Carla Anderson, RLA, ASLA
Carla is a registered Landscape
Architect, has a degree in Botany, and has been practicing Landscape
Architecture for over 20 years. A
resident of Colorado
since 1992, she has been an active Colorado Master Gardener since 1996.
Her professional work of site
design, planting design, and construction supervision focuses on
environmentally responsible landscape solutions. This includes water management practices, use
of native, low maintenance and drought-tolerant plants, and consideration of
adverse environmental impacts, such as challenges with native fauna and erratic
weather conditions.
Carla has been gardening most of
her life. Her personal garden, situated in Crystola at a very dry 8,900 ft. and
without automatic irrigation, gives her much opportunity to tackle extreme
challenges and practice tolerance, patience, and “Darwinian gardening”.
Community Action: The award-winning Carnegie Library
Public Garden,
of which she is the designer and primary organizer for the installation, has
been a six-year volunteer contribution to the community of Colorado Springs. She is also involved in the establishment of
a high-altitude community vegetable garden in Green Mt. Falls.
