FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Emmanuel Didier is a landscape architect, artist, and founding principal of Didier Design Studio. A leading figure in public garden design, Emmanuel has collaborated with top botanical gardens across the nation. Parallel to his design practice, he teaches graduate level design studios at the University of Colorado Denver and lectures nationally and internationally.

Emmanuel holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia as well as a Fine Arts degree from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in his native country of France. After moving to the United States, Emmanuel expanded his passion for landscape architecture with Child Associates in Boston, Nelson Byrd Woltz in Charlottesville, and EDAW/AECOM in Colorado before opening his own practice.

Emmanuel brings a highly creative design approach paired with an innate ability to communicate, collaborate, and inspire people. His recent work focuses on revealing site and ecology through artful interventions. His designs respect and express an authentic sense of place and identity while inviting people to connect to nature - both experientially and intellectually. Emmanuel leads Didier Design Studio as a mission-based practice, forming partnerships with clients and project teams around a shared sense of vision and purpose.

ed@didierdesignstudio.com

SENIOR ASSOCIATE + DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Susan Hughes enjoys the immediate, hands-on nature of working in the field and with clients, and the opportunities for collaborative solutions that this work affords. Susan's broad background in design – including 15 years experience in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Planning – has involved managing a wide range of complex public, institutional, and residential projects. Susan's strong sense of texture, scale, materiality, color, and detailing is informed by her love of nature and her hands-on custom construction experience.

She holds both a Master of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with a minor in Landscape Architecture from The University of Virginia.

susan@didierdesignstudio.com

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL + MARKETING DIRECTOR

Kate Davenport holds a deep interest in revelatory ethics and aesthetics for landscapes. Her work is grounded in observation and listening; discovering and cultivating what is already precious and essential to a site. Her passion for meshing art and ecology through plant-driven design has gained greater clarity over 15+ years of experience as a designer, installer, and grower. Kate co-stewards a 5-acre plot in Berthoud, Colorado, devoted to cut flower production, habitat enhancement, and experimental projects linking ecology, agriculture/floriculture, and reciprocal garden making.

Kate holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Colorado Denver and a B.A. in Fine Art from Colorado College. She is a registered landscape architect in Colorado.

kate@didierdesignstudio.com

SENIOR DESIGNER + PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

Michelle Britton is deeply committed to creating thriving and resilient landscapes. With seven-plus years experience in Landscape Architecture and Planning as a designer and project manager, Michelle roots her design approach in mindfulness, placing community and environmental stewardship at the forefront of the design process. Outside of work, Michelle's happy place is at a drafting table surrounded by markers and tracing paper, navigating ways to blend art, ecology, history, and site context in harmonious balance with the land.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture with minors in Studio Art and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

michelle@didierdesignstudio.com

OFFICE MANAGER + MARKETING ASSISTANT

Aimee Andrews is passionate about the transformative nature of art, visual culture, and design. Aimee specialized in digital cataloging, art historical research, and digitization for a digital teaching collection of art and cultural objects while working at the University of Colorado Denver. Aimee's creative acumen helps showcase Didier Design Studio's work by creating timely content for digital marketing pursuits. She provides integral, multi-faceted support to the DDS Team. Originally from the Texas Hill Country, today Aimee enjoys exploring the museums and restaurants of Colorado.

Aimee holds a Master of Humanities degree in Visual Studies and a B.A. in Art History from the University of Colorado Denver.

aimee@didierdesignstudio.com