Who We Are:

Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects, P.C is:
•   a small business
•   an award winning planning and design firm
•   widely recognized for their work in regional landscape planning and conservation
•   experts in context sensitive design for all kinds of long and skinny places throughout the eastern US
•   experienced in the design of parks , greenways, trails, streetscapes and community open spaces

Lardner/Klein is an award-winning firm

Award	Project
Preservation Pennsylvania (2009 Preservation Planning Award)	Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor Management Plan, VA, MD, PA
American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter (2009 Planning and Analysis)	Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor Management Plan, VA, MD, PA
American Planning Association, Virginia Chapter 2009 Outstanding Private Sector Planning Project Award	Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor Management Plan, VA, MD, PA
AASHTO/FHWA 2007 Scenic Byways Award	Context Sensitive Design for Maryland's Scenic Byways
Design for Transportation 2000 Merit Award	Connecticut Scenic Byways Corridor Management Study
Places Magazine/Environmental Design Research Association Planning Award	Hindman/Knott County Community Development Initiative, Kentucky
American Society of Landscape Architects, Potomac and Maryland Chapters	Traveling Award (Maryland National Road Corridor Partnership Plan) Honor Award (You and Your Land, A Homeowner’s Guide for the Potomac River Watershed)
Washington Area Bicyclist Association WABA Award	Metropolitan Branch Trail, Takoma Park, MD
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Rail-Trail Design Recognition Award	Metropolitan Branch Trail, Takoma Park, MD
American Planning Association, Virginia Chapter Meritorious Professional Planning Project Award	Village of Midlothian Landscape Plan, Virginia
National Association of Counties Achievement Award	Village of Midlothian Landscape Plan, Virginia Chesterfield Riverfront Plan, Virginia
American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter Honor Award	Shenandoah National Park Related Lands Study, Virginia
American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award	Martic Township Environmental Inventory and Assessment, Pennsylvania

Lardner/Klein has experienced Landscape Architects and Planners:

Elisabeth Lardner, ASLA and AICP
Elisabeth Lardner has been practicing landscape architecture, planning, and urban design for thirty years. She is a graduate of Harvard University’s Urban Design department with the honor of distinction, and the University of Oregon’s Landscape Architecture department. Ms. Lardner’s work in developing innovative implementation techniques has helped community groups such as the Village of Midlothian Volunteer Coalition improve community appearance by utilizing small incremental projects – geared towards the annual fund-raising capabilities of the organization and apply for grants to fully construct a park such as in Chincoteague, Virginia. Ms. Lardner's work on the Community Design Initiative in Hindman, Kentucky was honored by Places Magazine and the Environmental Design Research Association. Ms. Lardner is currently serving as the Project Director for the design of the Vienna Town Green, in Vienna, VA, and the Laurel Hill Equestrian Center study in Lorton, Virginia.

Jim Klein, ASLA
Jim. Klein is a registered Landscape Architect with over thirty years of experience in the fields of landscape architecture, environmental planning, and corridor planning and design. Mr. Klein is a nationally recognized expert in the preparation of corridor management plans for scenic byways, heritage touring routes, community entrance corridors, greenways and trail corridors. Mr. Klein’s has extensive experience in context sensitive design and solutions for transportation projects, especially those with important historic, scenic, and cultural resources including work on the Route 50 Traffic Calming Project in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties in Virginia. Mr. Klein, licensed to practice Landscape Architecture in nine states, recently completed the Flight 93 National Memorial Corridor Study in Somerset, PA and the award-winning management plan for the Journey Through Hallowed Ground corridor from Gettysburg to Monticello.

Sarah Couchman, Associate ASLA,
Sarah Couchman, a Certified Landscape Architect in the State of Virginia, received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College and her Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Virginia Tech. She has been with Lardner/Klein since February 2007 and served as the project planner for the recently completed Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor Plan and the Religious Freedom Byway Management Plan.

Jacob Clark, ASLA, received his bachelors of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and has been with Lardner/Klein since 2007. Mr. Clark, who recently received LEED® accreditation through the U.S. Green Building Council. Jacob is currently working on the Anacostia River Walk Trail (Kenilworth Section) in Washington D.C. and the Whitemarsh Park Master Plan for the City of Bowie.

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