Design for Play For so many of our clients, play is an important part of relaxation, and summer is the perfect time to embrace outdoor play-spaces!  Having a place to unwind outdoors is something we all need, whatever form your leisure activities take.  For some of us, it’s sports – golf, sand volleyball, [...]

Designing Tiny Landscape design is an interesting challenge at any scale – to incorporate all of the important elements in a practical and aesthetic way, at the highest level of comfort and with the right style and mood, designers have a lot to think about.  But when we are working with a small [...]

Feng Shui for the Landscape Feng Shui is often discussed in relation to Interior Design, and whether or not you believe in the life-enhancing powers of orienting elements, there are many Feng Shui principles that may surprise you with their ability to enhance your landscape as well as your interior.  It’s [...]

The Night Garden It’s easy to imagine a landscape only by the light of the sun.  After all, that’s when we can best see it!  But what about the experience of the landscape at night, and the many experiences that are unique to those special hours after the sun has set?  We believe [...]

Making An Entrance The New Year is here, and what better way to turn over a new leaf than by updating the entry to your home?  While there are many ways to enhance “curb appeal,” the keys to a successful entrance are actually quite simple.  Feng Shui teaches the importance of the entry [...]

FEATURING FIRE There is something instinctively wonderful about relaxing around a fire, and as a result we find ourselves incorporating fire into most of our outdoor living spaces.  Fire features, as we call them, can take on infinite forms and aesthetic styles to fit seamlessly into a designed space.  Here are a few [...]

Emotion In The Landscape We ask ourselves many question when designing Outdoor Living space… “How will people interact in the landscape?  How will the landscape hold space for people?” and, perhaps most importantly, “How will that experience feel?”  Our emotions allow us to make sense of the world around us as [...]

Landscape Topography Topography is the science of mapping land formations - determining the depth of valleys, steepness of hills, and where the flattest areas of ground lie.  As Landscape Architects, the first step to any design is understanding the site, which includes the way the land is naturally shaped.  Therefore, topography [...]