Ecological design

Our design process, predicated in math and science, has two goals: delight our clients and improve the environment. Through years of academic, professional, and cooperative research, we have refined our design process to achieve those goals at the highest professional level. 

Project expertise

Site design

• Site analysis

• Conceptual landscape designs

Habitat facilitation

• Pollinator gardens

• Riparian and fluvial design for fish habitat

• Deer and other terrestrial game species habitat 

• Beneficial insects/integrated pest management predator augmentation

High performance planting (ecosystem services)

• Volatile organic compound mitigation

• Particulate matter abatement

• Cellulose carbon content maximization

• Root base carbon storage capacity

• Microclimate comfortability design

Fluvial & riparian

• Stormwater management

• Erosion prevention

• Riparian resilience & armoring 

• Infiltration maximization

Resource-efficient design

• Xeriscaping

• Rain gardens

• No-mow designs

Signage & wayfinding

• Logo design

• Map making

• Circulation studies