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ABOUT US
Established in Northern California in 1993, Douglas Kent & Associates
specializes in environmental horticulture/landscaping. It is a design, consult, construct, and educational firm serving private
and public organizations and individuals throughout California.
About
DOUGLAS KENT
Landscapes lie at the intersection
of air and fire, land and water - elements that gives us our life and diversity, disruption and change.
Douglas Kent has been chasing these
elements since childhood. 30 years field experience, four books, over 50 published articles, and landscapes scattered throughout
California; Kent's hands are rarely clean.
EDUCATION - Master of Landscape
Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona
- Master of Sciences in Regenerative Studies from the Lyle Center, Cal Poly
Pomona
- B.A. in Environmental Policy, Cal State Long Beach
- Studied Ornamental Horticulture at Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo
- California Landscape Contractor: 905192
- US Coast Guard's 100 Ton Master's License
NOTABLE EXPERIENCE - Adjunct Professor, Cal Poly Pomona, teach Ecological
Restoration, Regenerative Life Support Systems, and Landscape Construction
- Adjunct Professor,
Saddleback College, teach Ecological Restoration
- Ocean Friendly
Gardens: Los Angeles Times states that it is "one of the books you'll need to live in
the Golden State."
- Firescaping is
best selling book on creating fire protected properties in California
- Published
and featured works in Fine Gardening, Marin Independent Journal, and HGTV
- 2008: 1st Place for Best Representation of theme and 2nd for Design,
South Coast Plaza's Spring Garden Show
- 2003: Los Angeles Times
Freelance garden writer
- 2001: A
New Era of Gardening first book in the U.S. on gardening for a healthier atmosphere
- 1997: Voted as one of Marin's most influential citizens, by the Marin Independent Journal,
for work in fire protection
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