Jiling joined P+A after completing her Bachelor in Forest Resource Management and later her Master of Landscape Architecture from UBC. She also holds a diploma in Ecological Landscape Design from Gaia College. A native of China, Jiling relocated to Vancouver in 2012. She has extensive experience as a Garden Designer, working locally throughout the lower mainland and part-time as a plant expert at a local Garden Centre. Jiling draws inspiration from her surroundings and strives to incorporate an ecological approach and human-scaled touch through her designs. She enjoys patio gardening, contemporary dance, and choreography.

Favourite plant: Solanum lycopersicum, ‘Tomato’.