PLACEMAKERS ACADEMY - Key Persons


Arielle McIntyre

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Instructor, Arielle Mc
Assistant Instructor, Arielle McIntyre, is inspired by the intersection of art, ritual, food, and regenerative garden design. She is excited to teach you about the magical worlds of soil, intentional spaces, fibonacci, compost tea, and more! For the past two years, Arielle has been shadowing Mary Palmer Dargan, taking in and absorbing her design philosophy. She has loved getting to distill the Dargan philosophy into this potent design elixir called the Placemakers Academy. She is honored to co-create this incredible virtual academy with such an extraordinary mentor, and can't wait for you all to transform on your Placemakers journey. This course journey has transformed her own design abilities, and she looks forward to growing into a professional edible garden designer. Arielle hopes especially that the Placemakers Academy will help propel other amateur garden designers into fruitful careers in professional garden design! If you have the vision, you can make it happen.

Mary Palmer Dargan

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Instructor
With over 45 years of professional landscape architectural experience, Mary Palmer Dargan is a maestro at creating flow in the garden. Let her show you the tricks of the trade in, ‘Finding Flow: The Four Part Master Plan'. This course is a special opportunity to spend time with celebrated landscape architect Mary Palmer Dargan as she inspires you to new horizons in your home garden design. From lecture halls across America and Europe to your backyard, Mary Palmer lays out a road map for creating your own, home garden utopia. With over 45 years experience designing home environments from coast to coast, she has honed and perfected her design process and philosophy. A synthesis of form and function, style and eco-awareness, the design process that has crafted some of America's most beloved gardens will be right at your fingertips.