Responsive Gardens

Responsive Gardens is headed by Liz Braitwaite. I am a landscape architect, horticulturist, and gardener. I started Responsive Gardens after an extended education, with a desire to share my knowledge with others. Responsive Gardens started by providing residential landscape design, with an extended focus on developing other resources and tools that help everyone succeed with their garden.

Education & Experience

I have a love of sustainable landscaping, including permaculture, water-wise landscaping/xeriscaping, ecological gardens, kitchen gardens, food forests, and native plants and ecosystems. All my work seeks to establish functional, sustainable, and beautiful gardens.

What started as a vegetable garden as a teenager turned into lots of education, including degrees in horticulture, landscape architecture, and permaculture. I’m trained in gardening, design, and sustainable practices. I have been working with homeowners designing gardens and landscapes, providing advice, and teaching community education for over 15 years. I am continually seeking to improve as a designer and gardener, and love to impart my knowledge to others. My formal qualifications include:

• Licensed Landscape Architect in Utah
• Master’s in Landscape Architecture
• Master of Arts in Instructional Technology and Learning Science
• Permaculture Design Certificate
• Bachelor of Science in Ornamental Horticulture
• Experience as an extension educator, community garden coordinator, and working with public gardens

Personal Bio

I live in Lehi, Utah, and currently garden on a half-acre suburban yard. I am also a mother to five growing children. Here’s my personal website. In my free time, I like:

• Adventures
• Nature
• Gardening
• Homemaking
• Reading
• Creativity
• Self-improvement
• Lists. Who doesn’t love a good bulleted list?