Projects

Avon Hill

Lincoln MCM

Family Garden in Arlington

South Shore Waterfront Landscape

The property  and new home (Oak Hill Architects, Weston) are on a point of land with a 280 degree view of the Boston Harbor Islands. The site required careful regrading to raise the new house high enough on the site to allow for a full basement, while having it sit comfortably on the site. The property's walks are constructed with large bluestone slabs that were salvaged from the site's previous house.  The existing sea wall is shrouded in the summer months by billowing masses of ornamental grasses and perennials. Plants were carefully selected to be tolerant of ocean spray and wind. 

Arlington Oasis

Arthur Astor Carey House, Cambridge

2019 Winner of Cambridge Preservation Award

front walk

Lexington Cape

bluestone walk to elegant front door

Newton

Newton Family Haven

Moss floor meets bluestone paving. Last bluestone slab awaits sculpture piece.

After completing a home addition, the owners of this lovely 1920s home wanted an outdoor space for dining and entertaining. In the company of a magnificent, mature beech tree, the design had to be sensitive to the tree's root system and needed to link the rear of house to existing driveway. The homeowner, herself an artist, has a love and appreciation for art and sculpture. The line of bluestone slab pavers are on axis with the kitchen door. They terminate in a large square bluestone slab that awaits the perfect piece of sculpture once the homeowners find it!

Lexington Arts and Crafts Garden

Hillside Contemporary

Belmont Hill

Milton c. 1683

Western red cedar pergola and ipe walks

Located in Porter Square, the owners wanted the landscape to marry their combined aesthetics of  clean , modern lines with organic, ebullient abundance.   

Somerville Bamboo and Ipe Sanctuary

comfortable deck

Halcyon

Arlington Heights

Mahogany garden gate separates driveway from garden

Huron Village, Cambridge

The original pergola is refurbished with a new granite stone floor.

Belmont Grande Dame

We carved out a new entertaining space in the most private location on the prope

Historic Lexington

Appleton Street, Cambridge

Family Home in Wellesley

deck connects kitchen to upper lawn

Newton Center

Belmont Family Home

This is the home entrance the owners use every day.

Lexington Woodside

A pairing of Astilbe and Hydrangea

Sylvan Lexington

Kitchen terrace

Falmouth Road

Lush retreat in the city

City Garden

Two outdoor spaces are tucked into space between sidewalk and apartment building

Shared Urban Garden

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