Role: Design Advisor
Heidi Thomas
In her 20+ years in landscape architecture, Heidi Thomas has sought to explore and examine the intersectional dynamics between people and place. Prioritizing inclusive engagement and equitable design strategies that serve underrepresented communities, she founded EnviroCollab in 2018 as a response to inequities in the field, and as a challenge to injustices in the built…
Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa, FASLA, LEED AP
Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa is an award-winning landscape architect with long-standing experience in the design of sustainable urban places. Among noted works is the Master Plan for the Parklands of Floyd’s Fork, in Louisville, KY; the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C.; and the SteelStacks Arts and Cultural Campus and Hoover-Mason Trestle in Bethlehem, PA. Ignacio…
Lanshing Hwang
Lanshing is a principal of Symbiosis, a scientist by training and a passionate advocate for sustainable landscapes. She is a true believer of interdisciplinary collaboration. Her experience encompasses master planning, site design and project management. Throughout her career, she has worked on projects both in the United States and abroad. Her work includes a wide…
Vernon Hustead
Vernon Hustead is the founder of Hustead Landscape Architecture, an active ASLA member for the last 25+ years and has served as landscape architect for our Sacred Place at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. Full bio here….
Naomi Sachs
Co-author of Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces, founder of the Therapeutic Landscapes Network and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Dr. Naomi Sachs has influenced much of the Nature Sacred design ethos and processes. It was used extensively by Dr. Fred Foote (Firesoul) to inspire the…
Jack Sullivan
Serving as Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and associate professor at the University of Maryland, Jack Sullivan led the design process for the Sacred Place at the University of Maryland, and the design of the Sacred Place at the Green Road, Walter Reed National Military…
Joan Floura
Principal and Founder of Floura Teeter Landscape Architects, Joan Floura brings nearly three decades experience working with public and private clients. For Nature Sacred, Joan has served as landscape architect for the Sacred Places at the Intersection of Change in Baltimore and the Baltimore Community Mediation Center garden. Full bio here. …
Jay Graham
Jay Graham, founder and principal at Moody Graham Landscape Architects and Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, has partnered with Nature Sacred for many years, serving as our design advisor for the Nature Sacred Awards program and landscape architect for our Sacred Place at the Light House Shelter in Annapolis. Full bio here. …
