Since childhood a passionate enthusiasm for the natural environment has fuelled a life of exploration and ongoing research. My younger years have been a tapestry of activities such as building, gardening and wildlife watching enhancing an understanding of the component parts of landscape. As a student at university I evolved a more holistic concept of the built environment inspiring to experiment with urban, residential, agricultural, Industrial, recreational and wild landscapes to compose a spatial sentence which created a happy more prosperous world. My ongoing excitement for landscape is the belief its green ribbon can flow through our lives creating healthier communities, stronger economies, and more enjoyable, sustainable societies to live in. `