About Me:

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Andy Goldsworthy said Art, for me is a form nourishment?. Many landscape designs are a function of their space. They are a frame to be wrapped around a picture with as much thought as paint color. Mankind has struggled with nature since we made our first digging tools. We marvel at our art and technology with the same zeal in which we love food. The task of the landscape designer is to reintroduce the humans to the art of nature. To blend the random beauty of the natural world with the elegant creations of our new technology, not to simply adorn the building with a familiar wrapper. Frank Loyd Wright made us realize that the structure needs to be an extension of the land, an additional feature. Let the landscape be a tool to pull the building into the land. It should be an extension of the living/working space through the door and into the world. The doorway is dead. The land comes in and we live outside. Let us not treat plants like bricks and shingles. Use the building materials to do what they do best, build walls and ceilings. Let nature do what she does best, change, grow, create and destroy. Jens Jenson showed us the way. It is time we followed his example.

Green Idea:

To provide landscape design services to landscape contractors with eco-friendly focus. By multiplying my market across the country I can influence more business and home owners to look at their landscapes as potential polluters and start beginning more sustainable practices.

Interests:

horticulture, design, food and wine, backcountry adventures.

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