Education
Masters Degree / Horticulture
(Diploma Engineering Degree), University of Hannover, Germany, 1984
FAPLD / Fellow Professional Landscape Designer
This is the highest designation and honor in the Landscape Design profession. Since December 2018.
APLD / Certified Professional Landscape Designer
This esteemed, national designation requires recertification every three years. Since 2007
Licensed Oregon Contractor
License #12259, Business License #6348
Marion has been teaching Horticulture and Landscape Design classes through the local Community Education program for almost thirty years. She has also given design seminars and lectures for the Columbia Gorge Master Gardener Association, the Wasco County Master Gardeners Association, and many other organizations.
Marion continually improves her design skills by attending national landscape design conferences annually, and business & design workshops several times a year.
Various professional landscape design studies, among others with Robin Williams and Robin Templar Williams.
Oregon Certified Landscaper and Lifetime Certified Nurseryman
Traineeships in Germany and abroad, including the Botanical Gardens in Hamburg, Germany, the Northern Germany Experiment Station for Fruit Growing and in France
“Marion is that spring flower, spreading her seeds and creating a more beautiful place to live”
J.B. - Hood River
Marion McNew, CPLD, FAPLD
Honors & Design Awards
National Landscape Design Awards
Marion McNew and Mount Hood Gardens have been privileged to receive numerous national landscape design awards for their design work. This includes two Gold Awards from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and many Honor Awards (First Place) and Merit Awards from the Perennial Plant Association (PPA). Competing entries come from all corners of the USA as well as from various international members.
APLD / Association of Professional Landscape Designers
APLD commenced their Design Award Program in 2002. Winners are judged on effectiveness and functionality of design, relationship to site, suitability of plants and environmental responsibility.
PPA / Perennial Plant Association
PPA is a international landscape design competition initiated in 1992, to recognize landscape designers and architects who have produced landscape projects of special merit, and creative use of plants including herbaceous perennials.
Honor Landscape Design Award for Sakura Ridge Farm and Lodge
FAPLD Certificate
2018: Became a Fellow Professional Landscape Designer (FAPLD), the highest designation and honor in the Landscape Design profession, awarded by the international Association of Professional Landscape Designers.
2017: Article in Gorge Magazine about Marion McNew.
2015: Fulfilled all renewal requirements as professional certified member (APLD) of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (valid 3 years)
2012: Fulfilled all renewal requirements as professional certified member (APLD) of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (valid 3 years)
2012: Honor Award (First Place), Perennial Plant Association (PPA), residential category III. over $25,000. Design for Solmonson Residence, Hood River, Oregon (photo on right). This is an international design awards program. Award Ceremony in Boston, MA.
2010: Honor Award (First Place), Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial category class VII, over $25,000. Design for Sakura Ridge Farm and Lodge, Hood River, Oregon. This is an international design awards program. Award Ceremony in Portland, Oregon.
2009: Merit Award, Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial category class VI, under $25,000. Design for Oak Street Hotel, Hood River. Award Ceremony in St. Louis, MO.
2007: Marion McNew was accepted as a certified member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD). She is the 302nd Professional Landscape Designer in the United States to achieve this national honor.
2005: Gold Award, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), commercial $40,000 to 150,000 category, for Stratton Gardens, Hood River. Award Ceremony in Salt Lake City, UT.
2005: Honor Award (First Place), Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial, class VIII, over $100,000.00, for Stratton Gardens, Hood River. Award Ceremony in Knoxville, TN.
2003: Gold Award, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), residential category under $15,000.00 category. Award ceremony in New York.
2003: Honor Award (First Place), Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial category class VI, under $25,000, Second Street Pocket Park, Hood River. Award Ceremony in Sacramento, CA
2003: Merit Award, Perennial Plant Association (PPA), residential category class II, under $25,000. Award Ceremony in Sacramento, CA.
2001: Honor Award (First Place), Perennial Plant Association (PPA), residential category class II, under $25,000. Award Ceremony in Washington, DC.
2001: Merit Award, Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial category class V, under $5,000. Award Ceremony in Washington, DC.
2001: Merit Award, Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial category class VI, under $25,000. Award Ceremony in Washington, DC.
2001: Merit Award, Perennial Plant Association (PPA), commercial category class V, under $100,000.00. Award Ceremony in Washington, DC.
Honor Award, Perennial Plant Association
