CEU/Travel

As a Professional Landscape Designer, I constantly look for opportunities to expand my knowledge through professional level continuing education, networking with top level designers across the country and traveling to gardens in the United States and abroad.

Most design ideas are seldom original. They are inspired by walking through a great garden, studying how it was built and applying the concept to a new garden design. This exposure to different perspectives in garden design moves me to apply  these ideas to my work.

Since joining the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) in 2000, I have expanded my knowledge of garden design considerably. The APLD holds annual week-long conferences featuring the best garden tours, world class design speakers, and networking with fellow designers. I attended conferences in Tucson, Louisville, Austin, Seattle, New York City, England, France, Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, and Pasadena.  From roof gardens in New York, lush gardens in England to the formal gardens in France, each conference leaves me with renewed enthusiasm, broadened perspective and creative design ideas.

I have studied under many world renowned designers experienced in landscape design, drawing, plants, hardscape, water features and landscape lighting.  Designers James Von Sweeden, Rosemary Alexander, Donald Gerds, David Tisherman, Rick Darke, David Salman, Anthony Archer-Wills, Janet Lenox Moyer s have inspired me to raise the level in my work.

Professional Continuing Education I recently received:

• Mountain States Irrigation Design School, Salt Lake 1999, 2001
• H2Low Water Symposium, Salt Lake 2002
• Native Plant Symposium, Logan 2003
• Landscape design workshop-Robin Templar Williams at the Chicago Botanical Garden 2004
• Color with less water, Salt Lake-David Salman 2004
• Perspective Drawing, Las Vegas-David Tisherman, Genesis 3 Design Group 2004
• Principles of Design, form and Composition, Salt Lake-Dale Torgenson 2005
• Elements of Design, Las Vegas-Donald Gerds, Genesis 3 Design Group 2005

Pictures of a  projects I have designed are on this web page, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources website www.waterwiseplants.utah.gov, and the Environmental Protection water conservation website www.H2ouse.org.