Leonieke Heldens is a senior landscape architect, team manager, and project manager with over 22 years of experience in complex spatial development projects. She specialises in integrated area development plans, rooftop gardens, and planting designs, combining her expertise in landscape, heritage, implementation, and planting to create cohesive and feasible designs. In projects such as the Baakse Beek Estate Zone, Wonderwoods, and Driebergen-Zeist Station, she successfully brings together design quality, technical expertise, and local identity. She also applies her training in Mediation to facilitate constructive dialogue, gather stakeholder interests, and collaboratively develop robust and widely supported design solutions. Driven by cultural and historical narratives, innovative plant species, and societal challenges, she creates living environments that foster a strong sense of connection and where people enjoy spending time.