Travis is a landscape designer, photographer, writer, and botanical designer with over a decade of fine horticulture experience. He is interested in historical garden adaptation, design of public spaces that blend ecological principles with beauty, and landscapes of belonging for diverse communities.
He is recent graduate of Rhode Island School of Design’s Master of Landscape Architecture program, where his thesis revolved around how alteration of legacy dams could be a catalyst for cultural change to connect people to their environmental context. Prior to school, he worked at several leading horticulture companies in the greater Boston area, on tasks ranging from floral arranging, interior plantscapes, estate gardening, and creative direction. He is a volunteer garden designer at the Stow Conservation Trust and an avid hiker and creative writer.
Travis Kelley
Intern (he/him)
Qualifications
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
Master of Landscape Architecture
Emerson College
Bachelor of Arts in Writing for Film and Television
Select Honors and Awards
Thesis Award; Rhode Island School of Design Landscape Architecture
Lowthorpe Travelling Fellowship; Rhode Island School of Design
Honor Award nominee; American Society of Landscape Architects
Moore Family Fellowship in the Making of the American Landscape; Garden Club of America
Fun Facts
Never misses // The chance to take in a good view
Fueled by // A love of plants
In my free time, I can be found // Out on a trail somewhere