Who is Denise Buchanan?
Sacred Garden Travels was founded by Denise Buchanan who is a Sustainable Landscape Architectural Design Consultant with a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture and a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology. Her unique inter-disciplinary approach blends her knowledge of design and human behavior by designing environments which are not only aesthetically pleasing but which are environmentally responsible and healing to the human psyche. It is through this lens that she leads groups through the exquisite global promenade to bask in the uniqueness of environments and cultures throughout the planet.
For over 25 years, Denise Buchanan has been committed to minimizing the impact of drought, climate change, food insecurity, growing populations and deforestation in urban landscapes while maximizing the creation of more useful and livable urban environments centered around tree planting, sustainable land management and community economic viability especially in the under-served areas of society.
Denise gained a Ph.D. and lectured at the University of Southern California and she has also been instrumental in providing leadership to community-based organizations, government departments and government stakeholders on various national parks, highway, tourism, urban renewal and master planning projects throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Denise’s wide-ranging interests include urban forests for climate modification, environmental justice, sustainable management of land and water resources, responsible mining, urban farming, food security, agricultural productivity and sustainability in marginal environments, desalination of sea water for agricultural crops, urban revitalization, sustainable rural development and cultural and psychological factors that influence human social behavior in public spaces. Her work has been featured on the Etherworks Production “Sold on Green”, HGTV, on national television and in various industry publications.
Denise is also an Award Winning International Public Speaker, Certified Human Rights Consultant and acclaimed Author and has been called on to be an inspirational guest speaker at conferences and functions for Wells Fargo Bank, Universal Studios, various Universities and at events in Warsaw, Poland; Berlin, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Lima, Peru; Vatican City, Italy and the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Denise is a Member of the American Association of Landscape Architects, the American Horticultural Therapy Association, the International Association of Women and The Global Mentorship Initiative and she is the only Jamaican Female Licensed Landscape Contractor in California.
