NELLE WARD
4 Oakdale St | Boston, MA | 02130 nellekward@gmail.com | 267.713.0474 | they/them
Licensure & Education
Registered Landscape Architect
Massachusetts #4382
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Master of Landscape Architecture; 4.0 GPA
Conway School of Landscape Design
Master of Science in Ecological Design; GPA N/A
San Francisco Urban Permaculture Institute
Permaculture Design Certification
University of Utah
BS Political Science; BA Environmental Studies; Cum Laude 3.9 GPA
Experience
Offshoots, Inc. - Landscape Architect (RLA) - Boston, MA
Landscape Architect - SD, DD, and CD set production assistance, Construction Administration, planting design, award application management, presentations, client communications, cost estimating, Quickbooks, social media, website.
Ground Reconsidered - Landscape Architect (RLA) - Philadelphia, PA
Landscape Architect - SD, DD, and CD set production assistance, Construction Administration, community engagement, graphics production, client communications, site visits and analysis, public meetings and presentations.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Temporary Project Manager of Urban Design - Philadelphia, PA Project Manager (6 mos) - Pop up garden design, planting installation, pre-bid meetings, community engagement event design and facilitation, public meetings and presentations, PHS Tree Tender certification, PHS Flower Show.
Studio Bryan Hanes - Landscape Designer - Philadelphia, PA
Landscape Designer and Co-Project Manager - SD, DD, and CD set production assistance, community engagement event, graphics production, site visits and analysis, client communications, cost estimating, intern manager.
NV5 (Formerly RBA Group) - Landscape Designer - Philadelphia, PA
Landscape Designer - SD, DD, and CD set production assistance, public presentations, client meetings and communications, cost estimating, graphics production.
UMass Teaching Associate: Landscape Contracting - Amherst, MA Course Instructor - lab/lecture presentations, managed grades and attendance.
UMass Teaching Assistant: Landscape Ecology Pattern & Process - Amherst, MA
Lab Instructor - GIS tutorial instructor; managed grades and attendance; field lab instructor for Geomorphology of Streams, Sustainable Stormwater, Soil Horizons, and Forest Ecology.
Dodson & Flinker Associates - Intern - Ashfield, MA
Landscape Designer - plan set production, ArcMap GIS analysis, conceptual design, Sketchup modeling, research, client communications, technical support, office inventory.
Volunteer Work
Boston Food Forest Coalition
Steward - Garden Manager at Egelston Community Orchard
COG Design
Project Manager - Archdale Community Playground
Bartram’s Garden Plant Recorder
Volunteer, historic plan review, field verification of botanical inventory; 2017-2021 (Seasonal summer position)
Awards & Scholarships
PA-DE ASLA Honor Award: Analysis & Planning
Studio Bryan Hanes - South Side Park Master Plan
University Olmsted Scholar
University of Massachusetts Amherst
ASLA Merit Award
University of Massachusetts Amherst
BSLA Student Scholarship
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paul Whitney Roades and Carolina Pree Scholarship
University of Massachusetts Amherst
BSLA Student Merit Award
The Conway School - Green Streets Guidebook
Social and Behavioral Science Honor’s Scholarship
University of Utah
References
Julie Bush, RLA, ASLA
Principal | Ground Reconsidered laughry@groundreconsidered.com | 215.284.1796
Kristen Loughry, RLA, ASLA
Associate & Project Manager | Ground Reconsidered laughry@groundreconsidered.com | 724.840.9520
Leigh Ann Campbell, RLA
PPR Director of Planning, Preservations, & Property Management Parks and Recreation Department, Philadelphia soekaroo@gmail.com | 215.313.7877
Tom Fein, RLA
Principal Landscape Architect | NV5 tom.fein@nv5.com | 973.508.7751
Public Speaking
Holyoke Community College
Lecture: “Urban Green Infrastructure”
MA Sustainable Campuses & Communities Conference - Lecture: “Green Streets”
Society for Ecological Restoration Conference - Charrette Facilitator
Honors
Phi Beta Kappa
National Academic Honor Society
Sigma Gamma Delta
Honor Society of Agriculture
Sigma Lambda Alpha
Honor Society of Landscape
Architecture
Software Proficiency
Autocad
Vectorworks
Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
Rhino
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) Quickbooks
ArcMap GIS
Hobbies
Bartram’s Garden Plant Recorder
Volunteer, historic plan review, field verification of botanical inventory
2017-2021 (Seasonal summer position)
Musicianship
Black Sky: Lead vocalist, lead guitar, song-writer, flute | self-published 2014
Distant Voices: Lead vocalist, lead guitar
Language Proficiency
Spanish (fluent)
French (conversational)