Susan Cohen FASLA is principal of Susan Cohen Landscape Architect in Greenwich, Connecticut and is known for the elegant simplicity of her residential landscapes.

She is also a teacher and lecturer and the Coordinator of the Landscape Design Program at The New York Botanical Garden, where she oversees their annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lectures Series.

Author:

The Inspired Landscape: Twenty-one Leading Landscape Architects Explore the Creative Process, Timber Press.

Honors:

• Elizabeth Bullard Award, CT ASLA 2025 “In recognition of her career and significant contributions to the profession”

• Honorary Member of The Garden Club of America, 2021

• George A. Yarwood Award, CT ASLA, 2016

• Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Education:

• Smith College B.A. cum laude

• The New York Botanical Garden, Landscape Design Certificate

• The City College of New York, B.S. Landscape Architecture

• Yale College, Special Student, Art History

Licensed landscape architect in Connecticut