About:

Carol Johnson founded and chairs the board of Carol R. Johnson Associates. The firm, with offices in Boston and Knoxville, Tennessee, focuses on landscape architecture and site planning. In 1998 the American Society of Landscape Architects awarded her its highest honor, the ASLA Medal. She also received in 2000 a Gold Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Johnson continues to oversee campus planning and college master plans for many institutions nationwide. The firm currently is working on many projects including work on a number of campuses, such as Gettysburg College, Grinnell, Rollins, and Bowdoin College in Maine. Johnson has been active in many professional associations and served a ten-year stint as Boston's Civic Design Commissioner.

Articles:  (Selected from 1999 - 2005 )

“A healing refuge for homeless women: Estelle's Garden in Boston offers women a respite from the street.”  Brown, Jane Roy.  Landscape Architecture 2005 Nov., v.95, n.11, p.22,24,26,28-30.

“Egyptian sprawl: with its move to a new city in the desert, is the American University in Cairo buying sanctuary or isolation? ”.  Metropolis 2003 Aug.-Sept., v.23, n.1, p.34,74,76.

“Above the cut: the Big Dig selects landscape teams for three new parks in downtown Boston.”  Landscape Architecture 2003 Mar., v.93, n.3, p.62-67.

“Waste not: brownfield park plan celebrates bay restoration .”  Sorvig, Kim.  Landscape Architecture 2002 July, v.92, n.7, p.44,46-48.

“Retreating through history: [Battle Road Trail, Minute Man National Historical Park].”  Hammatt, Heather. Landscape Architecture i ; 2002 Feb., v.92, n.2, p.[64]-71,89-90.

“When new looks old: contemporary materials aid historic restoration [Union Station, Worecester, Mass.].”  Clements, Scott.  Landscape Architecture 2002 Jan., v.92, n.1, p.26,28.

“River dancing: a riverfront plaza reunites Hartford with its history.” Dillon, David. Landscape Architecture. 2000 Aug., v.90, n.8, p.[70]-[75],88.

“City life: forces of change are producing a boom in urban housing across America - and new design opportunities for landscape architects.”  Mays, Vernon. Landscape Architecture 2000 June, v.90, n.6, p.[60]-65,88,90-91.

“Stormwater unchained: outside a Massachusetts prison, bioengineered detention ponds turn runoff into an asset.” Thompson, J. William. Landscape Architecture. 1999 Aug., v.89, n.8, p.44-51.

“Ocean Spray Headquarters, Lakeville-Middleboro, Massachusetts.”  Landscape Forum 1999, n.4, p.82-87.