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Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

1057. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Landscape Architect?

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

5.0619 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Shawn T. Kelly is a licensed, practicing Landscape Architect, Principal of Kelly Design Group, LLC, a design bid firm in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. He opened his firm 25 years ago. He is also a full time faculty member and Distinguished Faculty Associate in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Fellow  and Past President of the American Society of Landscape Architects, having completed his Presidency in 2019.

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0:00.0

Hello, world.

0:11.7

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.

0:14.4

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

0:16.5

Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

0:26.7

On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions

0:34.0

who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.

0:39.1

Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Sean Kelly, and our topic, A Day in the Life,

0:45.7

what's it really like to be a landscape architect?

0:48.5

Welcome, Sean.

0:49.7

Thank you, Don.

0:50.4

It's a pleasure to be here.

0:52.2

Sean, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

0:55.7

I'd like to think I am, yes.

0:57.6

All righty. Well, we want to dive into that story.

1:00.7

Sean Kelly is a licensed practicing landscape architect, principal of Kelly Design Group, LLC,

1:07.6

a design bid firm in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.

1:13.5

He opened his firm 25 years ago after moving his practice from San Diego, California. He's also a full-time faculty member and distinguished

1:18.8

faculty associate in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of

1:24.2

Wisconsin-Madison, where he's taught for 24 years. He's a fellow of the American

1:29.1

Society of Landscape Architects and is currently the immediate past president having completed

1:34.4

his presidency in 2019. Well, as I explained in the introduction, Sean, this episode of the show

1:40.8

is all about helping listeners get an up close and personal look at some of the

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