Patricia Van Buskirk is a registered landscape architect. She received her Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University. She holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia. Tricia has served as a member of the faculty at the Landscape Institute affiliated with Harvard University.
As a former project manager with a landscape construction firm, Tricia guides each project with a clear understanding of the realities of construction, budget and maintenance. Tricia has also been associated with the renown Boston firms of Douglas Reed Landscape Architecture (now Reed Hildebrand), Ground, Inc. and Martha Schwartz, Inc. Since 2011, she has been designing landscapes for residential and commercial and public projects on the South Shore of Boston and beyond.
Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University. 1996.
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Virginia. 1992.
Registered Landscape Architect, Massachusetts.
LEED Green Associate.
Certified Women Owned Business (WBE).
The Landscape Institute, Harvard University. 1998 - 2008.
The Landscape Institute, Boston Architectural College. 2008 - 2015.
Senior Associate - Ground, Inc. Somerville, MA.
Project Manager / Landscape Architect - Paragon Landscape Construction.
Landscape Architect - Mary Smith Associates.
Landscape Architect - Martha Schwartz, Inc. Cambridge, MA.
Landscape Architect - Douglas Reed Landscape Architecture, Cambridge, MA.
Design work for Exchange Square in Manchester, England, while at Martha Schwartz, Inc., displayed at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Groundswell exhibition. 2005.
Commencement Speaker, The Landscape Institute, Boston Architectural College. June 2010.
Landscape architectural drawings published in the Harvard GSD Studio Works and Harvard GSD News. 1994,1995.