Don Barron

Biography

Don Barron graduated Magna Cum Laude from Utah State University, Department of Landscape Architecture in 1972. Since leaving Utah State he has had an illustrious career providing professional consulting, planning and design services within a wide range of project types and through a diverse variety of regional, social and environmental characteristics. He has participated on projects primarily in the Canadian provinces and its Northern Territories, but also in the high Arctic, the United States, China, South America and the Caribbean.

He is a Fellow and Life Member of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, a Life Member of the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects and an Honorary Member of the Royal Landscape Institute of Great Britain. He is active internationally as a board member (representing Canada) and as chair of the International Landscape Architecture Alliance (ILA). This group represents approximately 80% of landscape architects in the world.

Don and his firm, Don Barron & Associates Consultants Ltd., have won numerous awards, and he volunteers his time on several Boards of Directors. Don is a proficient watercolor artist and enjoys various hobbies such as sailing, fly fishing, photography and woodworking. He and his wife Marilyn currently live in Sidney, B.C. near Victoria.