Anne Duzan of Daisyenne Designs LLC has been involved with volunteer projects in her community, including two massive streambank restoration projects, a turf to meadow planting, designing and installing native plant gardens around benches for a pet urine tolerant plant trial in the dog park, and designing possible pathway systems in a township park currently in development.

Anne’s involvement with the streambank restoration projects in particular meant using her design knowledge to enhance the beauty of stream access points for dogs in the dog park, planning the installation of mixed shrubs on eroded streambanks, and using colorful native shrubs to bring out the path to the bridge over the stream. Anne enjoys helping out and answering volunteer questions on workdays. She is a member of her township’s Parks and Recreation Board, so she gets to help plan, set up, and get involved in community activities.

Anne also volunteers in the Association of Professional Landscape Designer’s Sustainability Committee and the Ecological Landscape Alliance Membership Committee. She has written articles for Design Online, the APLD monthly newsletter. She has also been very involved with writing for the new APLD Sustainability webpage with other members of the Sustainability committee.