Alina R. Kouneva Tremblay CEO + Creative Director

[B. Environmental Design | M. Landscape Architecture | UBC ]

I am born bulgarian-armenian…

Growing up in Varna, Bulgaria, food, family and nature comprised the fabric of my childhood. When we moved to Vancouver in 1991 that lush, fruit picking, dirt laden villa lifestyle quickly vanished. Small living quarters and busy streets became my norm. The difference was drastic and the impact was real.

It wasn’t until my first visit back home a few years later when I realized the critical and life altering impact my environment had on me and my family. The onset and urge to create environments became a passion and set a foot the next 13 years of architectural studies. With the foundation of environmental design, architecture and landscape architecture Alina Gardens was born and the quest to creating landscapes for wildlife and families in the urban context was well on its way.