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Elke Haege Thorvaldson is an award winning landscape architect and consulting arborist who is an enthusiastic proponent to the development and sustainable connection to natural systems, especially soils.
Developing her experience over the past 23 + years Elke has been running her own practice since 2009.
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Elke was awarded a Fellowship in 2022 by The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects for her contributions to the industry to date.
Elke is an AQF Level 5 Consulting Arborist.
ARBORICULTURAL SERVICES INCLUDE: Arborist reports, Arborist plans, Tree Impact Assessments, Expert Witness and Arborist advice.
Elke, together with soil scientist Simon Leake, SESL Australia published a 2 x award winning book on soil specifications titled: “Soils for Landscape development: Selection, Specification and Validation”, CSIRO Publishing. The 2nd revised and updated edition is due for release in 2024.
Elke, together with Simon Leake, SESL Soil Scientist, developed The Soil Volume Simulator (SVS) to design soil volumes for trees in urban situations, allowing for design considerations for tree stunting, tree replacement lifespan, shared tree root zones, underground soil connections, and surface design.
Click here for The Soil Volume Simulator.
Elke’s WORK
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