Vonn Marie May
Vonn Marie is a landscape historian and cultural landscape specialist with over 25 years of project experience. Her advocacy and rigor reflects her historic preservation and legal research background.
Embracing the use of historic values in planning and design she has authored several successful local, state and National Register nominations which include historical landscapes and settings.
Vonn Marie has been recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA); American Planning Association (APA); American Institute of Architects (AIA); California Preservation Foundation (CPF); and the California State Governor’s Award for her project work in historic preservation and cultural landscapes.
Profile
1915 Botanical Building, Balboa Park
Publications and Awards
2014 CPF Preservation Design Award – Audrey Geisel House UCSD
2010 Images of America: Rancho Santa Fe, Arcadia Publishers
2010 Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society - Lifetime Membership Award
2009 ASLA National Honor Award – Celebrating the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Mills College
2009 SCUP National Honor Award – Celebrating the Cultural Landscape Heritage Mills College
2008 ASLA No.CA Chapter Honor Award – Celebrating the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Mills College
2005 CPF Design Award – UC Berkeley Landscape Heritage Plan
2005 CA Governors Preservation Award -- UC Berkeley Landscape Heritage Plan
2005 ASLA Northern California Merit Award – UC Berkeley Landscape Heritage Plan
2005 APA Focus Award - Rancho Santa Fe Cultural Landscape Amendment
2005 APA Focus Award – Uptown Cultural Landscape Survey
2005 SD Police Historical Assoc. Jose Cota Preservation Award – Preservation Advocacy
2004 SOHO Rural Preservation Award- Sikes Adobe Farmhouse & Grounds
2003 CPF President’s Award - Preservation Advocacy
2003 CPF Design Award – Sikes Adobe Farmhouse Cultural Landscape Report
2002 Orchid – ASLA Balboa Park Cultural Landscape Nomination
2001 The Journal of San Diego History Book Review, Balboa Park: A Millennium History
1996 AIA Merit Award & CPF Honor Award-SD - Mid City Historic Survey
1995 CA Governor’s Historic Preservation Award - St Francis Chapel, Warner Springs
1995 SOHO Early California History Award - St. Francis Chapel
1992-1998 S.D. Union-Tribune Sunday Home Section Features on California horticultural history
1991 APA Regional Planning Award-Mission San Luis Rey Landscape Master Plan
1991 The Landscape Journal, Fall U. of Illinois, Urbana-Book Review:Landscaping the American Dream:
The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch 1890-1972 by James J. Yoch
1990 San Diego Journal of History Spring.The Marston Garden:The Southwest Interprets English Romantic
Workshops & Symposia
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California Preservation Foundation (CPF) & National Park Service (NPS): Cultural Landscapes Workshop, UC Berkeley Evaluating Integrity
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SOHO: History of the Balboa Park Botanical Building
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Congress of History: History of the Balboa Park Botanical Building
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Mills College: Reading the Cultural Landscape of Mills College: Findings
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from the Getty Campus Heritage Grant Project
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CPF Annual Meeting: Cultural Landscape Track,The Salk Institute National
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Register Project
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CPF Workshop: Rancho Santa Fe: The Town the Railroad Built
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Friends of SD Architecture: Rancho Santa Fe: The Town the Railroad Built
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Friends of San Diego Architecture: Sikes Adobe Farmhouse Landcape
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National Trust for Historic Preservation: NTC San Diego Base Closure
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Women in Architecture: Native Impressions: San Diego's Ambivalent Pursuit of Regionalism
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ASLA/NPS: Cultural Resource Planning Charette for Mission SLR. Host
Cultural Landscape Projects
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UC San Diego Chancellor’s House, San Diego
Cultural Landscape Management Plan
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Naval Training Center Officer’s Quarters Gardens
Cultural Landscape Documentation
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Fern Dell, Griffith Park, Los Angeles
National Register Eligibility
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Mills College, Oakland
Landscape Heritage Plan
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Julian, CA County of San Diego
Historical Context and Survey
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University of California Berkeley
Landscape Heritage Plan
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Rosecroft Gardens Point Loma, San Diego
National Register of Historic Places
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County Administration Center, San Diego
Cultural Landscape Analysis
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Fort Rosecrans Coastal Defenses, San Diego
National Register Eligibility Report
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San Diego Uptown Community District
Cultural Landscape Element
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