Pieter Severynen

BArch, landscape architect (CA 1970); ISA Certified Arborist (WC-2371-A).

Pieter Severynen, a graduate of both UC Berkeley, California, and the State College for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, Deventer, The Netherlands, is the Director of Planning and Design at North East Trees, a non-profit design build firm dedicated to increasing green space and constructing innovative environmental improvement projects in Los Angeles. He also heads his own design and consulting firm, Pieter Severynen Associates, Landscape Architects, Planners and Arborists in Los Angeles, and he teaches classes in pruning and arboriculture.

Prior to his current positions he worked for over 20 years at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development as land planner for the Western states, environmental officer and community planner. He is experienced in public administration; project management, real estate negotiations, land use planning and landscape architecture and is familiar with Southern California demographics, recreation, open space and housing needs.

An accomplished public speaker, he explains and makes of interest to a broad public, a variety of work and interest related issues, including land use planning, international environmental cooperation, urban-rural interface problems, global warming, fire resistant landscaping, rare fruit growing, and sensory awareness. He is also a professional story teller.