Landscape Architecture

The VTrans Landscape Architect is part of the Green Infrastructure Team and is the Agency-wide resource for landscape and vegetation matters, sustainable design, bio-engineering and green stormwater infrastructure working with highway and bridge design, right of way, and municipally managed projects and District Operations. The Landscape Architect serves as the primary support for landscape and vegetation related policy and design issues from the planning, resource identification, site assessment in the conceptual design phase through to final and construction plans and on-site inspection. The Landscape Architect also represents the Agency on related inter-Agency committees.

Landscape Architect
Bonnie Kirn Donahue
Phone: (802) 793-1583
Email: bonnie.donahue@vermont.gov

VTrans Resources

• VTrans Riparian Planting Toolkit
• VTrans Street Tree Policy
• Planting Trees in the State ROW
• VTrans Tree Cutting Guidance
• VAOT Turfgrass Seed Mixes
• VAOT Construction Standards
  • E-1 Tree Planting
  • E-2 Shrub Planting
  • E-3 Perennial Ground Covers and Vines

Trees

• Vermont Tree Selection Guide (2022)
• Tree Planting Resources
• Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program
• Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute

Pedestrian Realm

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Design Resources
• Guide to ADA Accessibility Standards

Pollinator Plantings

• CCAA for the Monarch Butterfly

Garden Resources

• UVM Extension Master Gardener Program - Gardening Resources

Invasive Species

• Vermont Invasives

Other Resources* (the following legacy documents may contain some outdated information, but still provide value for reference)

• VTrans Technical Landscape Manual (2005)
• Landscape Guide for Vermont Roadways & Transportation Facilities (2002)