29 Millennium - Eighteenth Edition ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Connecticut College. Ms. Sargent went on to earn a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Virginia School of Architecture in 1991. She began her career as an associate at Land and Community Associates. Ms. Sargent served as a principal landscape architect at Oculus for nearly a decade, joining John Milner Associates Inc. in 2004 in the same position. Deciding to form an independent business, she created Liz Sargent HLA in 2007. As the business’ sole proprietor, Ms. Sargent offers historic preservation and design consulting services for cultural landscapes throughout the United States. Her past project experience includes planning and design studies for nationally significant historic properties, including the Washington Monument, Mount Vernon, Yellowstone National Park, Yorktown Battlefield and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Recognized as a fellow by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2016, Ms. Sargent is proud of her many professional achievements. She is a former president of the society’s Virginia chapter and a Historic American Landscapes Survey representative. Moving forward, Ms. Sargent hopes to find a project that combines all her varied interests and intends to create work that will serve as her legacy, cementing more than 30 years of accomplishments. She is writing a book with the University of Virginia on her experiences developing, maintaining and celebrating sites of historical importance. E ncouraged by her botanist grandparents, Elizabeth A. Sargent’s love of plants developed in childhood and carried her to her college years. Her grandfather’s patient teachings kindled in her a deep connection with the land and its landscapes, inspiring her to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in botany and American history at ELIZABETH A. SARGENT PRINCIPAL Liz Sargent HLA Charlottesville, VA
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