Woollypod Design is the platform of aspiring ecological designer and landscape architect Miguel Symonds Orr. Miguel aspires to design landscapes that bring ecosystems and urban systems together within the Nch’i-Wána/”Columbia” Plateau region of Eastern Washington.

Who I Am

Certifications:

Permaculture Design Certificate – Lost Valley Educational Center Fall 2019
Ecovillage Design Education – Lost Valley Educational Center Fall 2019
Earthship Academy – Completed July 2021 at Earthship Biotecture

Since I am a student, I am quite busy and have little time to focus on non-school projects. If you are looking for someone to provide ecological landscape design services, take a look at my recommended designers on my Helpful Organizations page. Feel free to send me an email with any design questions and I will be happy to answer you or send some resources your way!

I am an ecological designer currently working toward a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree at the University of Washington Seattle. I grew up in the “Columbia” Plateau of Eastern Washington and enjoyed hiking and exploring the wild lands outside of the town I grew up in as a kid. However, I didn’t come to recognize and appreciate the natural beauty of our shrub steppe ecosystem until I began to learn about ecology. Now I am an avid proponent of protecting sagebrush shrub steppe habitat and bringing this habitat into our cities and towns. My passion in ecological design is native and dryland design in the shrub steppe of Eastern Washington, where I intend to practice design after graduation. I am particularly interested in connecting native ecology with urban systems and creating public designs that foster connection and inspire stewardship of our ecosystem. To learn more about me, you can look at my various projects and blog post(s) on this website.

Projects | Seeding Sustainability Blog

Image Credit: Rough paper background used on my logo, top bar of page, and elsewhere is by Eva Elijas, found on pexels.com. Images are my own unless otherwise stated.