Resumé

David Valbracht, Landscape Architect
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Newton and Great Barrington, MA

Provide land planning and landscape design services for academic, institutional, and residential projects. Master planning projects include Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Kimberton Waldorf School, and Northfield Mount Hermon School. Site planning and landscape design projects include Berkshire Country Day School, Amherst Hills, and Hevreh of Berkshire. 1997-present.

Boston Center for Adult Education
INSTRUCTOR Boston, MA

Teach two part-time courses: a landscape design course and an urban garden design workshop. 2003-present.

Emerson College
ENVIRONMENTAL COURSE LEADER Sussex, England

Directed the Environmental Design Course at this independent college. Taught classes on landscape and environmental design. Advised students on individual and class design and planning projects. Organized and led week-end workshops, summer design courses and international environmental work camps that implemented student designs on college grounds. 1994-1996.

Tobias School of Art
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TEACHER Sussex, England

Taught classes on gardening, botany, and the environment to art and art therapy students. Led the students in practical garden and landscape projects on the school grounds. 1995-1996.

Michael Hall School
GARDENING TEACHER Sussex, England

Taught gardening and environmental educations classes and worked with students on practical projects to improve the extensive school grounds, an estate laid out by Humphrey Repton. 1994.

David Valbracht, Landscape Architect
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Port Townsend, WA

Provided land planning and landscape design services for commercial, governmental, and residential projects. Projects included the Master Plan for Gibbs Lake County Park, the Port Townsend Wastewater Treatment Facility, and Pope Marine Park. 1990-1994.

Edmonds Community College Horticulture Department
INSTRUCTOR Edmonds, WA

Taught a landscape design studio and a landscape construction course. Student projects included preparing a water-conserving design for the regional office of the of the Department of Ecology. 1992-1993.

South Puget Sound Community College
North Seattle Community College
INSTRUCTOR Olympia and Seattle, WA

Taught landscape design courses and workshops as part of the community education programs. 1988-1993.

Washington State Department of Natural Resources
PARKS PLANNER Olympia, WA

Planned renovations for public recreation areas and campgrounds. Developed plans for land managers, hired and supervised consultants, and monitored construction. Developed planting plans to restore natural vegetation and protect water quality at sites adjacent to streams and lakes. 1989-1990.

Washington State Department of Ecology
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER Olympia, WA

Program Planner in the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling. Developed comprehensive program plans and prepared and monitored a $7M biennial budget. Provided planning and budget assistance to program manager and field offices and prepared legislative fiscal reports. 1987-1989.

Altgelt-Valbracht Associates
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Temple, NH

Provided land planning, site planning, and landscape design services for commercial, industrial, and residential projects. Prepared plans, details, and specifications and monitored construction. Projects included Water’s Edge Resort, Cochituate Center, and Route 128 Corporate Center. 1984-1986.

John Crowe Associates
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Belmont, MA

Prepared site plans and landscape plans for industrial, commercial, and recreational projects. Prepared working drawings, including site plans and details. 1981-1983.

Round Valley Garden Project
GARDENER Covelo, CA

Worked as staff member of this horticultural training institute under the direction of English horticulturist Alan Chadwick, who introduced the French-Intensive method of gardening. 1976-1977.

Education

Masters in Landscape Architecture - Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
Masters in Public Administration - Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
Bachelor of Science - U.S. Military Academy - West Point, NY

Registered Landscape Architect

Publications

“The Art of Ecological Restoration” in Restoration 89: The New Management Challenge. Proceedings of the First Annual Conference. H. Glenn Hughes and Thomas M. Bonickson, eds. Madison, WI, Society for Ecological Restoration, 1990.