Account Manager & Landscape Designer
Heidi Petersen
Heidi has a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has taught neighborhood classes in backyard beekeeping and the basics of hand drafting and urban design to high school students; had research projects with the American Society of Landscape Architects on the health benefits of nature and engaging with nature in cities; collected data on the best perennial plants for use on rooftops at the Chicago Botanic Garden; and is a proud alumna of the Student Conservation Association, where she spent a summer building a hiking trail in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Heidi recently returned to Chicago after spending a couple of years exploring the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. In her free time, she digs spinning records, crafting, reading, baking, and camping.