Martha Schwartz

She was for a time Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Born in Philadelphia to noted architect Milton Schwartz and his first wife Stella Wasserman.

[2] During a summer internship at SWA Group, Schwartz advanced her interest in landscape architecture beginning a relationship with her future husband Peter Walker .

Her career was launched in 1979 by her first project, The Bagel Garden, a decorative response to her front yard in Boston.

[4] In 1979, Schwartz married her mentor, noted landscape architect Peter Walker, the couple divorced in 2000.