet to be comprehensively applied to projectsdeveloped within the landscape architecture profession. This thesis examinedbiomimicrys potential to landscape architecture as a tool for innovation in design. Achecklist analysis was developed for this thesis using biomimicry guidelines defined byJanine Benyus, creator of the term. Architectural case studies were used to determinethe successful application of the checklist, while landscape architecture case studiesdetermined biomimicry applications present in contemporary design approaches. Casestudy checklists were evaluated to determine correlations between criteria, and generalguidelines for the application of biomimicry in landscape architecture were abstractedfrom the findings.