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Lindsey Tabor

Eight Lessons for Recent Graduates

October 30, 2013January 8, 2014ASLA staff3 Comments
A six-week backyard transformation. image: Lindsey Tabor
A backyard transformed
image: Lindsey Tabor

I am a 2011 graduate of Ball State University’s BLA program and I am proud to say that I work in the residential design field. However, if you had asked me four years ago where my future would take me, I would never have guessed correctly. Let me explain why.

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