Margaret Pokorny
On March 13th, 2012 Margaret Pokorny will receive the Park Partners Award from Mayor Menino. This award is the city’s first major award for a citizen’s contribution to Boston’s open spaces. Margaret Pokorny has dedicated her attention to revitalizing the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, the Esplanade, and street trees in the Back Bay. More
Todd Richardson
Todd Richardson, ASLA, award winning firm, distinguished Radcliffe Seminars instructor, Senior instructor at The Landscape Institute More
Marie Stella
Marie Stella is a landscape historian passionate about the fields of ecology and environmental design. Her teaching goal is to impart enthusiasm for both traditional and new, cutting edge approaches. More
Tricia Van Buskirk
Tricia Van Buskirk is a versatile designer, trained as an architect and landscape architect, she has worked in boutique design firms, design build companies and independently. Tricia teaches Landscape Institute courses both onsite and online focusing on design and landscape presentations. More
Clare Walker Leslie
Clare Walker Leslie is a professional wildlife artist, naturalist, and educator. She is a nationally-recognized author and teacher. Both Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning and Keeping A Nature Journal are used widely as standard texts on drawing and observing nature. For over thirty years, she has taught drawing garden landscapes in classrooms across the country. Her Nature Journaling work is being used by Jane Goodall's "Roots and Shoots" programs around the world. Clare lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Granville, Vermont, where she has her own active gardens. She earned her bachelor of arts from Carleton College and studied wildlife drawing in Europe. More