We have lived and worked throughout the U.S. in the SE, mid Atlantic, NE, and the NW, and our
work and curiosity take us everywhere. Looking back since 1985, we feel very fortunate to have created a career path which
has evolved in a sort of organic way, leading us to both the East and West coasts in the U.S., to the Caribbean, and to Europe.
Our path has sprouted from the collective mix of seeds we've sown from education, training and experience in Landscape Architecture,
Park Planning/Design, Coastal Management, Writing, Art, Geography, Ecology, and Sustainable Design. We specialize in projects
focusing on parks, low impact design, and restoration. Most of our work has been with non-profits, NGOs, cities, towns, and
small groups such as school PTAs, but we also work with private property owners. And most of our projects consist of sites
where water is a key design element. We are big animal lovers and adore kids as both inspire us to look at the world with
new eyes. We believe giving back to the communities we live in is important, so community service is a commitment we
value highly.
The scale of our work ranges from small (i.e. up to 2-acre residential) to moderate (7-90
acre parks, 130-acre housing development, 200-230 acre parks sites) to large scale (islands, river corridors, multi-jurisdictional/regional).
Increasingly, our work also includes life cycle documentation of built works to see how effectively designs function in real
life. Over the years, our work has been featured at conferences throughout the U.S., as well as in South America and Australia.
So what keeps us fresh? Travel. And collaboration. And it's no secret that both continue to feed us
in its usual surprising way.
Looking ahead, our vision has now broadened to encompass both a community and global perspective
that promotes the profession of Landscape Architecture with a design approach that is holistic, multi-cultural, integrative,
and fun. Since the mid 1990s, our portfolio has expanded to create a stronger foundation engrained in sustainability with
two equally important goals: to work towards environmental restoration in a more holistic way while raising public appreciation
of the natural world. This requires more responsibility, more collaboration, and more commitment given the complex challenges
of today's world. Landscape Architecture is a profession that not only creates experiences appropriate to the site and its
users, but strives to restore and enhance its cultural identity and environmental quality. We can do this well because we
are trained to assimilate and create multi-dimensionally: incorporating the artistic, the architectural, the engineered, the
cultural and the ecological into each project. Our profession is the best positioned to create the celebration of place everyone
now is raving about. This is due in large part to the fact that our profession is grounded in the natural sciences, a perfect
match for today's increasing demand for "green" solutions that enhance our quality of life. Our work is about collaboration
with the host of professions which Landscape Architects must interface with: artists, artisans, maintenance specialists, teachers,
sociologists, geographers, planners, historic preservationists, biologists, scientists, researchers, policy makers, engineers,
architects, and contractors, to name a few. So, crosspollination of ideas and expertise is not only something we welcome,
but seek out. So drop us an email below with questions, suggestions, ideas...
A sample of our client list includes:
* City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
* City of Raleigh, NC
* private residences in NC, MA, and NY
* Barry's Nursery & Hampshire Landscape Construction, Hatfield, MA
* stonewall construction for private owner, Williamsburg, MA
* Habitat for Humanity, Inc., Amherst, MA
* Dames & Moore, Inc., Seattle, WA
* Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc., Seattle, WA
* HDR Engineering, Inc., Seattle, WA
* Government of Great Britain
* Government of Montserrat, British West Indies
* City of Northampton, MA
* City of Albany, NY
* Washington Park Conservancy, Albany, NY
Our services include:
* park design and planning (master plans and specific plans)
* disaster restoration (mitigation, planning, analysis, design)
* design research on a variety of topics
* sustainable planning and design
* organic land care planning and analysis
* park, recreation, + open space related technical assistance
* organizing creative collaborative approaches and solutions
* project management; consultant/contractor management
* coastal, river, and lake planning and design
* low impact design
* residential/housing/commercial planning and design
* synthesis with historic and cultural preservation
* synthesis with public art installations
* site analysis, concept development, M and O planning
* construction drawings and documentation
* written and graphic reports; marketing; photography
* construction observation and implementation follow up
* post-construction monitoring and life cycle documentation
Professional Affliations:
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Upstate NY Chapter, NY Chapter and PA/DE Chapter of ASLA
New York State Council of Landscape Architects (Officer and Board Member)
Licensed/Registered NYS Landscape Architect
International Federation of Landscape Architects
