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Rick Anderson

Dennison, OH 44621


OVERVIEW: Rick Anderson is a Landscape Designer, consultant, builder, lecturer, writer, teacher and artist who’s main working materials are stone and water. Rick contributes numerous articles to magazines, speaks at national conferences and has worked throughout the U.S. By his travel, study, appreciation of the natural world, and all things involved; Rick is able to interpret this in lectures, writings and the design of space in the landscape.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

 Philosophy of Design Forum, Founder. First forum was in 1997 with focus on creativity. The POD Forum was started to provide an outlet for landscape designers to come together and dialogue on issues that were of concern.
 Whispering Crane Institute, Co-Founder along with Richard Dube’. Initially formed as a vehicle to host and support POD, WCI provides outstanding educational and visionary outreach to the Green Industry. WCI has put on programs throughout the USA.
 Ston Wurks, a design/build business known for using stone in traditional, modern, and unique ways. Stone and water features are another important element, as is landscape design.
 American Seminar Leaders Association; Certified Seminar leader.
 Community Design Center of Columbia, South Carolina; CDCC Chair 1998-2000. Board Member 1996-2000.
 Association of Professional Landscape Designers, APLD. Founding member. Served two terms on the Board of Directors. Conference Chair for the 1996 annual meeting held in Charleston, SC.
 Midlands Technical College, Certificate Program. Instructor for Landscape Design (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced), Landscape Construction, Landscape Graphics (Beginner and Advanced), 1997-2000.
 Carolina Children’s Garden, Columbia, SC. Lead design and layout for the gardens. Consulted with all designers of individual gardens. This is an ongoing project.
 “Ascension” A 270 ton stone sculpture at a major entryway into the City of Columbia, SC. Commissioned by the Columbia Appearance Commission.
 “Pushing the Design Envelope” a series of workshops developed by WCI for APLD. A multi-city tour 1998.
 “Zimmerman Lecture Series” Chicago Botanical Gardens. Lecture title, “The Request of the Stone.” 1996.

EMPLOYMENT:


Whispering Crane Institute Founded 1997 to present
Co-Founder Dennison, OH
Design/Consult for several landscape firms, and the design/building of stone and water features. Whispering Crane Institute was formed as a Green Industry, “think tank” and as a vehicle to promote the Philosophy of Design Forum. WCI produces seminars, lectures, workshops, symposiums, and printed material in support of this endeavor. I am now working as sole-proprietor of this venture.

Lake Cable Nursery May 2001 to July 2003
Consultant/Designer Canton, OH
Consult/Design/Build landscape design. Responsible for estimates, consulting, design, and overseeing installation. Other responsibilities included ordering materials, marketing, interviewing, designing displays, retail water garden display, and training employees for installation work. All part-time.

Mulhall’s March 2000 to March 2001
Consultant Omaha, NE
Design/Consult/Build on all aspects of water and stone, and boulder placement, water gardens, water features, and retail water gardening. Sales improved from $80,000 to $400,000. Stone and boulder purchase (tonnage). Also responsible for ordering all materials relating to water features.

Ston Wurks Founded 1985 to 2000
Owner Columbia, SC
A design/build company providing landscape design, consulting and specialty installation. Unique combinations of stone, wood and water. Sculptural elements.


MEMBERSHIPS:

 APLD; Association of Professional Landscape Designers, Founding Member
 GWAA; Garden Writers of America
 TSF, The Stone Foundation
 IGS, International Water Garden Society
 NAWGS, National Association of Water Gardening Society
 ANLA, American Nursery & Landscape Association


AWARDS:

 GCLA Community Service Award, 1998
 American Horticultural Society, Sculptural site-amenities on display in the children’s
Garden in Alexandria, VA.

