Welcome!
Turner Design LLC
Landscape Design and Consulting
"Changing the world
One Landscape at a Time"
See a recent article about us - and our landscape lighting - in Arizona Daily Star.
See Diana's latest 'Sonoran Sage' column in the 'Desert Leaf'.
Browse great local landscapes with
'Water-Wise Landscaping for Southern Arizona'.
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* Turner Design was founded early in 2008 as an independent design company. Designing gardens is an intense and complicated adventure - I take it seriously and we have a lot of fun.
* Qualifications: I have a batchelor of science degree in Botany and studied Landscape Design at the New York Botanical Gardens. In 2009I received certification from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) and was invited to be their 'Member of the Month' for March of 2009. My work has won a number of awards (see below).
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* What do I specialize in? I like to think my gardens have a true 'sense of place'. I've worked on the East Coast as well as Arizona and though the elements are different the idea is the same - to tie the garden to where it is and to people who will use it.
* My interest in Arizona's Mediterranean design heritage has led me to the gardens of Mexico, Spain, and Morocco. See 'World Gardens' Classic to contemporary, intimate courtyard to estate - these design ideas find fresh expression here in southern Arizona.
* We are proud and excited to be using 'Green Design' techniques - harvesting rainwater, planting native plants and wildlife habitat gardens, establishing fruit trees and herb or vegetable beds, planting native foodstuffs in 'permaculture' gardens, installing low-energy lighting and water-saving irrigation technology, using organic fertilizers and integrated pest management techniques, even working to conserve energy and materials during construction itself. Being energy and water-wise doesn't mean we forget about beauty, not for a minute.
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Awards and Recognition
2009 - Grand Prize in Tucson Botanical Gardens Xeriscape Award
2009 - APLD Designer of the Month for April
2008 - ALCA Award of Excellence - Landscape Renovation
2008 - ALCA Judges Award - Landscape Renovation
2007 - ALCA Judges Award - Landscape Renovation
2006 - ALCA Judges Award - Landscape Renovation
2006 - ALCA Judges Award - Landscape Renovation
2005 - ALCA Award of Distinction - Small Garden
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Professional Memberships:
APLD - Association of Professional Landscape Designers
Diana is currently on the Board of Directors for the southern Arizona branch of APLD
USGBC - U.S. Green Building Council
SAHBA - Southern Arizona Home Builders Association
AZNPS - Arizona Native Plant Society
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