India, April 30 -- Across the world, landscape architect and hotelier Bill Bensley has designed spaces that are sustainable and buzzing with stories. In a conversation with Travel+Leisure India & South Asia, he goes down the rabbit hole of all things design, conservation, and art.

Excerpts from the interview with Bill Bensley

T+L India: When did you know you wanted to tap into this niche of designing sustainable spaces?

The landscape and sustainability designer's work are on display all over South and South East Asia

Bill Bensley: When I was about this big (gestures with his hand to indicate a rather tall young man). When it comes to sustainability, it's quite common sense to me. I grew up on a farm in California and we grew everythin...