Designer profile
Lawrence Hoyle, Senior Landscape Designer
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Lawrence L. Hoyle. I started growing plants and retailing them at the age of 9. I also continued this operation through High School.
I attended Western Illinois University for 2 years, majoring in Botany. I then transferred to the University of Illinois and completed a B.S. Degree in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture in January, 1961. I joined the Illinois Highway System as Engineer Tech. on the Chicago Expressway System as Assistant Head of two Urban Expressways, I also supervised
several landscape installation and maintenance contracts on three
expressways.
During the 2 years in this position, I gained extensive experience with growing plants in very adverse conditions including salt damage
from the snow and ice control during the winter months.
In January 1962, I accepted a position as a Turf and Landscape Specialist with Purdue University working with homeowners in adult education-landscape. I also conducted workshops for landscape contractors, nurserymen and park maintenance personnel. I remained on the Purdue University Faculty for 12 years, answering all sorts of landscape questions and solving problems, as well as being Garden Editor for two major Northwest Indiana newspapers.
I completed a Master Degree in 1969 at Colorado State University in Environmental Design. During my masters program I was Responsible for the conceptual design for a 33,000 acre State Park in Nebraska.
In 1975, I started a Design-Build Landscape Firm in
Indiana and continued until 1985. I moved to Marietta, GA. in 1985 and
began a Landscape Design - build Company.
Web-Landscape-Design-Ideas.com, went public in
2003 and since that time Landscape Designs have been complete in
28 different states.
I have completed landscape design projects of varying
sizes from very small to very large residential Some of these designed and Landscape jobs are: Lake County Indiana Government Ctr. About 15 acres; 6-1/2 acre Residential Landscape Project, Wheatfield, Ind.; Landscape Design for a
large High School in Indiana including all of the Athletic Fields, etc. Many
project in Georgia including design, solving severe drainage problems,
irrigation, hardscape items and lighting.
I have a total of 46 Years Experience in the Landscape/Design Business.
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