Vesna Maneva, RLA, LEED AP

Principal Landscape Architect

Vesna Maneva is a Principal Landscape Architect with over two decades of experience in the planning and landscape design of sustainable sites and vibrant urban environments. Applying her professional training in landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, Vesna has contributed to master plans and designs for commercial and institutional sites, multi-modal streetscapes, parks, urban spaces, and historic cemeteries. Her projects have benefited from her public engagement capabilities as well as her exceptional project delivery skills.

She currently manages the multi-disciplinary site and facilities assessment project for New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington State Park, which will guide future planning for the celebrated Summit; and leads the design for Northern Strand Wayside in Saugus, MA to restore a former industrial parcel into a scenic waterfront park.

Vesna serves on the Conservation Commission for the Town of Westwood, MA and is a registered landscape architect in Massachusetts. In 2024, she contributed an article to High Profile Magazine, and received on behalf of her team the Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award for the Bristol County Agricultural High School project.

Gardening is one of Vesna’s passions: she enjoys transforming her back yard into a meadow and woodland garden, while also growing a variety of flowers, fruits and vegetables. She also enjoys cooking delicious food, and antiquing alongside her daughter and husband.

EDUCATION

Master of Regional Planning | UMass Amherst | 1999
Master of Landscape Architecture | UMass Amherst | 1996
Dipl. Ing. Architect | Saints Cyril and Methodius University | 1993

BOARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

American Planning Association (APA)


Contact

vesna@halvorsondesign.com