Elliot Bellis

Elliot is a Landscape Designer at LEES, bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to parks, recreation, and trail planning. His background spans urban forest strategic planning as an arborist and the design of small-scale municipal green space, grounding his work at the intersection of ecology and public space. He holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture, where his research celebrated the ecological role of urban fungi and decomposition in the design of highly urban greenspaces 
 
Elliot brings to the team expertise in GIS mapping, arboriculture, graphic design, and writing. He values place-based and successional approaches to planning and designs through an ecological systems-thinking lens. His work aims to support communities to grow, manage, and build meaningful relationships with the unique ecosystems they inhabit.