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Landscape Institute pair recognised in Birthday Honours list
18th June 2008
The Landscape Institute today congratulated former librarian Sheila Harvey and policy committee member Sue Evans, who both received MBEs at the weekend.
Sheila, who worked at the Institute from 1968 until 2006, was recognised for her services to landscape architecture. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute and built up the LI’s library as well as founding an archive featuring work from leading landscape architects such as Geoffrey Jellicoe and helping to produce the Landscape magazine.
Sue, a landscape architect, received the prestigious title for services to forestry. She is head of development at the Central Scotland Forest Trust (CSFT) where she is responsible for development, community and thematic work.
The Trust is involved in a number of high profile green space projects including the HELIX scheme with project partners Falkirk Council and British Waterways, which aims to transform the landscape between Falkirk and Grangemouth into a thriving environmental community in a £25m project. Sue was previously in private practice where she worked on a number of regeneration projects. She is currently leading a piece of work for the Scottish Landscape Forum on peri-urban landscapes.
President of the Landscape Institute Nigel Thorne said: “Both Sheila and Sue thoroughly deserve these accolades. Sheila played an integral role in the development of the Institute as a whole over a period of more than forty years and transformed the library from just a few shelves in an office into the valued and well-used resource it is today.
“Sue has played a key role in the formation of the Institute’s development planning and for a number of years served on the committees, most recently the policy committee.”
Sheila, who lives in Pinner, Middlesex, said: “I feel very honoured. Landscape architecture is an immensely interesting profession that works on many levels. I thoroughly enjoyed working at the Institute and the variety of the job meant everyone day was different.”
Sue, who lives in Glasgow and is a member of the Scottish branch of the Landscape Institute, said: “I’m delighted to receive this totally unexpected honour. I feel as passionate about what I do as the day I started work. The Central Scotland Forest Trust and projects like the HELIX scheme show how landscape architects can use their skills to help local communities transform their neighbourhoods and the wider landscape.”
