Templeton is a vibrant, goal-oriented team of talented individuals working to provide the best of landscape architectural services to our clients. We bring professionalism, excellence, creativity and awareness of the world around us to each project. Designs based on the underlying ecology of the site, sustainability, and global sensitivity are our focus. Our strategy is to create a dialogue with our clients to understand their goals and aspirations. Through a thorough analysis of each site’s unique realities and context, we strive to merge aspiration with innovative design to create places that are contextual and appropriate in their surroundings while also gracefully fulfilling contemporary needs. Templeton Landscape Architecture & Planning is a firm based in Ithaca, New York, providing professional landscape architectural design services that include higher education and medical campuses, public parks and streetscapes as well as providing planning services for local communities.ServicesCommunity Planning and FacilitationParks and Recreation FacilitiesSite and Master PlanningGrant Writing and Grant AdministrationCampus Planning and Site DesignCommercial Site DevelopmentEcological Planning, Design, and RestorationHistoric Landscape Evaluations and Cultural Landscape ReportsWetland DelineationGIS and GPS Mapping ServicesEnvironmental Impact Statements and AssessmentsProcess Management for Site Plan Review and SEQRAPublic Open Spaces and StreetscapesStormwater Management PlanningLow Impact Development StrategiesConstruction Documentation and ObservationMichele A. Palmer R.L.A. DBA Templeton Landscape Architecture & Planning is also a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise in the State of New York.

Palmer is also an educator who has taught studios and site engineering at Cornell University.