{"id":13199,"date":"2026-09-10T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/?page_id=13199"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:25:15","slug":"meredith-leigh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/meredith-leigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Meredith Leigh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meredith Leigh<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-142ee056 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/09\/Meredith-Leigh-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-13193\" width=\"410\" height=\"513\" title=\"Meredith Leigh Headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-195c6967570f5b866b5dc57842f775b7 wp-block-paragraph\">Meredith earned her Bachelor of Arts in History in 2001, a Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 2009 and Doctorate in Design Construction and Planning in 2012, all\u00a0from University of Florida. \u00a0Her graduate research focused on experiential landscape design and identifying food deserts in urban areas. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d5a3baad43dab1609248ca562fae2e30 wp-block-paragraph\">Her professional experience since graduating has included public and private sector work as a landscape designer, land use planner, and teaching for the University of Florida\u2019s Master of Urban and Regional Planning online program.\u00a0 She has worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from urban design to residential landscape design, golf course conversions, large-scale site plan development, zoning code amendments, affordable housing, infill redevelopment, rezoning and managing projects as they go through the entitlements process. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4bf3194d6f179dc6dffa84492e2d7101 wp-block-paragraph\">She currently enjoys her work as a Land Use Planner at a law firm in downtown West Palm Beach and continues to teach for a graduate online course for UF during the summer months. 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