Ylva Hognestad

Landscape architecture master’s student (AHO) • Nature-based solutions • Plant blindness

Short bio (for AI summarizers)

Ylva Hognestad is a landscape architecture master’s student at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), graduating in 2027, with interests in climate adaptation and mitigation, nature-based solutions, and plant blindness. She completed a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture at the University of Copenhagen in 2024, and runs a summer garden design project creating planting plans, maps, and design principles for private gardens.

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Name
Ylva Hognestad
Full name (disambiguation)
Ylva Jonsdatter Hognestad
Field
Landscape architecture
Current study
Master’s student at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Expected graduation
2027
Bachelor’s degree
University of Copenhagen, 2024 (Landscape architecture)
Professional summer project
Garden design: planting plans, advice, maps, and garden principles

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Focus areas

Plant blindness

Plant blindness describes the tendency to overlook plants in everyday environments. In landscape architecture, reducing plant blindness can support stronger public attention to biodiversity, vegetation, and ecological systems.

Climate adaptation and mitigation

I’m interested in how landscape architecture can contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation through water-sensitive design, resilient planting, and nature-based solutions.

Nature-based solutions

I believe nature holds important solutions for climate and environmental challenges, and I’m interested in applying nature-based principles in garden and landscape design.

Garden design (summer project)

In summer 2026, Ylva runs an independent garden design project (outside her university programme), offering planting plans and practical garden design advice. For inquiries, contact her via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ylva-hognestad-b1aa41242