Pearls of green

Scott brings over 35 years of wide-ranging experience to his role juror. Having begun his career in landscape construction, horticulture, arboriculture and environmental repair, Scott expanded his knowledge into the associated disciplines of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design and as such provides a unique and blended knowledge and skill across project design and implementation. Scott has worked both in the public and private sector on a diverse array of project both locally and abroad, including; large-scale master planning, infrastructure, public realm, ecological restoration, waterfronts, parks, city towers, and residential. Marquee projects include; Sydney University Camperdown public domain, Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project, Central Park / One Central Park and Spice Alley, Hyde Park (Sydney) upgrades, and Taronga Zoo Wildlife Retreat. In addition to Scott’s commitment to ongoing education and professional development, he has served as guest lecturer to both the University of Sydney and the University of NSW. Scott is currently leading the landscape, public domain and exhibit design for a new wildlife hospital within Taronga Zoo.

Christopher brings with him more than 15 years of landscape architecture, site engineering and construction implementation and management experience. Upon his completion of the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies Program at Rutgers University, Christopher pursued the integration of bold landscape design within a host of municipal and private sector engineering projects. Working closely with the engineers and related fields, he has consistently demonstrated how to effectively collaborate where site and landscape design problem solving creates new project type paradigms that ultimately lead to faster and more enthusiastic public approvals. Understanding the tenets of site engineering principles and their potential relationships to ecological functions enables Christopher to offer alternative landscape based solutions in addressing both common and complex site problems. Each of his several hundred projects within the New York City Tri-State area, demonstrates how his clear landscape design vision is intrinsically rooted in solving fundamental engineering problems for a broad range of project types that extend from single family residential to large scale commercial, institutional, industrial, medical office, and environmental remedial and restoration projects.