Valerie’s passion is place-making with an emphasis on regional context, environmental stewardship, California native planting design, and stormwater awareness. She is a licensed landscape architect with twenty-three years’ experience on a wide range of projects, both public and private. Some of her strengths include thoughtful design; professional integrity; organizational expertise; enthusiasm; and adaptability. As a planner, writer, and graphic designer, she creates a project package to expedite the planning permit process. 

Valerie’s comfortable working rapport with the project team helps her pull together the decisive parts: the owner’s needs, community’s desires, cultural context, natural systems, and end-users’ satisfaction. She manages projects from concept to complete construction documentation and observation: handling budgets, billing, staffing, and scheduling. Visit her blog at five-one-oh.com. 

Education

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA

Qualifications

Registered Landscape Architect, California