• Masters Degree in Horticulture, University of Hannover, Germany, 1984
• Traineeships in Germany and abroad, including the Botanical Gardens in Hamburg, Germany, the Northern Germany Experiment Station for Fruit
Growing and in France
• Certified Professional Landscape Designer (APLD) – National - 2007
• Oregon Certified Landscaper and Lifetime Certified Nurseryman
• Licensed Oregon Contractor, License # 12259
• Various landscape design studies, among others with Robin Williams and
Robin Templar Williams.
• Marion continually improves her design skills by attending national landscape
design conferences annually, and business & design workshops several times a year.
• Marion has been teaching Horticulture and Landscape Design classes through the
local Community Education program for over twenty years. She has also given design
seminars and lectures for the Columbia Gorge Master Gardener Association and
other organizations.
Marion has won a number of national landscape design awards, including two Gold Awards from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and several Honor Awards (First Place) and Merit Awards from the Perennial Plant Association (PPA).
