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Josh has a master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Arizona and a bachelor of arts in biology, minor in contextual arts, from Colorado College.    Josh was born and raised in the Tucson, Arizona area & attended high school in the neighboring town of Oro Valley at Canyon Del Oro High.  While there he spent his summers working as a landscape installer for a local company.  It was during this time that he realized his love for landscape construction and design.  In his sophomore year of high school he was placed into the advanced English, Math, and Science tracts and he excelled.  He graduated with 4 semesters on the honor roll, a seal of excellence in art, and a recognition award in science and engineering.  
While at Colorado College and completing the requirements for his major he acted as a research assistant on a Gamble's Oak Seed Production study, studied abroad the art and architecture of Italy and England in Florence and London & was placed into the school’s advanced sculpture and drawing classes.  One of the sculptures he made in this class was awarded a spot on the main street of Manitou Springs for a year.    

After graduation he moved back to Tucson and began working as a research assistant and program coordinator for the University of Arizona Center for Native American Health.  He worked for the University for four years and began his graduate study in landscape architecture during his third.  As a requirement for his graduate degree he published a thesis entitled, "Changes in Riparian Vegetation Following Release of Reclaimed Effluent Water into the Santa Cruz River:  As a Corollary, the Effects of Channelization on Vegetation in the Santa Cruz River".  His thesis was later selected as an accession by the University of California Water Resources Center Archives, Berkley.   While in graduate school, Josh began to design and install residential landscaping projects and thus began his design and build career.  He has worked for multiple landscape architectural firms in both the private and public sectors in Tucson, California and the Middle East for approximately 4 years.  Primarily he has been designing and building unique custom residential gardens in the Tucson area for over 10 years. He is a licensed landscape contractor and he has obtained certification from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.

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