Hannah Jane Brown, Project Designer
Driven to create more just and joy-filled futures, she is interested in how site histories, ecological processes, and landscape phenomena can be enlivened through design. Hannah cherishes opportunities to craft spatial experiences that shape meaning and inspire care.
With an interdisciplinary design and horticulture background, her considerations range from seed to system. Hannah previously worked at the U.S. Green Building Council, where she assessed green infrastructure initiatives through an environmental-justice lens. At Oak Spring Garden Foundation, she helped envision and start The Biocultural Conservation Farm, which is dedicated to preserving Appalachian seed varieties and narratives. Before joining Wolf Josey, Hannah gained experience at Jones & Jones and Nelson Byrd Woltz.
Hannah holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University. Hannah’s graduate thesis work focused on the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, VA, where she worked in collaboration with activists and descendants to develop site interpretations and designs.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
University Avenue Park at UVA, Charlottesville, VA
William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA
Smithsonian Gardens Tree Fence, Washington, D.C.
Riverview Park, Charlottesville, VA
AWARDS
Olmsted Scholar, 2022
ASLA Certificate of Merit, 2022
Virginia ASLA Commendation Award for “Recomposition”, 2020