Press

Arcadia Studio – Arcadia Tapped To Renovate Lotusland’s Japanese Garden – July 1, 2016

WDeye magazine – Imagineering Roots Bill Evans: Nurturing the Imagineering Landscape – May 30, 2016

Here & Hayne – Design Graveyard: Allentown Classic Motor Park – October 14, 2015

The Horticult – Best Fronds: Inside Robert Irwin’s ‘Primal Palm Garden’ at LACMA – April 25, 2014

Hometown Pasadena – Dreams & the Dream Landscape – Feb 5, 2014

UCLA Extension Newsroom Press Release – International Landscape Architect Paul Comstock named 2013 Graduation Speaker for UCLA Extension Certificate Ceremony – July 20, 2013

LACMA – UNFRAMED article Perception and Palm Trees: Robert Irwin’s New Installation at LACMA – June 3, 2010

Walt Disney World News – Disney’s Animal Kingdom Fun Facts – January 18, 2010

Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making MORE Magic Real, Disney Editions, Inc. – 2010

Landscape Architect and Specifier News – Living in White Light by Leslie McGuire – 2010

The American Gardener – Landscape Design Award – March 2009

Lawn & Landscape – Cover Story: Dream Weaver – September 5, 2008 by Marisa Palmieri

AIA California Council – The View from the Landscape – [Originally published 2nd quarter 2008, in arcCA 08.2, “Landscape + Architecture.”]

California Construction – Garden Sculpture – June 2008

Garden Design – Designing Disney – March 2008

Los Angeles Times – Where Nature Truly Ruled February 21, 2008

Los Angeles Times Magazine – Palm Pilots – January 2008

The Imagineering Workout, by the Disney Imagineers, Disney Editions, Inc. – 2005

The Imagineering Way, by the Disney Imagineers, Disney Editions, Inc. – 2003

China Daily – HK Disneyland Unveils Landscape Design – September 19, 2003

Paul Comstock, Landscape Architect – Promotional Reel by Jason Rowlett, 2001

History of Landscape Design: Cities, Park, and Gardens as Expressions of Cultural Values, Rogers – contributer – 2001

Ganna Walska Lotusland Japanese Garden – Ways to Give

Landscape Management – Disney’s Grand Green Experiment – November 1998, Ron Hall/Managing Editor

Santa Monica Growers – Neyraudia reynaudiana aka Paul’s China Mystery Grass

Designing Disney – Designing the Disneyland Paris Fantasia Gardens

Fortune Magazine – Disney's Call Of The Wild – April 13, 1998

1998  The Victory Garden, PBS – Featured guest for an entire program dedicated to discussing global specie acquisition of trees, shrubs, grasses and aquatic plants for a 650-acre botanical collection.

Time Magazine – Beauty and the Beasts by Richard Corliss – 1998

Outside Magazine – Please Don’t Oil the Animatronic Warthog by Tad Friend – 1998

Memberships

American Bamboo Society

Americal Society Of Landscape Architects

Fairchild Tropical Garden

Flowering Tree Society

International Palm Society

National Tropical Botanic Society

Arboretum Foundation

American Horticulture Society

Honorable Member Of Association Of Landscape Architects Of Russia

Honors

2010  Honorable Member of Association of Landscape Architects of Russia, by the Association Of Landscape Architects Of Russia (ALAROS) and the Moscow Society Of Landscape Architects (MOLA)

2009  American Horticulture Society Landscape Designer of the Year

2009  UCLA Landscape Alumni of the Year

2000  Award of Design Excellence, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Florida Chapter ASLA

1999  THEA Excellence In Park Design, Disney's Animal Kingdom

1989  First Place Professional Design Category, Los Angeles State & County Arboretum Competition

1989  CLCA, LACMA 'Shin En Kan' Honor Award

1989  First Place Theme Award, Los Angeles State & County Arboretum Competition

1988  Merit Award, The Alaska Project Landscape Architecture Foundation Design Competition

1988  Honor Award, The Alaska Project American Society Of Landscape Architects Design Competition

1987  Honor Award, Westwood Village Portal Landscape Architecture Foundation Design Competition

1987  Honor Award, Westwood Village Portal Landscape Architecture Exhibit, Colorado Place, Santa Monica, CA

1987  Sweepstakes Award, The English Influence Garden, Los Angeles State & County Arboretum Competition

1987  First Place, Show Designer Design Competition, Los Angeles State & County Arboretum Competition

1986  Sweepstakes Award, Water In The Garden, Los Angeles State & County Arboretum Competition

1986  Honor Award Site Planning & Design Category, Arborbridge, Landscape Architecture, Colorado Place, Santa Monica, CA

1986  Honor Award Site Planning & Design Category, Arroyo Sequit Landscape Architecture, Colorado Place, Santa Monica, CA

1986  First Place Residential Design, La Cañada Valley Beautiful

1985  Honor Award: Design, LAS&C Arboretum, 'The English Garden'

1985  Golden Arrow Award Residential Design, Pasadena Beautiful

1985  First Place Residential Design, La Cañada Valley Beautiful

1985  Honor Award Graphics Category, Landscape Architecture Exhibit, Colorado Place, Santa Monica, CA

Academia

2009  University of Southern California School of Architecture, Thesis Advisor – Master of Architecture candidates  

2008  University of Southern California School of Architecture, Course Instructor - Landscape Intervention:  Construction Methods:  Exploration of civic, resort, retail, residential, sport and entertainment projects for an understanding of landscape development construction methods 

2007  University of California Los Angeles, Landscape Architecture Extension, Course Instructor -   Introduction to Landscape Architecture: Research and study of worldwide cultures and their natural environments 

2007  UCLA Extension, Course Instructor - Exploration of global, resort-themed landscape environments. Led students through the process of master planning a resort in which students collaborated as a team to develop a plan and design narrative booklet

Education

UCLA Landscape Architecture, Department of the Arts, Professional Designation Certificate, 1988

United States International University, San Diego, CA, B.F.A., 1973