Witches and Wizards of the Landscape - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Recorded On: 10/12/2025

Landscape architecture is witchcraft. We conjure the landscape through visioning in concept design, transform reality with symbology through construction documents, and cast spells through design narratives. Sensing the spirit of the place, stepping into our intuition, and feeding our creativity are essential ingredients to the cauldron of the design process.

Learning objectives:

Learn tools to get reinspired, activate your intuition, and apply it to your practice.
Recognize and cultivate creative freedom by appreciating the unique qualities of a site and your own creative potential.
Conjure the landscape through the lens of landscape architecture as witchcraft.
Shift perspectives to simultaneously see the whole and the part, staying grounded in the vision.

Megan Bradley, ASLA

Lead Action Sports Park Designer and Bike Park Project Manager

American Ramp Company

Megan Bradley is a landscape and bike park designer with a deep connection to action sports. A national champion mountain biker, she designs mountain bike parks that activate the landscape, prioritizing environmental stewardship and inclusivity. As Lead Action Sports Park Designer at American Ramp Company, she creates spaces that empower riders of all levels. Megan holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from UC Berkeley and has taught courses on landscape theory and design. An artist working in ceramics, watercolor, and metal arts, she explores transformation and natural forces in both her creative and professional work.

MaFe Gonzalez, Assoc. ASLA

Botanist and Landscape Designer

BASE Landscape Architecture

MaFe Gonzalez is a botanist and landscape designer with a strong interest in unconventional ecologies and plant metaphysics. Her journey into landscape architecture was inspired by her studies in botany where she saw a need to participate in world-making—especially to create spaces that re-establish reciprocal relationships between people and the environment. MaFe is a passionate and purposeful practitioner. She initiates or supports projects and visions that challenge mechanistic approaches and invite us to see the magic, the emergence, the interdependence of the world around us.

Chip Sullivan, FASLA

Professor

UC Berkeley

Chip Sullivan, FASLA, FCELA, FAAR, is Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley. He is an artist, landscape architect and spiritual alchemist who maintains a lifelong commitment to exploring the potential of the garden to transform and elevate one’s consciousness. His site-specific installations and artwork have been widely exhibited. He is author and co-author of many popular titles in the discipline, including the most recent Field Sketching for Environmental Designers, named one of the top 10 books of 2024 by ASLA’s The Dirt.