Presenter for NOFA Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Building a Sustainable Design Plan with your Client

• Developing a questionnaire for initial site and consultation visits with new client.

• Evaluate criteria at the site; topography, existing vegetation, habitat inventory, soils etc. and how that affects design decisions.

• Identify realistic goals or opportunities where cultural lifestyles can coordinate and interact with ecological processes. How is the land able to provide sustenance for both people and nature?

• Discussion on zones of property relating to sustainable approach, such as where to spend the energy and money and how much of it with timeline considerations.