Cheryl Corson Design, LLC: About Cheryl

Cheryl Corson Design, LLC

Cheryl Corson creates outdoor environments that offer a deep sense of personal comfort, safety, and beauty to her clients. Her work is essentially collaborative in nature. Cheryl knows that our outdoor environments powerfully influence our sense of health and well being. And she believes that these spaces have a greater capacity for positive change than is often assumed.

Cheryl enjoys both residential work and public projects - schools, playgrounds, natural play spaces, hospitals, religious institutions, etc. She is a nationally certified playground safety inspector (CPSI) and frequently writes on landscape design, schoolyard environments and playgrounds.

Cheryl Corson Design, LLC is a certified minority business enterprise (MBE/DBE) in the State of Maryland and with the US Dep't. of Transportation. She is specifically certified for landscape design and consulting (NAICS Code 541320), playground safety inspections (NAICS Code 541690), writing and journalism (NAICS Code 711510). Cheryl welcomes opportunities to partner with other contractors and design professionals on government, private and institutional projects.

Cheryl Corson

Design has always been central in Cheryl Corson's career. In the 1980s, her company Acadia Design produced hand woven accessories sold at Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy's, and featured in Women's Wear Daily. Later, she became a public art administrator for the states of Maine and Colorado, collaborating with artists, design professionals and community members to commission art for public places. This work drew her to landscape architecture. She received a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1994. Since then she has practiced in the greater Washington, DC area.

Cheryl served as Continuing Education Manager for the American Society of Landscape Architects in the mid-90s, playing a key role in creating the education program for the ASLA annual meeting. She has served as a guest critic for landscape architecture design studios at the University of Virginia, University of Maryland, and the Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught landscape design studios at the George Washington University and the University of Maryland. She has taught a landscape design workshop series at the U.S. Botanic Garden since 2004.

In 2003 Cheryl launched her private practice, Cheryl Corson Design, LLC. She delights in her direct relationship with clients and craftsmen, and her ability to participate in every stage of the design and construction process.

Affiliations

American Society of Landscape Architects
Cheryl is a full member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Maryland ASLA Chapter. She was secretary of the ASLA Potomac Chapter in the mid-90s, and also served on the ASLA national staff as Continuing Education Manager and editor of the Annual Meeting Proceedings.

National Playground Safety Institute
Cheryl has been a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) through the National Playground Safety Institute since 2003.

Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards
CLARB manages the professional certfication for landscape architects in the U.S., and helps track their education, experience, and examination records. Cheryl's professional records are held by CLARB.

Environmental Film Fesitval in the Nation's Capital
Cheryl is proud to support this annual film festival, now the largest showcase of environmental films in the United States. Held during the second half of March, the festival screens over 150 films all over the city. Most screenings are free.

Association of Professional Landscape Designers®
Cheryl was a member of the APLD and the DC, Maryland and Virginia chapter from 2004 - 2010. She served on the chapter board as Communications Officer from 2008-2010, helping create the chapter website and supporting promotional publications.

United States Botanic Garden
Cheryl teaches at the US Botanic Garden twice each year. In winter, she holds a design workshop series, and in summer a hands-on planting design series.