Alice Kitajima

Alice Kitajima’s profound connection to gardens and landscape design began at an early age, inspired by her father, who immigrated to Los Angeles to install Japanese-style gardens. After completing studies in forestry and music at the University of California, Berkeley, she worked at botanical gardens and arboreta across the United States. As Program Director at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, where she oversaw the education department, her greatest passion was fostering meaningful, lasting connections between people and plants.