years_active awards nationality known_for article_title education name occupation alma_mater
16 + asla 2012 american '' asphalt to ecosystems '' sharon gamson danks
 princeton , ba 1993 sharon gamson danks city planner berkeley ma , 2000
sharon gamson danks

sharon gamson danks is an american environmental planner and landscape designer based in the san francisco bay area known for her advocacy of environmentally friendly schoolyards .
she has designed schoolyards with blooming gardens , shaded ponds and nature trails .
danks published `` asphalt to ecosystems : design ideas for schoolyard transformation '' , a book which serves as a `` guide for transforming the traditional school ground 's slab of asphalt into edible gardens '' , and is considered as an educational resource for school teachers .
it received an american society of landscape architects professional award for communications in 2012 .
