​Cindy Shumate, principal landscape designer and owner

Photo: Laurie Wright.

​Landscaping and children began at the same time, landing in Greenwich from the Midwest.  Our family-run landscaping business focus was design, installation, renovation.  My career took a major turn into the corporate world where I designed/managed global business travel programs for companies like Gartner, Estee Lauder, the United Nations and Princeton University - all the while continuing to design gardens on the weekends. 
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Fast forward to the present, I now consult in the business travel industry, but am no longer reporting to the everyday corporate desk.  Landscape design and project management is now my primary focus.   

EDUCATION
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Iowa State University
    Journalism major, minors in Fashion          Design / Construction and Dance
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 
   Certificate in Horticultural Studies 
New York Botanic Garden  

​TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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I've had the great pleasure of being an instructor of Perennials/Garden Design at the New York Botanic Garden and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.  I've also enjoyed guest lecturing for garden clubs throughout Fairfield County, CT. 

PUBLICATIONS
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My design work has been featured in At Home (Westport) magazine, as well as in a coffee table book titled "Gardens At First Light" by Stacy Bass.  This photographed property, located in Westport (CT). has been on the Westport Historical Society's Garden Tour twice, scheduled again for June 2019.