Courtney's path to landscape architecture started with a childhood in Montana and Norway spent playing in the dirt, hiking and camping with family, dabbling in the domestic crafts, and sketching floor plans for fun. She was delighted to discover in high school there was a profession that might combine her love of the arts and sciences, the creative and the analytical, architecture and history and the outdoors. After earning a liberal arts degree majoring in studio art, she headed to the Midwest to pursue her master of landscape architecture degree. She took advantage of every opportunity she found to travel, and has always been fascinated by how climate, landscape, and culture shape people’s homes and communities. She has been working in Portland ever since graduate school, designing thoughtful and meticulously detailed residential landscapes for over 20 years. She has a particular fondness for giving beautiful old houses, large and small, the gardens they deserve, and for guiding her clients with warmth and attentiveness through what can be at times a messy and challenging process.

Experience includes:
● Bachelor of Arts from Willamette University, cum laude and Phi Beta Cappa
● Elverum Folkehøgskole, focus on traditional Norwegian craft
● Master of Landscape Architecture from University of Minnesota, Sigma Lambda Alpha
● Master Gardener Certification, Oregon State University Extension Service
● Organic Gardening Certification, Oregon State University Extension Service
● Backyard Habitat Certification Program, Columbia Land Trust & Bird Alliance of Oregon
● Pacific Northwest Historic Preservation Field School

Licensed in Oregon and Washington