Panel

  • Dimitrije Jankovic

    Dimitrije Jankovic

    BSc, MA LA (Hons), AIAPP, CMLI

    BDP

    As a Chartered Landscape Architect, Dimitrije’s strong interests lays in the concept design and creative side of the project that evokes the character of the site, whilst putting a great attention to the detail and the technical side of design work. He is eager to ensure projects work with a human scale, encouraging users to dwell in the external spaces – combining taste and functionality to create distinctive landscapes.

    Climate, Landscape, Water

  • Kate	Jeffreys

    Kate Jeffreys

    CEnv MCIEEM

    Geckoella

    Kate is a Director of Geckoella and an ecologist with over 20 years' experience within both private and public sector. Her fieldwork skills, specialising in bats and botany, provide the grounding for her knowledge of development control and planning across terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats. The ecology sector is very dynamic at present, and Kate is looking forward to the technical and practical challenges of making policies such as Biodiversity Net Gain and Nature Recovery deliver for wildlife and communities, both at the individual site and at the landscape scale.

    Climate, Ecology, Landscape

  • Sarah Jones-Morris

    Sarah Jones-Morris

    BA (Hons), PGDipLA, MA UD, FLI

    Landsmith Associates

    Sarah is a multi-award winning landscape architect, urban designer and director of Bristol-based Landsmith Associates. Her passion is climate resilience, health and wildlife led projects, with experience ranging from rural to urban, small-scale courtyards to urban extensions, early feasibility studies to post-implementation reviews. She is a Design Council expert, a Fellow of the Landscape Institute, Building with Nature associate, contributes to the citizen-science project Hush City and is the co-director of the global Association of Collaborative Design CIC. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, and facilitates workshops with Design West.

    Landscape, People & Place

  • Simon Kale

    Simon Kale

    BA (Hons) CMLI

    Nicholas Pearson Associates

    Simon is a Chartered Landscape Architect with over 25 years’ experience in urban and rural projects including those within green and brownfield sites.  Work has included site analysis, impact assessment and the design of integrated mitigation proposals.  Landscape master-planning and design experience has included new residential, commercial and infrastructure developments from conceptual design to detailed proposals including the successful integration of scheme proposals into sensitive landscape contexts. 

    Housing, Landscape, People & Place

  • Jane Knight

    Jane Knight

    BSc MPhil MLA CMLI

    Eden Project International

    Jane Knight is a key member of Eden Project creative development and project delivery team.  She is a professional landscape architect with more than thirty years’ experience gained working in multi-disciplinary teams in the public and private sectors in UK, USA, Australia and Hong Kong where she has worked on many high impact projects. Jane has worked at Eden Project Cornwall since 2002 and is now responsible for landscape design and development across Eden’s international portfolio and consultancy work which includes projects on nearly every continent.  She has an overview of Eden Project Cornwall’s specialist horticulture and operations and brings this experience to EPIL projects. Jane teaches a module on Contemporary Issues to Eden Learning students studying Garden and Landscape Design and sits on the RHS Bursary and Awards Committees.

    Landscape

  • Martin Knight

    Martin Knight

    BA (Hons) MA CMLI

    Studio Knight Stokoe

    Martin is a chartered landscape architect, urbanist, and co-founding Director of Studio Knight Stokoe. He is passionate about working collaboratively to create regenerative, inspirational, and beautiful places that delight, and consider the needs of people, nature, and the environment. Over his career, he has developed a diverse portfolio across a variety of project scales and sectors. He is a mentor on the Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership and an Expert Associate for the Design Council.

    Landscape, People & Place, Strategic Development

  • Stefan Kruczkowski

    Stefan Kruczkowski

    BA(Hons) DipTP (Dist) RPUD FHEA PhD

    Urban Design Doctor Limited

    Dr. Stefan Kruczkowski is an urban designer and co-author of Building for a Healthy Life - the government endorsed design tool for creating better residential developments. Stefan has extensive experience in improving the design quality of new towns, villages and a range of residential and commercial developments. Working for local planning authorities across England, Stefan is experienced in policy and brief writing, development management and post-completion quality auditing. Stefan also serves on the panel for Design:Midlands, supports Homes England with its land disposal programme and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Nottingham.

    Housing, Landscape, People & Place

  • Michèle Lavelle

    Michèle Lavelle

    Dip LA CMLI MA T&CP Dip UD

    4D Landscape Design

    Proactive and with a realistic, positive approach to Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urban Design, Michèle’s expertise encompasses all aspects of these fields. She advises on the BUDF and Creating Excellence panels and is a founding member of Bristol Council’s Tree Forum and TDAG. Michèle advises and acts on behalf of Local Authorities and developers as an expert witness at planning appeals. Michèle lectures at UoG and UWE and is a Council Member of the Landscape Institute.

    Landscape, People & Place, Strategic Development

  • Justine Leach

    Justine Leach

    BA (Hons) Dip LA MAUD

    LDA Design

    With 25 years professional practice Justine has considerable experience of masterplanning and landscape architecture in urban and rural environments at a wide range of scales. Justine is a Director at LDA Design and leads their Oxford studio where she provides strong design leadership on projects ranging from strategic development, regeneration, public space design, including streets and the public realm of new housing. Her expertise includes complex multi-disciplinary projects, coordination and design for visioning strategies and site promotion, design statements, planning applications and delivery.

    Housing, Landscape, Strategic Development