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Speaker Bio
Thomas S. Benjamin, RLA, LEED-AP, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Tom Benjamin is a Senior Landscape Architect at VHB. He has more than 15 years experience in environmental design work often focused on ecological restoration and green design. His restoration experience includes assessment, design, and construction of upland, wetland, riparian and coastal sites/properties using low tech bioengineering solutions. In addition, Mr. Benjamin’s site planning work emphasizes low maintenance native plantings for public facilities, commercial, institutional, residential developments and private residences. His work has often encompassed creation and enhancement of natural stormwater filtration systems in both developed and natural contexts. He also has natural resource planning and land use regulatory experience. His skills support projects from conceptual planning through design, construction and monitoring phases. He enjoys weeding the woods.