Mitzi VanSant

Current

• Owner at The Fragrant Garden

Past

• Landscape Design Assistant at Peggy Hinman Landscape Design
• Design Assistant at Peter Shaw Associates

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

Recommended

1 person has recommended Mitzi

Connections

9 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Mitzi VanSant’s Summary

The Fragrant Garden is a small residential landscape design (and consultation) office, located in the metropolitan Austin area. Design services are available in greater Austin/Houston and also in the rural areas between the two cities. Mitzi is Sole Proprietor and lead designer, occasionally bringing in other design professionals (such as architects or engineers) to consult on complicated structural issues.

The design process is very personal and driven by the following goals:
--To make the garden design process a pleasure for both the client and the designer
--To educate the client about the many possibilities for the garden in terms of both style and structure
--To develop a plan which takes the client's wishes into consideration and weaves them into a garden based on the basic design principles of unity, scale, time, space division, light and shade, texture, tone and color
--To coordinate the design phase and the construction phase so that designer and contractor are working together to address client needs and goals
-To produce a garden that will please the client, be in harmony with the architectural style of the house and the local environment, and remain stable over time

Mitzi will also provide garden consultation services on an hourly basis if the client is not yet ready to undertake the Master Planning process.

Mitzi VanSant’s Specialties:

Period Garden Design, Rose Garden Design, design using fragrant plants, rose and general horticultural consultation

Mitzi VanSant’s Experience

• Owner

  The Fragrant Garden

  (Design industry)

  1995 — Present (14 years )

  Residential landscape design firm specializing in "timeless designs" that are in harmony with:
  --The architectural period or style of the house
  --The surrounding landscape or neighborhood, reflecting and
  reinforcing a "sense of place"
  --The individual homeowner's lifestyle and tastes
  --The need of person's who live in hurried times for a place of retreat
  or sanctuary
  --Sustainable landscape practices

• Landscape Design Assistant

  Peggy Hinman Landscape Design

  (Design industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

  I worked part-time as a design assistant to this well respected Landscape Architect based in Palo Alto, CA.

• Design Assistant

  Peter Shaw Associates

  (Design industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

  I worked part time for this artist/Landscape Architect creating planting plans, irrigation plans, and other tasks associated with residential landscape design

Mitzi VanSant’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Certificate , Landscape Archetecture , 1993 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  President, Student Chapter ASLA, Founding Member and First President, Calfornia Landscape and Garden History Society

Additional Information

Mitzi VanSant’s Websites:

• My Website

Mitzi VanSant’s Interests:

Garden History, Sustainable Landscape Design and Practices, Wildlife Management

Mitzi VanSant’s Groups:

Austin Organic Gardeners, Native Plant Society of Texax, Texas Rose Rusters, Heritage Roses Group, California Garden and Landscape History Society, Flora (Female Landscapers Running Amuck in Austin)

Mitzi VanSant’s Contact Settings

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