Cynthia attended Olds College from 1995 - 1999 to earn her title as Journeyman Landscape Gardener where she received the Top Apprentice Award for her trade. This training formalized Cynthia’s experience gained from a lifetime of passion for environmental balance. After school and working as an apprentice for several seasons, Cynthia embraced the challenge to follow her own instincts. She envisioned creating excellent-quality residential and commercial designs that would be environmentally ethical while providing nourishing organic habitat for indigenous flora and fauna at the same time. In 2000 Cynthia established Living Lands Landscape and Design. She trained herself and her staff (and even her clients in most cases) to look at each project through the uniquely broad lens of her vision. This perspective-shift has become the signature experience for anyone involved with Living Lands. Cynthia’s innovative work led her to be invited to design, install and maintain the first two biodiverse green roof projects in Central Alberta. One of which went on to receive a Cities Alive Award of Excellence for Innovative Green Roof Design: Extensive/Commercial in 2015. Green roofs have enabled Living Lands to take the work in preservation and enhancement of local biodiversity to new heights.