Evolving Landscapes is an annual series exploring the ideas, practices, and changing conditions shaping landscape architecture today. Each year, the series takes on a new topic—from climate adaptation and ecology to materials, public space, planting, and the relationship between the built and natural environment.
Bringing together landscape architects, designers, horticulturists, and other voices working with the land, Evolving Landscapes looks at how thoughtful landscape design can respond to the present while creating places that thrive well into the future.
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Our host:
JAMES MUNDEN
PARTNER, PLA
James Munden is a Partner at MFLA with 20+ years of experience in landscape architecture, urban design, and community development. He received his BA (Honors) degree and postgraduate diploma in landscape architecture from the University of Central England in Birmingham, U.K. James is a licensed landscape architect in the state of California.
Since 2010, James has been collaborating with Marta Fry on a diverse portfolio of projects in the Bay Area, Sonoma County, Napa, Monterey and Arizona. Work includes a variety of agricultural sites, hospitality, wineries, State Parks and residential estates.
James’s career began in the U.K. working three years on research & development projects that sparked his curiosity for innovative and sustainable design; before moving to London where he received his license as a landscape architect. His early upbringing in the countryside of the Southeast Coast of England, involved time spent working on well-established agricultural land and an early 1800’s walled garden on his parents property. Rural landscape continues to inspire his passion in protecting and restoring land through design.
Being a lead in award winning projects, James expresses an importance in identifying the diverse relationships people have with their environment. Acknowledging previous land use, physically and culturally, James creates high quality designs that are artistic, relevant, and environmentally responsible. Outside the studio, James is getting his hands dirty in his own garden in Healdsburg.