meet our team
BIANCA BODLEY
OWNER AND PRINCIPLE DESIGNER
Bianca Bodley has over 17 years experience designing and project managing residential and commercial installations in Victoria, Vancouver and the Gulf Islands. Her project portfolio includes public and residential landscapes, interior atriums, living walls and green roofs. Biophilia’s service is driven by Bianca’s values of open communication, accountability and understanding, innovation and sustainability. Whether it is a public space or an intimate interior atrium, Bianca believes each project has the opportunity to be a sanctuary for people to connect with their natural world. That vision is what drives her to explore and innovate, and to continue finding new ways to connect to nature as we design and build our environments. Bianca and her team take on a project as if it were their own and look to find efficiencies in team work and collaboration with the community of builders with whom we have fostered long standing and deeply respectful relationships.
ELIZABETH BALDERSTON, RLA, BCSLA, CSLA
LEAD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Elizabeth holds over 20 years of design and construction experience. Her career highlights include being the lead architect for Urban Systems in Kelowna, specializing in engineering services as well as being the principal for her own firm for 3 years. She has a wide ranging portfolio including the plaza and landscaping for a public library, landscaping of a waterfront public parks space and an integrated rainwater management plan for the UBC Okanagan campus. Elizabeth has a deep and thorough knowledge of logistics and specifications, balanced by evocative and inspiring hand renderings. Elizabeth has sat on the board of the BCSLA and is currently an intern mentor. She is passionate about standout design, using sustainable materials and restoring disturbed ecosystems.
SHANE BUDISH | MLA, AALA, CSLA
SENIOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Shane is a Landscape Architect with over 12 years of experience. After graduating from the University of Toronto, Shane has worked on projects across Canada focusing on urban and ecological design solutions with an emphasis on constructability and function. Shane moved to Calgary in 2014 and has been focused specifically on municipal streetscape development, park/urban plaza development, multi-family development and golf course design-build consulting.
Shane’s interest in construction and landscape functionality has allowed him to develop into a technical Landscape Architect who brings form and function understanding from the consulting process to the construction phase.
When Shane isn’t working, you can find him on the golf course or in the mountains with his family and rescue dog Cooper.
TYLER YESTAL | MLA
SENIOR LANDSCAPE DESIGNER / TECHNOLOGIST
Tyler has over 8 years’ experience in landscape architecture as a designer and project manager in projects across Western Canada. He began as a landscape architectural technologist in Alberta, where he graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He collaborated on numerous streetscape and commercial development projects throughout Calgary and the Rocky Mountains. He achieved his landscape architecture degree at University of Guelph.
Tyler’s curiosity about ecologically rich landscapes on the west coast led him to Vancouver Island. He has worked on private residential, multi-residential, institutional, and commercial projects throughout the lower mainland and Vancouver Island. Tyler believes it’s important to tie in all aspects of the landscape to its surroundings, such as the people and native ecosystems. Tyler is guided by his passion for plants and naturalistic plant design, and the desire to create outdoor spaces that provide people with the same pleasure he has when in the wild landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
CHARLOTTE TWYFORD | BIA, BCSLA Intern
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Charlotte (Charlie) graduated from the University of Guelph in 2024 and brings a fresh, technical perspective to the team at Biophilia.
Charlie holds a bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Guelph. At Biophilia, Charlie is involved in the design of a diversity of outdoor spaces as well as the technical development of construction plans and specifications.
ANNA PATE | MLA, BCSLA Intern
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Anna brings a wide variety of experience to the team, from conceptual design to installation, project management, and continued plant care. Her career journey began with many years of hands-on experience in landscape maintenance, where she developed a deep love and understanding for plants. That job became a catalyst for Anna to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture. During her academic journey, Anna was fascinated with the intersection of nature and wellness, taking numerous courses in Therapy Garden Design. This focus reinforced her desire to create spaces where people and nature can heal and grow together. Anna also brings with her extensive knowledge of working with edible plants and designing functional and ornamental food gardens.