Environmental Learning Center in Shelburne Falls, MA

CAREER GOAL: To research, plan and implement the construction of environmental landscapes,
                           to foster the preservation of open  space.  

EDUCATION:     Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Graduate Certificate in Landscape
Design, 1994; Graduate Certificate in Landscape Design History, 1998

Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, Master of Science in Management
New School University, New York, NY, Graduate Program in Fund Raising
New York University, New York, NY, Master of Arts in History
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Bachelor of Arts in History

EMPLOYMENT: Director, Beaver Lodge Environmental Learning Center                   
Environmental Landscape Design, historic landscape documentation and research,
adjunct faculty in landscape design at universities, lecturer for cultural organizations and horticultural societies, organizer of foreign garden history tours.

CURRENT TEACHING POSITIONS: Graduate, undergraduate and certificate courses
Landscape Institute, Boston Architectural College, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Berkshire Botanical Garden

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:  Association of  Professional  Landscape  Designers,  New England
Landscape Design and History Association, Ecological Landscaping Association, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, (NESEA), Accredited in Organic Land Care (NOFA),
Landscape Design Council, Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, (Master
Certification), Culinary Historians of Boston, National Council of State Garden Clubs
(Accredited Environmental Consultant), Master Gardener. President, Environmental
Consultants’ Council, GCFMA

AWARDS: Gold Medal, New England Flower Show, Boston, MA
Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) US Green Building
Council, Washington, DC
    
EXHIBITIONS: Urban Center, New York City    
National Conference of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, New York City
Landscape Institute, Harvard University
National Solar Tour, 2008, 2009

CURRENT PROJECT:  Beaver Lodge, a PLATINUM LEED rated home and sustainable landscape
offering one to three day intensive field study for students of all ages

PRESS/TV:  Northeast Sun (Fall 2008) Green Buildings Open House Showcase,
Design New England Magazine (June 2008)
Discovery Channel, Planet Green TV, Renovation Nation