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Instructors
Lisa Atkins
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- Bachelor of Arts, Honours
- Residential Landscape Technician Certificate
- UBC Certificate in Garden Design
- North Shore Continuing Education Residential Landscape
Design Program
- SOUL Certified Organic Land Care Professional
As the head designer of The Cultivated Gardeners, my creativity
is ever challenged and expanded by working with a variety of
clients and sites. My work has included small and large residences
as well as strata and commercial properties. Always at the forefront
is a commitment to sustainable landscapes and educating the
client to the philosophy of Right Plant, Right Place.Travelling
has broadened my understanding of various cultures and influenced
my overall sense of design. Teaching abroad and at home has
influenced my ability to communicate ideas. I look forward to
inspiring future designers by sharing my knowledge and experience. |
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Catherine Dale
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- Journeyperson - Landscape Horticulture (B.C.)
- SOUL Certified Organic Land Care Professional
- Provincial Instructor Diploma with Post-Secondary Endorsement
- BCLNA Educator of the year, 2003
Catherine has been instrumental in encouraging environmental
practices in landscapers and homeowners in the Lower Mainland.
She teaches horticulture programs for the Burnaby School District's
Adult and Continuing Education Department, Capilano College
and Gaia College.
She is employed by the Land Conservancy of B.C.as Head Gardener,
Lower Mainland Region. Her properties include the Eagles Estate
heritage Garden on Burnaby Lake, and Kogawa House in Vancouver. |
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Patricia Fleming
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Patricia Fleming is Executive Director of DRS Earthwise Society, a community based non -profit society with a mandate to promote sustainability through environmental education and stewardship. She holds professional degrees from UBC in Landscape Architecture and Community Planning and has over twenty years experience creating ecological gardens and teaching others to do the same. Before taking on the duties of Executive Director at Earthwise in 2004, Patricia was an Instructor in the Landscape Horticulture program at Kwantlen University College where she worked to integrate sustainability objectives into the design curriculum. Patricia also worked for many years in the private sector as principal of the design firm Landscape Concepts, which specialized in using the principles of ecology to create sustainable landscapes. Patricia designed the award winning Earthwise Garden at Brown Street, the McKitrick Garden in North Delta, and the new Boundary Bay Earthwise Garden currently under construction in Tsawwassen. |
Christina Nikolic
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- Degree in Landscape Architecture, University of Applied
Sciences, Germany
- Journeywoman in Landscape Gardening
- Certificate in Organic Landscape Management, Gaia College
- SOUL Certified Organic Land Care Professional
- Master Composter
- Self-employed with Stewardship Natural Landscape Design,
Victoria. B.C.
- Director, Society for Organic Urban Land Care
I have been the "green sheep" of the family all my
life! A profound awareness of nature's presence, its power,
and its beauty has been a part of me from intuitive childhood
through scientific adult education. As my own knowledge becomes
broader, I am excited about sharing the experience with you.Presently,
being an increasingly busy residential garden designer, the
most fascinating aspect of my work is to apply the principles
of organic land care to a given situation, to have those eye-opening
moments with my clients. I also enjoy taking part in the valuable
exchange of information within the network of the Society for
Organic Urban Land Care and in the community beyond (organic
or still getting there). Everything's connected! |
Heide Hermary
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After many years as a professional landscaper and landscape
designer my life is now almost entirely dedicated to developing
and teaching programs in organic horticulture to landscape professionals
and home gardeners. For diversity there is a bit of research with interesting practices or products, and for exercise there's always my own garden. No shortage of joy! |
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