For over 24 years, Shane Preston has been involved with things that grow. He started in the landscape design business right out of high school, working with his father, James Preston, ASLA, who was a highly regarded landscape architect in Los Angeles. And he hasn’t stopped since.Shane grew up in the landscape design business and his passion for creating innovative, sustainable designs led him to his current position as Senior Designer at DNA. At DNA he spends his weekdays designing landscape plans for a myriad of projects and his evenings and weekends growing his family of seven children. Yes, that’s right seven children. As you can see, Shane is passionate about growing in both his professional and personal life.
As a designer at DNA, he uses his inventive nature and quest to “find a different” way to create landscape design solutions that are creative, beautiful and friendly to the environment. An out-of-the box thinker and designer, Shane uses his critical design eye to find new ways to solve age-old problems of designing landscape plans that will really grow and prosper within every environment.
Shane understands all aspects of landscaping and design which gives him an edge when designing solutions for projects that may have significant environmental challenges. Since Shane has been both the designer and the landscape installer, he is familiar with the techniques used for proper planting, irrigation, drought tolerance and plant selection. This gives Shane the insight into how to best approach any landscape project with the confidence that he will create the best possible design for his client.
Shane is the resident native plant expert at DNA. Having grown up in California he was always interested in creating landscape designs that incorporate the best of what this region has to offer. Shane says, “There are so many beautiful California native plants and it is always my goal to group and arrange them naturally in such a way as to use as little water as possible while providing the maximum amount of visual interest…a truly sustainable planting plan is one that can eventually naturalize and be supported by the regions annual rainfall, a lofty goal but one worth pursuing in certain situations.”
With Shane’s 24 years of experience he has designed and planned commercial, institutional, civic, single and multi-family residential projects. He brings to the DNA team expertise in design, photo realistic rendering, construction materials and plant selections as well as graphic design. “Shane is an Artist”, says David Neault, “…he came to DNA with incredible pen and ink drawing and AutoCAD skills. Over the years he has both pioneered and mastered the computer programs of Photoshop and Sketch-up to illustrate his creative landscape designs yielding drawings that are so realistic they almost look like photographs!”
An avid fan of the History Channel, Shane enjoys learning about what came before him so he can use the past to forge a new future. He also plays guitar and bass at his church and is accompanied by his lovely wife and best friend, Margie, who is also a musician.
Shane has been a member of the DNA team since 2003. He enjoys the positive and encouraging atmosphere within the firm and praises David Neault for his penchant for sharing information openly to all members of the team.
“David always pushes us to grow, to go the extra mile, to re-think a design and make sure we have the best solution possible. It is a pleasure to work in such a positive and rewarding environment.”
*Notable Shane Preston projects
Disney Animation Studio – Burbank, CA
Marriott Hotel – Anaheim, CA
Century Stadium Promenade – Orange, CA
Veterans Memorial – Murrieta, CA
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