Abstract:
Alan Jay Christensen, a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the
American Nursery & Landscape Association, the Irrigation Association, the American
Institute of Certified Planners, and the International Ecological Engineering Society, has
more than 27 years’ experience in landscape architecture and landscape construction. In
successfully operating several businesses for 23 years in the landscape industry, he has
performed and managed landscape design, construction, and maintenance. His wellrounded experience in landscape and construction from New York to Hawaii has led him
to obtain licenses as Landscape Architect, Irrigation Auditor, Landscape Contractor,
Residential Construction Contractor, Commercial Construction Contractor, and Demolition Contractor. The holder of a patent for a method of planting trees that targets contaminants in brownfields, he has taught land planning at Brigham Young University and
conducted research at Harvard University. He has special interest in debunking fallacies
and misconceptions common in landscape architecture and is the author of several arti
