Deborah Nevins

Teaches at New York Botanical Garden

Deborah Nevins is president of Deborah Nevins & Associates, a landscape design firm founded more than 20 years ago. Noted for exciting visual experiences, a sophisticated use of plants, and a dedication to sustainability, her work includes the 40-acre Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center in Athens (with Renzo Piano Building Workshop); the expanded campus at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Art Institute of Chicago's Pritzker Garden, and significant gardens and estates in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Europe. 

A historian of landscape and architecture, Nevins lectures widely and contributes to numerous books, journals, and periodicals.