Modern Formal
The Ravine Farmhouse
A new modern farmhouse above the ravine needed a landscape with the same discipline as its architecture, and enough green mass to soften all that crisp siding.
Kestrel Hill · 2025 · Investment $300,000 +
The portfolio
Gardens we've designed and built
Six case studies, told the way we work: the brief we were handed, the design that answered it, the build that delivered it, and the plant list with botanical names. Filter by design language, or wander.
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Modern Formal
Low Sun Court
A mid-century ranch with a brutal western sun and a cracked asphalt drive became a serene white-and-green composition that peaks at golden hour.
Fernway · 2024 · Investment $150,000 to $300,000
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Classic Estate
Stonebridge Arrival
A stone-and-stucco estate deserved better than cracked stamped concrete. We rebuilt the entire arrival sequence in full-range granite (drive, terraces and steps) to look a century old on day one.
Harrow Point · 2025 · Investment $300,000 +
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Outdoor Living Retreat
The Quarry Lane Courtyard
A walled city backyard, overlooked on three sides, became a private evening room under one perfectly placed Japanese maple.
Old Quarry · 2024 · Investment $75,000 to $150,000
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Outdoor Living Retreat
A Writer's Garden Studio
A novelist needed forty steps between breakfast and the desk. We built a cedar-clad studio at the end of a gravel court, wrapped in a garden that does its best work in October.
Alderbrook · 2023 · Investment $150,000 to $300,000
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Naturalistic Meadow
Kestrel Hill Meadow
Half an acre of thirsty lawn became a fountain-grass meadow with mown paths. It is cut once a year and alive the other 364 days.
Kestrel Hill · 2023 · Under $75,000
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