Jane Anderson Curtis
Jane is a retired landscape architect and the previous Director of Horticulture for the Hermann Park Conservancy in Houston, Texas. As such she was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the McGovern Centennial Gardens, an 8-acre public garden opened in late 2014. Her involvement with Hermann Park spanned twenty-five years. She came to Houston as a member of Laurie Olin’s team of designers from Hannah/Olin, Ltd. to plan and write the first Master Plan for Hermann Park in 1993.
Prior to joining the staff of the Hermann Park Conservancy, Jane served on its board for 10 years, and as chair from 2003-2005. She began her Houston years as fellow to and then the first curator of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She ran a small residential landscape architectural practice from 1996-2004, concluding with the renovation and replanting of John and Dominique de Menil’s own residence and courtyard garden. She served on the Houston’s Municipal Arts Commission from 2004-2006, and has written articles for Cite Magazine, a publication of the Rice Design Alliance, and the bulletin of the Southern Garden History Society. Jane continues to serve on the Board of the John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation in Hempstead, Texas and retired in 2024 from the Board of Camp Merrie Woode in Cashiers, North Carolina.
Jane received BA in American Studies from Yale University and her MLA from University of Virginia. She is married to architect Bill Curtis, and has three children.