Pland Collaborative

?? ? ?? Happy elastic waistband gratitude day from all of us at Pland! Our Lubbock office celebrated Thanksgiving early this year with a beautiful potluck. We hope you get to indulge in something equally as sweet.

????Take a sight-seeing journey with Mario and Aaron as they travel to Philly to present about green stormwater infrastructure in arid climates at the Greenbuild International Summit!

If you’ve ever met Brian, you know that he’s hilarious, talented, and a great collaborator! But did you know he’s now CLARB - Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards President?! We’re proud of you Brian Verardo Pictured: Brian at the 2024 ASLA + CLARB Licensure Summit, Brian having a mini design charette with our Lubbock team, Brian: Halloween edition

Escape with us on an adventure through the diverse terrains of San Juan County! As part of San Juan County’s Outdoor Recreation Master Plan, our team has biked along the Animas River, gone off-road in Chokecherry Canyon, and camped at Navajo Lake. What’s your favorite recreational spot? Share a snapshot of your favorite outdoor area in San Juan County for a chance to win a gift card! The Photo Contest is extended through 12/20/24. Post your picture on social media with #sjcoutdoors or visit sjc-outdoor.com for more details!

Welcome our first Arizona-based Landscape Architect, Maria Voris, to the Pland Team! Maria is not just a cactus enthusiast, she’s a bona fide cactus rescuer who volunteers with the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society to save cacti and other native plants. Self-proclaimed “plant nerds,” she and her husband have hundreds of cacti in their yard, including 20 saguaros and over 50 barrels, many from rescue.?Her Southwestern oasis wouldn’t be complete without Rio, her native desert tortoise. One of Maria’s favorite projects in her portfolio is a traditional Mexican-American home garden, or barrio garden, designed and constructed in collaboration with the Tucson Botanical Garden. Created to showcase a diverse sample of gardens throughout the nation, her project was selected to be installed as a temporary installation at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC and won an Arizona ASLA Honor Award. When Maria isn’t designing award-winning gardens and rescuing prickly plant friends, she is busy doing yoga, cycling, and dancing Flamenco. To learn more about our team, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/ge3jqrnU

We welcomed our Texas and Arizona-based new hires Moyin, Riley, and Maria to Albuquerque this week! We showed off some of our favorite local projects, shared some noms, and got to ask the good questions. See you cool kids again soon!

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Meet Riley, the newest landscape designer at our Lubbock office! With degrees in both Landscape Architecture and Interior Design, Riley is passionate about creating indoor and outdoor spaces that are functional, beautiful, and accessible. As a Certified Playground Safety Inspector, she ensures the playgrounds she designs are sound and her energetic 5-year-old son is happy to put them to the test. When she’s not spending time with her husband and son, designing outdoor recreation facilities, and serving as the West Texas ASLA Section Chair, Riley can be found refurbishing antique furniture, with two furry inspectors of her own to supervise the work: her bloodhound, Bandit and blue heeler, Heidi. To learn more about our team, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/ge3jqrnU

The ribbon-cutting for the newly renovated UNM Lobo Welcome Center was a hoot… and perfect timing, we also go these great shots back from Matt Oberer (peep photos 2 and 3)! Read more about this project and see more photos on our site: https://lnkd.in/gH-YyKGn

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