Victorian landscape architect awarded OAM

Susan Campbell OAM.

Susan Campbell OAM.

Image: Courtesy AILA

Landscape architect and conservationist Susan Campbell has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to conservation and the environment, in the 2015 Australia Day Honours.

Campbell founded her practice Susan Campbell Landscape Architects in 1964. Prior to that, she was the landscape architect for the Victorian Housing Commission from 1962 to 1966. In 1966, Campbell became the inaugural member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA). From 1974 to 1990, she was chief landscape architect for the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation. She was a member of the Streetscape Committee for the City of Wangaratta throughout 1990s as well as member of the Steering Committee for the Benalla Rural City Environment Strategy Plan in 2012.

Her projects have included farm planning, urban design, large-scale landscape projects and urban forestry. She has also been an environmental farmer for forty-five years, and is the recipient of the Rural Press Landcare Primary Producer Award and Victorian Sustainable Farm Award. She was president of the Victorian Farm Tree and Landcare Association, 2010–2011.

Campbell has also served on the boards of Conservation Volunteers Australia since 1984 and Greening Australia since 1989.

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