landscape architecture and public art
Project Type: National Cemetery and Memorial Arboretum Design
LOCATION: Arlington, Virginia
Services Provided: Lead Plant Designer for the 30 acre expansion project while employed as a Landscape Architect at Sasaki
Project Size: 30 acres
Project Description:
Arlington National Cemetery is an iconic landscape and a national memorial space for veterans. The design for a 30 acre expansion of the cemetery was focused on creating an arboretum of specimen trees in the burial ground and gardens and pathways that navigate the steep slopes of the site. Several hundred species of trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses, vines, and bulbs were used in the design of this project.