Recollections of a Southern Landscape Architect: Celebrating the Design of Landscapes and Communities

This retrospective looks back at the work of a landscape architect based in Atlanta, Georgia. The work is presented with background information about the clients and the unique challenges that are often involved in public projects. The author adds background narrative to explain the thought process, design ideas and the marketing skill needed to win some of the projects. More than 50 projects are presented with a combination of more than 280 plans, sketches and photographs spanning 40 years of practice. From rural Georgia to Afghanistan and Egypt, the author shares insights into the unique and surprisingly diverse practice of the profession of Landscape Architecture.