herons nest landscape
Designing Resilient Beauty — Where Nature and People Thrive Together
Welcome to Heron’s Nest Landscape, where art, ecology, and craftsmanship come together to create timeless outdoor spaces. Led by Angela Sommers, a designer and educator with decades of experience and hundreds of residential gardens brought to life, Heron’s Nest Landscape specializes in landscapes that are as beautiful as they are sustainable.
Our Philosophy
At Heron’s Nest, every design begins with respect — for the land, for the people who live on it, and for the systems that sustain life.
Drawing from formal education in sustainability, permaculture design, and ecological planning, Angela designs landscapes that balance aesthetic elegance with practical abundance. Each project is an invitation to reconnect with nature — to grow food, restore soil, and create sanctuaries that support both biodiversity and human well-being.
Expertise and Experience
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Residential Gardens: Hundreds of thoughtfully designed private landscapes — from urban courtyards to country estates — each shaped by your site’s natural rhythm and your lifestyle.
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Estate Planning and Design: Cohesive long-term landscape plans that enhance property value, beauty, and resilience.
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Sustainability Leadership: Academic credentials and hands-on expertise in permaculture, regenerative design, and food security planning.
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Educational Engagement: Angela has shared her passion for landscape design and ecological thinking as an instructor at colleges and design programs, inspiring new generations of landscape professionals.
What We Create
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Edible and Pollinator Gardens – integrating food, fragrance, and beauty.
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Sustainable Water Systems – rain gardens, bioswales, and low-maintenance irrigation.
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Naturalized Estates and Country Properties – blending design with the surrounding ecology.
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Urban and Suburban Retreats – transforming small spaces into lush sanctuaries.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge Treaty Six territory to the North of the Waskasoo seepee. The waters of the Red Deer River sustains and nurtures us all; from the water we drink to the food we grow to the cleansing showers that wash our bodies. Treaty Six territory is, was and will always be the homeland of the Nehiyawak (neh-HEE-oh-wuk), Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux (sawl-toh), Nakota Sioux (sue).
We also acknowledge Treaty Seven territory to the south of the Waskasoo seepee. Treaty Seven territory is, was and will always be the homeland of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai (g-ai-nah), Piikani (pee-kah-nee), Siksika (seeg-see-kah) as well as the Tsuu T’ina (soot-tenna) First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation.
We acknowledge the land that Red Deer is now on is, was and will always be the homeland of the Metis and we are part of Region Three with Metis Nation of Alberta.
Thank you to the many First Nations that live, play and care for the land that Red Deer is now on.
We humbly thank the Elders and traditional knowledge keepers for your compassion and patience as together, through the process of truth and reconciliation, we unravel colonization.