Lori Vierow, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C

Senior Landscape Architect

Lori is a senior landscape architect with JSD, leading interdisciplinary teams on a variety of projects. She directs and engages her team through the design process from concept through construction documents and installation for projects ranging from public parks and sustainable landscapes to municipal projects, educational, and healthcare developments.  Lori also leads the grant writing team and development of comprehensive master plans.

With a landscape architecture degree from Iowa State University, Lori is married with three beautiful daughters and outside of work, she loves being outdoors to enjoy nature, as well as reading, seeing live music, walking and traveling. 

She shared that the most gratifying part in her work is her passion to help clients design and develop spaces they will love and where they can engage in the outdoors!

If you could have any job in the world and didn’t have to necessarily be concerned about income, what would you love to do?
National park ranger

What was your very first paid job?
Ice cream parlor hostess

If you were shipwrecked on a deserted island and your basic human needs—such as food and water—were provided, what other two items would you want to have with you?
Music and books