EDUCATION:

 University of Akron 1974-1975, 1982, 1984, 2002
Coursework; History and Philosophy Akron, OH

PUBLICATIONS:

Authored the following articles:

 Columnist, Swimming Pool/Spa Age News 09/2003
 Finding China, WaterShapes 11/2002
 Pond Perfection, WaterShapes 5/2002
 A Stream Comes to Life, WaterShapes 10/2000
 Stream-Lined Effects, WaterShapes 6-7/2000
 Cutting a Channel, WaterShapes 4/2000
 Water Features in the Natural World, Landscape & Irrigation 3/2000
 “Last Lap”, Swimming Pool/Spa Age News 02/2000
 Where Streams Live, WaterShapes 8/1999
 Locating a Backyard Pond, Gardening Know-How 7-8/1999
 Upgrading your Curb Appeal, Gardening Know-How 7-8/1999
 Soothing Sounds, WaterShapes 6/1999
 “Spring”, Avenues, Spring 1999
 Unusual plants for the shade garden, Gardening Know-How 5-6/1999
 Seasonal Color w/Toni Forrest, Gardening Know-How 5-6/1999
 STONE w/Toni Forrest, Gardening Know-How 3-4/1999
 Feng Shui w/Toni Forrest, Gardening Know-How 1-2/1999
 Site-Amenities, Landscape & Irrigation 8/1997
 Pistachia Chinensis, Arbor Age 8/199
 The Sights and Sounds of Water, Landscape & Irrigation 4/1997
 Cornus Florida, Arbor Age 3/1997
 Quercus Florida, Arbor Age 1/1997
 Pathlight-not Runway Lights, Landscape & Irrigation 12/1996
 Don’t let Hardscapes be a Drain, Landscape Design 11/1996
 A View with a Room, Landscape Design 8/1996
 Ephemeral Design, Landscape Design 6-7/1996
 Night-Lighting, Landscape & Irrigation 4/1996
 Rock of Ages, Landscape Design 4/1996
 Bricks and Stones will . . . , Landscape Design 10/1995
 When Water Features Nature, Landscape Design 5/1995


Following articles/stories biographical in nature:

 “Carolina Children’s Garden”, The State Newspaper, several occasions
 “Ascension”, The State Newspaper 3/1997, 4/1997
 “Ascension”, Columbia Business Monthly 4/1997
 “Ascension”, Columbian Metropolitan 5/1997
 Personal profile, APLD News Spring 1994

Work featured in:

 “Natural Stonescapes”, Dube & Campbell, Storey Books, 1999.
 “A Child’s Garden”, Dannenmaier, Simon & Schuster, 1998.


LECTURES/WORKSHOPS:

Rick has received numerous national commissions to speak on a wide range of topics; landscape design, construction, ponds, waterfalls, stone, stone placement, philosophy, business practices, creativity, motivation, and the natural world. Some of the locations and organizations include:

 American Nursery and Landscape Assoc., Mgmt. Clinic-Louisville, KY, 2004, “A Critical Look at Stone and Water”.
 The Stone Foundation: annual symposium, 10/05 “naturalistic stone and water”
 International Pool and Spa Expo, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11/2003, Half-day workshop, “A Collaborative Approach With Landscape Designers”.
 Spring and Summer series of hour-long presentations for Mulhall’s Nursery and Garden Center.
 Midlands Master Gardeners Association – Spring Symposium 2000 at The Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden entitled “The Sounds of Water”.
 APLD, several dates and location.
 “Pushing the Design Envelope”, a WCI and APLD collaboration, a four-city tour on expanding the designer’s skills and abilities in residential landscape design.
 American Nursery and Landscape Assoc., Mgmt. Clinic-Louisville, KY, 1995, “Stone Techniques”.
 Zimmerman Lecture Series; Chicago Botanical Garden, “Stone”.
 Cleveland Botanical Garden; “Landscape Design”.
 American Horticultural Society, Children’s Garden Symposium.
 WCI - Philosophy of Design Conference 1997, “Creativity”.
 WCI – Philosophy of Design Forum, 1998, “Our relationship with the Land”.
 WCI-Philosophy of Design Forum 1999, “Water”.
 Southeastern Landscape Designers Symposium ’97, ’98, ’99. Day long workshops on various topics including symbiotic relationships, client-designer interaction, creating positive emotional results, value of design, new directions in hardscape design, water-more than you think.
 Other WCI seminar topics have included gardening renaissance, Feng Shui, creating harmony through garden design, landscape graphics workshops, advanced design theory, designing and installing the home landscape, how to sell it, conflict management, and landscape design in the next millennium.