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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Agronomy and Horticulture

The Science and Application of Plants to Sustain and Enhance Human Life

Richard K. Sutton

Professor
Ornamental Horticulture, Landscape Ecology, and Design

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DEGREES:

  • B.S., Forest Biology, Colorado State University, 1970
  • M.S., Landscape Architecture, Utah State University, 1974
  • Ph.D., Land Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997

MAJOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

  • Native Plant Materials
  • Rural Landscapes
  • Landscape assessment
  • Scale

COURSES TAUGHT:

  • HORT/GEOG 200, Landscape & Environmental Appreciation
  • HORT/NRES 212, Landscape Plants I
  • HORT 265, Graphic Communication for Landscape Design
  • HORT 266, Introduction to Landscape Design
  • HORT/ARCH 467, Landscape Construction
  • HORT 498, Topics in Landscape Architecture

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

  • UCARE Project Landscape Plant CD
  • Pro Bono designs for:
    • Lincoln Public Schools
    • Veterans Park, Falls City, NE
    • Entry Road, Brunning, NE
  • Private Consultations--Landscape architecture services (selected projects):
    • City of Lincoln: Plant materials for Holmes Lake restoration; median designs
    • Hastings campus Central Community College sustainable landscape master plan
    • Wyuka Cemetary, Lincoln NE, Urban wetland; urban stream bioengineering
    • Hebron, NE, River trail master plan

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Wendy Mee, J. Barnes, R. Kjelgren, R. Sutton, T. Cerny, and C. Johnson. 2003. Waterwise: Native Plants for Intermountain Landscapes. Utah State University Press 220 pp. 600 color photographs.

  • Walter Bagley and Richard K. Sutton. 2002. Woody Plants for the Central and Northern Prairies Blackburn Press 604 pp. Illus.

  • Sutton, Richard K. 1998. "Ethics and Aesthetics in the Loss of Farmland". Chapter 6 in Under the Blade: The Conversionof Agricultural Landscapes. R. Olson and T Lyson (eds) Westview Press 459 pp.

  • Sutton, R.K., T. Boyle, R. Westmacott and V. Morrical. 1997. Cultivating the market for rural landscape architecture. In proceedings of the 1997 ASLA Meeting. C. Wagner (Ed.).

  • Bartlett, M., D. Beach and R.K. Sutton. 1996. "Urban Growth: Inside Out, Outside In" Renewing the American City. Proceeding of the American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting. October 9, Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Rodie, S.N. and R.K. Sutton. 1995. "Defining Implementation and Management Issues for Sustainable urbanized Landscapes", Symposium Proceedings of Agriculture and People . . . Building a Share Environment. S.S. Waller and D. Dunca (eds.), UNL ARDC, October 9-10.

  • Sutton, Richard K. 1993. Review of 'Where?' Landscape Journal Vol. 11, No. 2.

  • Sutton, Richard K. 1992. "Landscape Ecology of Hedgerows and Fencerows in Panama Township", Lancaster County, Nebraska. Grain Plains Research. Vol. 2, No. 2. pp. 223-254. Fall.

  • Sutton, Richard K. 1991. "Not for the Tourist's Eyes Only: Willa Cather's Divide Landscape Today". Selected Works CELA Proceedings. Lois Brink (ed) Landscape Architecture Foundation/CELA Washington D.C. 219 pp.

  • Sutton, Richard K. 1985. "Rural Planting Relicts in Eastern Nebraska." Landscape Journal Vol 4 No. 2 pp 106-115.

  • Sutton, Richard K. 1977. "The Round Peg in the Square Hole: Center Pivot Irrigation in the Nebraska Landscape." Landscape Vol. 22 no. 1 pp. 3-10.

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Utah State University, LAEP Department, 2003.
  • Registered Landscape Architect, Nebraska #131
  • Member American Society of Landscape Architects
  • Member Sigma Lambda Alpha, Landscape Architecture Honorary
  • Fellows Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Member International Association for Landscape Ecology