Maren Oduya
Profile
I turn grey, overlooked urban edges into living, well-loved places, and I build the programmes that keep them thriving after launch day.
I have spent over a decade between municipal teams, landscape studios and resident groups. I translate ecological goals into budgets, phasing plans and maintenance routines people can actually follow. I'm looking to lead a multidisciplinary programme where planting, drainage and neighbourhood ownership are designed together from the start.
Selected work
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Streetscape
The Softened Mile
A phased retrofit of a car-dominated corridor into rain gardens, shaded seating and pollinator verges, delivered without closing the street to local traders.
Programme lead -
Community
Courtyard Commons
A resident-stewardship model for housing courtyards, with shared planting calendars, tool libraries and a simple handover guide for new volunteers.
Co-design & stewardship -
Policy
Verge Care Playbook
A practical maintenance standard that moved parks crews from frequent mowing toward seasonal meadow care, written with the crews who use it.
Author & facilitator
Experience
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2021 – Present
Senior Green Infrastructure Manager
Fictional City Climate Office- Lead a cross-department programme joining street design, drainage and parks maintenance.
- Set up a shared project pipeline so planting schemes are costed for long-term care before approval.
- Mentor three project officers and run quarterly site walks with elected representatives.
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2017 – 2021
Landscape Project Manager
Understory Landscape Studio- Managed public-realm projects from brief to handover for civic and housing clients.
- Introduced resident workshops early in concept design to reduce late-stage objections.
- Coordinated contractors, ecologists and engineers on tight urban sites.
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2014 – 2017
Community Ecology Officer
Riverside Neighbourhood Trust- Organised volunteer planting days and school habitat projects.
- Wrote grant applications and plain-language progress reports for funders.
Capabilities
Programme
- Phasing & budgets
- Risk registers
- Stakeholder mapping
- Procurement
Ecology
- Native planting palettes
- Sustainable drainage
- Habitat surveys
- Meadow management
Collaboration
- Workshop facilitation
- Plain-language writing
- Team mentoring
- Bilingual briefings
Tools
- QGIS
- AutoCAD
- Airtable
- Miro
Education
MSc Urban Environmental Management
Fictional Institute of Landscape & Cities · 2012 – 2014
BSc Environmental Science
Northshore University (fictional) · 2009 – 2012
Contact
Open to conversations about programme leadership in urban nature and climate adaptation.
Email is the best way to reach me. I usually reply within a couple of working days.
hello@marenoduya.example