Todd Lynch is the principal of Ecotropy LLC, a landscape design studio that integrates medicinal plants, ecology and art to create outdoor spaces to strengthen and illustrate the connections shared by human and ecological wellness. Each project seeks to empower people to take a more active part in their surroundings and their well-being, while contributing to the health of the planet.
Todd studied medieval garden literature and studio art at Bowdoin College, and completed the post-baccalaureate program in painting and environmental art at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. He holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Masters in Ecological Planning and Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design. Todd is certified in Health Care Garden Design and in Community Herbalism. He serves on the board of United Plant Savers; a national organization devoted to the conservation of rare, native medicinal plants and is an active member of the Williamsburg, Massachusetts Conservation Commission.
Todd has collaborated on health, landscape restoration and art installations across the US. He lives in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. He has received two Massachusetts Cultural Council grants for environmental art installation. Todd has also lectured at universities, garden organizations and apothecaries about medicinal plants in the landscape, and has served as a design critic at the Conway School of Landscape Design, Smith College and UMass Amherst. He blogs about the intersections of landscape, wellness and art, www.ecotropy.net , and on Twitter and Instagram @ecotropy.
