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Ms. Meyer began her career producing a seed and nursery catalog in Atlanta, Georgia. A lifelong gardener, she worked as an advertising art director and German translator before returning to school for a masters in landscape architecture. Her many moves gave her exposure to European gardens, Southern California desert and chaparral ecology, and New England and Virginia native plant communities.

Her interest in water conservation crystallized after a High Sierra backpacking trip where she had to dig for water in a dry lake bed. Although her first degree (in Slavic languages) is from the University of Virginia, she studied landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University of California/Riverside, and Virginia Tech. She earned certificates in woody plants and landscape design from The George Washington University, and her master’s degree at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her thesis explored the use of fragrant plants to facilitate reminiscence therapy in gardens for the elderly.

She is a member of the American Horticultural Therapy Association, the US Green Building Council and the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her main interests are native plants and water-sensitive land use, stream restoration, and therapeutic gardens.

"What we have to work with here in North Texas is sun, wind and sky.The most beautiful gardens to me are the ones that look like they belong here, not in England or Japan....although we can certainly build those, they are going to be more effort to maintain in the long run." To have a look at her thesis follow this link: Persistence of Memory or a summary published in the ASLA online newsletter: http://www.asla.org/ppn/Article.aspx?id=25296