Eastern Ontario Landscape Architects
We help you bring the natural environment into your urban space to create a beautiful, sustainable landscape. We share your desire for an inspiring healthy living environment that fosters harmony between nature, culture, and the built environment.
Our experienced team is ready to guide you through this process from design to reality.
We value collaboration – this is your project: we are here to help you bring it to life.
Our Team
Marietta Ruhland
Principal of Ruhland & Associates Ltd.
Marietta is an advocate for bringing nature close to home, whether it’s through a portion of a school lot dedicated to outdoor classrooms, viable tree plantings, or preserving and enhancing existing natural environments.
Inspired by childhood summers camping in Algonquin, Marietta brings her passion for the wilderness together with her love of math, science, and art to create beautiful, sustainable designs.
Victor Odusanya
Landscape Designer – Junior Project Manager
Victor has recently joined our team. Victor is a graduate from the Environmental Design program at the University of Manitoba, majoring in Landscape Architecture. He is passionate about the urban realm, and how sustainability can be a constant without compromising design and practicality.
Danish Abdullah
Landscape Designer
Danish is a talented landscape designer with a Bachelor of Architecture and an Urban Design graduate certificate. With extensive experience in India and Canada, he has contributed to projects ranging from the luxurious Hotels to vibrant city parks in Ottawa and Airport. Danish is passionate about creating naturally built environments that enrich communities and provide tranquil, inviting spaces.
Tess Frost
Landscape Architectural Technologist
Tess is passionate about sustainable practices, and design that enhances our environment by contributing to our health and wellbeing. Tess is a trained and experienced draftsperson and technologist. She also holds a diploma in fine art and has training and experience in a variety of fields.
Freya Xiao
Landscape Designer
Freya has recently joined our team. She is graduated from Carleton University and has Bachelor of Architectural Studies, majoring in design. Freya is energetic and passionate about designing beautiful and sustainable urban space for the Ottawa citizen. She is devoted to create the space that makes people happy and enjoy. She also loves graphic design and history.
James Douglas
Senior Advisor
founding partner of Ruhland & Associates Ltd.’s preceding companies – Douglas Associates Landscape Architects Ltd and Douglas & Ruhland Associates Ltd. Jim continues to provide invaluable professional advice to ongoing projects.
Neil Kempster
Site Inspector
Neil is retired from the landscape industry and brings his knowledge to inspecting tree plantings and landscape installations. Neil also has a great passion and talent for realism and fantasy paintings, which have been shown in galleries in Ottawa and Grenville Leeds.
Marina Malkov
Senior Technician and CADD Operator
Marina has extensive experience as a landscape technician including soil-cell specification and tree soil volume calculations. Marina is highly skilled in Autocad and administers the company standards for Autocad use.
Tashfiya Hamid
Office Administration
We welcome Tashfiya back after the birth of her first son. With her background in accounting and business, Tashfiya works in the company administration and enjoys working in a collaborative team environment.