Alison Terry | Landscape Architect
Design Philosophy
Design excellence transcends styles or trends. Good design connects people to places, and that connection creates a bond between owners and their environment. Alison’s goal is to create the best possible landscape design solution for your lifestyle and property, one that is reflective of your personality and sensitive to your home’s architecture, your neighborhood, and the surrounding environment. Alison’s art and architecture background enables her to visualize designs and communicate that vision to you through sketches. She especially enjoys developing landscape designs for historic and architecturally unique homes, where she can carry the overall landscape vision through to all the exterior details.
Education
Alison studied art and architectural history as an undergraduate at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, spending a year abroad in France. She received a Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) from the University of Virginia in 1993. Alison has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Turkey and New Zealand.
Professional Experience
Alison worked with the National Park Service (NPS), for six years on varied design and construction projects such as: Zion National Park, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. In 1998 Alison established her own landscape architectural practice. Years of overseeing project construction have given her the resources and tools to work with contractors effectively. She is currently a design consultant with G3-LA for West Basin Water District Demonstration gardens.
Licensing and Professional Associations
Alison is a licensed landscape architect in the State of California and is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. She is a Board member of the Mediterranean Garden Society and a member of Fullerton Beautiful. Alison lives and works in Fullerton, California.