Erin Hutton

Owner | Designer

Erin Hutton is a landscape designer and owner of Rocket Garden Landscape Design, LLC. Erin earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona and worked as an engineer in the telecommunications industry for 16 years. After discovering a passion for desert plants, she completed the Desert Botanical Garden’s Desert Landscaper School Credential Program in 2009. Today, she is an instructor for the Desert Design Credential at the Garden, and has taught a number of the Garden’s public classes, such as SketchUp, Meditation Gardens, Curb Appeal, and Home Landscape Design. Erin also teaches design workshops for the City of Tempe and local landscape maintenance companies. She is a long-standing member of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD).

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About Rocket Garden Landscape Design

Launched in 2009
Based in Scottsdale, Arizona
Serving Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Central and North Phoenix, Fountain Hills, Cave Creek

Awards & Honors

• Crescordia Award, 2018 Arizona Forward Annual Environmental Excellence Awards - Glendale Xeriscape Garden, “Desert Food Forest” Design Collaboration
• Subject Matter Expert Review Panel 2017, Desert Landscape School: A Guide to Desert Landscaping and Maintenance 
• Speaker, 2017 SHADE (Southwest Horticulture Day of Education) Conference - Surprising Solutions for Design Challenges
• Award of Merit 2016, Arizona Forward Environmental Excellence Awards, Glendale Xeriscape Garden, “Habitat Garden” Design Collaboration
• Speaker, 2016 APLD Arizona Annual Design Symposium - Using Free Software for Design 
• Speaker, 2015 APLD Arizona Annual Design Symposium - What Makes a Great Website?
• Speaker, 2014 SHADE Conference – Details that Matter

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