Emmanuel Didier is a landscape architect, artist, and founding principal of Didier Design Studio. A leading figure in public garden design, Emmanuel has collaborated with top botanical gardens across the nation. Parallel to his design practice, he teaches graduate level design studios at the University of Colorado Denver and lectures nationally and internationally.Emmanuel holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia as well as a Fine Arts degree from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in his native country of France. After moving to the United States, Emmanuel expanded his passion for landscape architecture with Child Associates in Boston, Nelson Byrd Woltz in Charlottesville, and EDAW/AECOM in Colorado before opening his own practice. Emmanuel brings a highly creative design approach paired with an innate ability to communicate, collaborate, and inspire people. His recent work focuses on revealing site and ecology through artful interventions. His designs respect and express an authentic sense of place and identity while inviting people to connect to nature. Emmanuel leads Didier Design Studio as a mission-based practice, forming partnerships with clients and project teams around a shared sense of vision and purpose.