Jane Padelford is a registered landscape architect in the state of Maryland, who received her Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Cornell University. Jane practiced for three years in Miami, Florida with Kimley-Horn, where she designed urban public spaces including trails, greenways, plazas, community parks, and streetscapes. She served on the Bicycle Action Committee with the City of Miami and helped created the first Master Bicycle Plan for Miami in 2008.

Currently she works at Dumbarton Oaks Research Institute of Harvard University where she designed the Ellipse Native Aquatic Habitat and coordinates the contemporary garden art installations and symposia on garden and landscape studies.