BSLA Fieldbook BSLA 2015 Spring Fieldbook | Page 18

of being on the border of Zones 5 and 6
with the horticultural variety that offers,
in a gorgeous part of the country, and
surrounded by Jefferson’s legacy... all too
good to pass up.

CHERI: Graduate school became a segue
in my career between the public and
private sectors. I applied to many schools,
thinking this would be my chance to live
in another part of the country, expand my
horizons. The day I mailed applications, I met
someone. We’re now married with two kids,
so staying in Boston worked out. That, and if
I declined Harvard my parents of blue collar
upbringing would have disowned me.

Where did you land after graduation
from your LA program?
?
ANNIE: When I graduated Bill Pressley
gave me my first job as a landscape architect,
and I learned a lot from being exposed to a
number of exciting and demanding projects,
public and private. The most valuable
experience, though, was seeing Bill’s
ability to hire individuals who worked so
effectively as a team; a number of us are still
in touch, and I have been gone from there
for almost thirty years.
From Pressley Associates, I went to The
Halvorson Company and then Brown,
Richardson & Rowe. At Halvorson’s I
was fully bitten by the LA history bug
(with Marion Pressley and Ben Howland
laying the foundation for me earlier),
and either worked on or was exposed to
projects including a master plan for three of
Louisville’s Olmsted parks and the master
plan for Franklin Park. I was fortunate to
work with Arleyn Levee, who continues
to be a model of thoughtfulness and rigor
to me. Other project work was instructive
as well, such as Tenshin-En, Garden of

the Heart of Heaven, at the Museum of
Fine Arts, which introduced me to Julie
Messervy and Japanese garden design.
At Brown, Richardson & Rowe I worked
on National Park Service projects and the
Central Artery/Tunnel, and was exposed
to public process on a larger scale than