Octavia Chambliss is a landscape designer with over 20 years of experience in the Seattle area. She is a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and is certified as a Master Gardener by the Washington State Extension Program. A graduate from Edmond's Community College Horticulture program, her designs have been featured in Sunset Magazine, Old House Journal, the Seattle P-I, and will be featured in the upcoming Seattle Home & Lifestyles Magazine and in books by garden writers Marty Wingate and Willi Galloway.

She has won successive awards at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, including the Sunset Magazine Design Award in 2007 for her design for the Arboretum Foundation, the NWFGS Design Award for Best Small Design Space in 2009 and her collaborative design for APLD won 3 medals at the 2010 show, including Seattle Home & Lifestyle Magazine Award, Gold Medal and the Fred Palmer Award from fellow garden creators. Collaborating again with 3 designers as part of d4 collective, they have been selected to create the 2011 Signature Garden.