As a professional landscape interior designer , Judy develops trust with her clients to get beautiful effect that meet their needs and wishes . She listens as they talk about their garden and appraise their grounds to solve problems and foreground special features . Judy ’s design suggestions and determination are base on knowledge and creativeness , and their requests . As a writer , trust is as significant when giving gardening advice and directions . Judy writes on subjects she knows well and completes additional research as ask . Highlights• Association of Professional Landscape Designers certified professional landscape designer.• Fellow of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.• Certified Landscape Professional by the Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association• Past certification chair for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.• Past board president for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.• Perennial Plant Association Landscape Design 2005 Merit Award.• Association of Professional Landscape Designers 2013 Harry Schuster Award .
Experience
Judy has owned her own landscape painting design caller for over 30 days . Judy has help her clients solve problems in their yard with her extensive knowledge of horticulture and landscape painting design . Her college degrees , studying and attaining certifications , and attendance at many designing and horticulture meetings keep her knowledge current . Her listening skills and experience give her the power to realise the needs of her clients . Her book , Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest : Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home , was published by the University of Iowa Press in 2016 .
Education
Judy earned her B.A. in lit with a minor in art at Kirkland College ( now Hamilton College ) in Clinton , NY . She earned her M.A. in Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Mass Communications at Syracuse University . She earned her A.S. in Horticulture with an emphasis in landscape design at Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids , IA .
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