Peter Swan
Landscape Architect
Peter Swan
Peter Swan builds custom water features from scratch, making them crucial to the accentuation of a beautiful custom landscape. Peter Swan has a large portfolio that is stacked with photos of custom pond designs, running streams, waterfalls and garden oases. Peter Swan is a talented landscape architect who will build you a water feature that is customized from the start to finish.
Peter Swan Will Miss Northern California
Peter Swan has been a Humboldt County resident his whole life, and has built a lasting career in high-end custom landscaping. The green grass and rocky coast of Northern California has served as an influence for his work, as elements of water and rock are almost always incorporated near his lime green patches of grass and rich flowerbeds. Growing up in such a beautiful setting has given Peter Swan an appreciation for natural beauty that he hopes he can implement on houses and commercial areas in other areas.
With the opportunity to start anew elsewhere, Peter Swan has decided to take the dive and do what many Americans do at least once in their lives: move across the country. It wasn’t a very tough decision for him though, considering he will be moving to Charlotte, North Carolina.
In recent years, Charlotte has seen a boom of new business and young people who are filling open positions in a multitude of industries. Those exact people are Peter Swan’s target customer: new homeowners in high-end areas who are looking to increase the amount of pleasure they get from where they live.
Peter Swan is excited for the business opportunity, but is mostly ecstatic to experience the East Coast. He can’t wait to try the Carolina-style bbq he keeps hearing about, but he also can’t wait for the many fishing opportunities out of Hatteras and Morehead City areas. Peter Swan will miss Northern California, but can’t wait to see what’s coming with his new life in North Carolina.
Peter Swan’s Signature Collection
Peter Swan is a custom landscaping artist who has done it all when it comes to beautiful and interactive landscapes that brings the grounds of an area to life. He has an extensive portfolio of unique high-end works he has completed, each of which has given him ideas of his own.
Recently, Peter Swan has put together this multitude of ideas to make custom landscape design ideas that are pre-selected and arranged to add life, character and high-class appeal to a property. With all of Peter Swan’s abilities it is hard to encompass all the features he could offer into a custom design. That is why he was done the work for you, and provided you with a selection of fantastic pre-arranged designs to enhance your property with Peter Swan’s master vision.
The Cornucopia
The Cornucopia is for those who want a sustainable and constant source of nutrition coming from their landscape. The cornucopia has it all: kale, tomatoes, strawberries, watermelons, squashes, cabbage, herbs, peppers, lettuce, spinach, potatoes, pumpkins, onions and more. The cornucopia has something to offer you more days than not throughout the year, and is a sustainable and economic way to feed a family.
The Playground
You won’t find slides and monkey bars on this playground. Peter Swan’s Playground design features a life size chess board, a putting green, and an elongated sandbox that could be used for horseshoes, corn hole or washers. The Playground is the perfect custom landscape for the BBQ enthusiast who likes to entertain friends and family.
Peter Swan Enjoys the Outdoors
Peter Swan is a man who has built himself a career and lifestyle that caters to the very essence of hard work He is a custom landscaper that brings life to high end properties all day and creating some of the most beautiful custom landscape designs one could ever imagine. And not only is his work appealing to the eye, but some landscapes are also designed to be adult playgrounds with putting greens, life-sized chess boards and other fun, interactive features. Peter Swan gets his ideas for fun landscapes through enjoying an exciting lifestyle outside of work. He has many hobbies that keep him in touch with the simpler and finer things in life.
Fly Fishing
Peter Swan is an avid fly fisherman who often spends his early mornings standing in the middle of a running stream, with waterproof boots and bib keeping his body dry and warm as he casts line after line. Peter Swan often likes to go on fishing trips with his friends on the weekends, where they rent a cabin out in the woods and spend their days in running water.
Tennis
When he is not landscaping, Peter Swan is a fierce competitor on the singles tennis league at his local racquet club. His athletic prowess has gained him a reputation that is feared by most opponents.
Hiking
Sometimes just getting out into the wilderness is enough to tune the body and clear the mind. Peter Swan often enjoys a stroll through the woods, or even up a mountain.
Peter Swan and His Involvement at Hampden-Sydney
A dedicated scholar who remained persistent in his pursuit of a long and fulfilling career in the finance banking industry, Peter Swan displayed his wits and ambition throughout his career in higher academia, starting with his undergraduate work at Hampden-Sydney. He graduated in four years with a Bachelor of Arts in Managerial Economics and Spanish and Cum Laude Honors; and within that time gained and maintained membership with many of the school’s honor societies and fraternities.
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Omicron Delta Epsilon is accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies as an International Economics Honor Society. Hampden-Sydney College honored the opening of this widely-recognized society back in 1971, and Peter Swan was a proud and active member of Omicron Delta Epsilon and helped promote his ambitions through involvement in this group.
Phi Sigma Iota
As the symbolic international foreign language honor society, Phi Sigma Iota members must meet certain requirements to be a part of this special society. Not only must they engage in a major or minor associated with a foreign language, but they must be and remain at the top 35% of their class. With a devotion to academics and his pursuit of a Spanish degree, Peter Swan was a natural member of this organization.
Phi Gamma Delta
Also known as FIJI, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity was first founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1848. The fraternity has built lifelong relationships among its 170,000+ members. To this day Peter Swan credits much of his accomplishments to the experiences and camaraderie he gained through his FIJI brothers at Hampden-Sydney.
Peter Swan’s Experience with SunTrust Bank
After moving to New York City to work as a Financial Analyst for Credit Suisse, Peter Swan returned to Richmond, VA to take up a position as Vice President of their Capital Markets Division from 1990 to 1993.
At the time, the Capital Markets Division was a platform that was still in its early development stages at SunTrust. Peter Swan led the interest rate marketing operations of the bank, and the results he produced took SunTrust Bank to much higher levels. Peter Swan was a top performer among his coworkers, and was often the subject of praise by his superiors.
While assuming the tremendous task of being the bank’s sole interest rate marketer, Peter Swan also carried out other duties that made him a crucial asset to the growth of SunTrust. He performed both analytical and marketing roles for the debt private placements and interest rate risk management team.
With his extensive knowledge and experience, Peter Swan was able to provide ideas and solutions for a multitude of issues in these capacities that increased efficiency within the company while also boosting the financial success of the bank and its clientele.
Furthermore, Peter Swan actively participated on several private placement deals which required his expertise in order to ensure that the deals were beneficial to both the client and the bank. As a passionate leader at SunTrust, Peter Swan extended his efforts to involve himself in the investor process, which included working on origination, communicating with investors, and the drafting of the private placement memorandum.