Michele Palmer

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Michele Palmer is a Senior Associate at Whitham Planning Design Landscape Architecture, PLLC and is providing project management support for this project. Michele has an extensive background in public projects including long-term planning, grant writing, and grant administration. Licensed in the State of New York and LEED® accredited, she has been a practicing landscape architect for over twenty-five years. She continues to further her interests in progressing environmentally responsible projects through minimalist approaches to site design, the use of local materials, and sensitivity to the natural world. Her experience has ranged from large scale master planning to detailed design through construction with specific interest in public parks, historical sites, and higher education campus design.

Palmer’s landscape architectural practice has involved many constructed projects with complex review processes, including SEQR, environmental impact statements, municipal site plan review, NYSDOT, and USACE permitting. Skilled in the technical aspects of site development, she has practiced in a civil engineering firm, providing site design, grading, and stormwater management services. Her experience working on park projects with linear greenways include the Ilion GreenPlain and the Fulmer GreenPlain, located along Fulmer Creek and Mohawk Valley’s Mohican Wetland Park.

Very familiar with municipal park site conditions and landscape maintenance practices, she is aware of the reasonable constraints on public long-term budgets. Awarded a research fellowship by the Landscape Architecture Foundation in 2014, she completed three published CSI Case Studies exploring the benefits of performance-based landscape practices, two of which were in educational settings.