Replanting Freeway Park: Preserving a Masterpiece

Iain M. Robertson is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington where he teaches planting design and introductory design studios. His interests have focused on the study of plants as a distinctive design medium. He occasionally consults on the planning and design of arboreta and botanical gardens and other plant-related design projects. He is currently exploring methods for “cultivating” creativity in students from diverse disciplines adapting methods he has developed while teaching design studios. Not unlike Hercules' travails, he labored under the obligations of serving as department chair for several years