Shannon Nichol has been practicing landscape architecture for 25 years in the Seattle-based firm she co-founded, GGN. Her design work in parks, gardens, and planning has ranged around the world, yet she brings a localized approach strongly influenced by growing up on a Sumas Mountain logging road and watching the interactions between people, plants, and animals in Whatcom's recently-colonized landscape. Shannon has leveraged GGN’s platform in the PNW to facilitate the use of native plants in our region’s built environment and to foster the desire for native plants in residential gardeners. Shannon will cite project examples in this talk including Chicago’s Lurie Garden, the Burke Museum’s Camas meadow, and several 100% native residential gardens in the Seattle area.
She will also discuss GGN’s Meadowshop Initiative, which aims to bring aesthetically driven native garden into more affordable and replicable residential contexts.
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