David Streatfield

is an historian of landscape architecture and a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington. His undergraduate degree in architecture is from the Brighton College of Arts and Crafts in England. He holds a post-graduate degree in landscape architecture from the University of London, and an MLA from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Streatfield has taught at the University of Washington since 1971. He served as Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture from 1992 to 1996. He is best known for his publications on the landscapes of the American West. His book, California Gardens: Creating A New Eden (1994) was selected in 1998 by the American Horticultural Society as one of the "75 Great American Garden Books in 75 Years" on the observance of the Society's 75th anniversary.