Woodland Edge Oasis, Berks County, Pennsylvania

A lush expansive garden built on the bones of an Olmsted Brothers-designed estate offers our clients respite from their demanding business lives. The lush four-season landscape weaves together landscape rooms and architecture for intimate family gatherings or larger entertaining.   Sweeps of colorful perennials and grasses flow among woodlands and broad open landscapes.   Our extensive, colorful seasonal plantings over the past 15 years have enhanced containers at terraces and other outdoor ‘rooms’ throughout the estate in spring, summer and fall. Our frequent inspections with the landscape gardener maintain the lush character of this landscape.

Ramapo River Equestrian Farm, Mahwah, New Jersey

Located along the Ramapo River in northern New Jersey, the master plan for this 145 acre property enmeshed the family’s desires for a retreat away from New York City with the family’s ecological values. The result was a farm master plan that embodies sustainable agricultural practices including ecology storm water management, water harvesting, alternative waste management, ecosystem restoration and a celebration of the history and culture of the site and its community.

Hunterdon County Farmstead, New Jersey

On a 150-year old farmstead in the rolling hills of northern New Jersey, a gentle design hand unifies a rustic farm house, barns, pastures and conveniences of the 21^st century. While the homeowner embellished building construction with locally sourced materials, we found inspiration from surrounding farm lands, orchards and meadows for scale, layout and planting character. Plantings of trees, native flowering perennials and grasses distilled the native landscape, directed important views, screened distractions, shaped outdoor rooms, provided bird habitat, and offered an evolving garden picture for every season.