Full name

Dan Gilchrist

Title

Graphic Designer + Landscape Architect

Location

Seattle area

Biography

As a graphic designer, I create digital and printed works to inform, encourage, promote, and sometimes shake things up. Many examples here include content I’ve contributed as both designer and copywriter, particularly during my 25+ years with Swansons Nursery.

As a licensed landscape architect & tree pruning specialist, I provide small-scale design and consulting services to address “big picture” planning, sustainable management (especially pruning), and landscape wellness. I help people decipher the mysterious world of plants, water and soil, and help establish or restore healthy, attractive garden environments.

The two disciplines often flow together. In all of my work I strive for clarity, craftsmanship, and a respectful sense of humor.

This is my portfolio site. The "link" icon below takes you to my blog, Rhythm & Space (on Wordpress).

Experience

Graphic Designer / Landscape Architect / Small Tree Pruner

Dan Gilchrist Design

Puget Sound region, WA · 1985 – Present

Graphic Designer – Marketing Team

Swansons Nursery

Seattle, WA · 1999 – Present

Landscape Architect

Barker Landscape Architects

Seattle, WA · 1992 – 1993

Land Planner

Wight & Hardt (later McArdle & Murray)

Everett, WA · 1986 – 1990

Education

Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture

Iowa State University

Studies in Visual Communications Technology

Shoreline Community College

Elsewhere