

A single project might create a beautiful park, but behind the scenes, it’s also helping to store and manage rainwater runoff, helping to clean polluted water from our roadways, providing important social spaces within cities, and creating a healthier urban habitat for humans and wildlife alike. Landscapes are the original multi-taskers. Landscape architecture is such a profoundly interesting field (no pun intended) because one project never does just one thing. 2014 “Improving Student Learning through Integrated Project Experiences”. Hildner, Ann, Rotar, Sean, Barbarash, David, Dahl, Bernie.Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) 2016 National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT “A Macro Approach to Teaching Planting Design”. “Feedback as a Teaching Tool: Aligning Feedback with Successive Stages of the Design Process”. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) 2019 National Conference, Sacramento, CA “Engaging Landscapes with Words: The Use of Language as a Design Tool in Landscape Architecture Education”. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) 2020 National Conference, Louisville, KY “Constructing Woodlands: An Instructive Framework”. Project: Focus on the Forest: Documentation and Analysis of Old Growth Forest in Indiana. Awarded by Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA. Testing numerous pedagogical strategies including 1) the use of language as a design tool in landscape architecture education, 2) seeking to improve student learning through collaborative project experiences, 3) teaching students to maximize the use of plant material in a way that deepens their understanding of the art of placemaking, and 4) exploring hands-on learning.Documentation and analysis of mature growth eastern deciduous forest.(1996-2008) Associate, REA Associates, Landscape Architects, Indianapolis, IN.(2008-2013) Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.


Ann has a Bachelor of Science degree in Art History from Washington University in St. Ann Hildner is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Ball State University.
