EDUCATION
Treasa Emily Ophelia Reyes McHugh
treasa.mchugh@uga.edu | linkedin.com/in/treasa-mchugh | 706-612-8221
University of Georgia | Morehead Honors College Expected May 2026 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, College of Environment + Design GPA: 4.00 Minor in Horticulture, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
FIELD STUDIES
Field Studies in Contemporary Landscape Architecture – East Coast | Landscape Architecture 2025 UGA Cortona Program | Landscape Architecture, Photography 2024 UGA Europe: Flowers and Photography Program | Agricultural Communication, Horticulture 2024 Field Studies in Contemporary Landscape Architecture – West Coast | Landscape Architecture 2023
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Founders Memorial Garden | Curator Assistant, Athens, GA
Dec 2023 - present
• Perform water feature maintenance, propagation, and other typical gardening tasks (watering, planting, pruning, mulching, mowing, blowing, edging)
• Serve as an ambassador for the garden and interact with visitors
• Update garden records, maps, and inventories
• Design ecologically, aesthetically, and historically sensitive planting plans
Smithsonian Gardens | Landscape Architecture Intern, Washington, D.C.
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
• Participated in the planning, design, and construction management stages of capital projects throughout the Smithsonian Institution campus
• Developed historically informed, environmentally sound, and ordinance compliant plans for planting, hardscape, and furnishing
• Prepared garden exhibits and engaged with the public during programmed events
• Identified and accessioned tree specimens for the Smithsonian Gardens Living Plant Collections
• Created illustrative renderings of garden spaces for interpretive panels
• Collaborated with and learned from a diverse staff of horticulturists, landscape architects, archivists, curators, education specialists, etc.
Experience UGA, College of Environment + Design | Volunteer Instructor, Athens, GA
• Taught visiting 10th-grade students about landscape architecture
Nov 2022, 2023, 2024
• Demonstrated rendering techniques and emphasized the importance of hand graphics to the profession
• https://ced.uga.edu/ced-hosts-experience-uga-2022/
Downtown Douglas Design Charrette | Designer, Douglas, GA
• Generated ideas for the revitalization of a small, rural city’s historic downtown district
• Created graphic renderings to visualize and present ideas
• Communicated with community stakeholders about their goals and needs
• https://ced.uga.edu/douglas-charrette/
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources | Research Intern, Athens, GA
Feb 2023
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
• Learned about somatic embryogenesis as a strategy to support the reestablishment of threatened forest species like American chestnut and white ash
• Maintained plant tissue culture lines to support the research of Dr. Scott Merkle’s laboratory
SKILLS
Hand graphics, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), AutoCAD, plant identification, photography, garden maintenance, Lumion, and SketchUp
HONORS & AWARDS
CELA Student Awards Nominee (2025), Honors in Washington Internship Program (2025), Peachtree Garden Club Neel Reid Memorial Scholarship (2024, 2025), UGA Honors International Scholars Program (2024), UGA Presidential Scholar (2022-2025)