When I was in college a woman spoke to us about her work. She was a landscape architect, she told us about her work on native restoration projects, and campus, residential and park designs. One project she talked about changed my course. She worked with a local school to take an alley and turn it into a vibrant park space. She incorporated their ideas and their art into the park. This gave the community a sense of pride and ownership in the space. This experience led me to decide to go back to school to study landscape architecture. After working in landscape architecture offices for seven years, I was laid off late last year and it has given me the time and opportunity to find my way back on that path that I originally set out on.
I have always loved working with kids and what could be better than creating places that instill a connection between youth and their environment. I have been volunteering with students to create a Kinder"Garden". This Earth Day I hope you take a bit of time to find your path to see what you do to make the world a little bit better.
love it!
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