We are a landscape design and construction firm specializing in innovative New England landscapes. Informed by thirty years of experience, our works focus on environmental sustainability, species diversity, fiscal prudence, and visual drama. We know plants, we know construction, and we know how to deliver a landscape that provides joy, solace and beauty.
Ilsa Svendsen trained at the prestigious New York Botanical Garden's two-year-intensive School of Professional Horticulture and studied philosophy the University of Nebraska.
Ilsa Svendsen trained at the prestigious New York Botanical Garden's two-year-intensive School of Professional Horticulture and studied philosophy the University of Nebraska.
Services
Understated visual drama using a palette of natural materials best suited to the site is our specialty.
If you are starting with a blank slate, renovating an old garden, or completely rethinking a landscape, we find innovative solutions which successfully marry your goals and budget with the genius of the place.
The design process generally involves two phases - a concept phase and then a more detailed design development phase.
Smaller projects or knowledgeable clients may allow the phases to be compressed with fewer steps.
If you are starting with a blank slate, renovating an old garden, or completely rethinking a landscape, we find innovative solutions which successfully marry your goals and budget with the genius of the place.
The design process generally involves two phases - a concept phase and then a more detailed design development phase.
Smaller projects or knowledgeable clients may allow the phases to be compressed with fewer steps.
The best design will fail without the know-how and stamina to bring concept to life.
How easily a project can run awry without attentive direction and savvy coordination; cost overruns, frustration, and lackluster results are too common and unnecessary.
Our projects succeed because of our consistent attention to detail and of our network of trusted construction professionals-- landscape contractors, masons, excavators, specimen tree movers, arborists, irrigation and lighting specialists -- developed over thirty years to get the job done right.
How easily a project can run awry without attentive direction and savvy coordination; cost overruns, frustration, and lackluster results are too common and unnecessary.
Our projects succeed because of our consistent attention to detail and of our network of trusted construction professionals-- landscape contractors, masons, excavators, specimen tree movers, arborists, irrigation and lighting specialists -- developed over thirty years to get the job done right.
Everyone is busy.
In our world of 24/7 demands, we find ourselves looking for ways to better focus, and to be highly selective about how we spend our time.
We will manage your landscape as if it were our own.
You can trust us to show up and toil in earnest with a fine eye for detail and with an honest work ethic.
Once we've learned your priorities and standards, we require no oversight, only feedback to ensure we keep meeting your needs.
In our world of 24/7 demands, we find ourselves looking for ways to better focus, and to be highly selective about how we spend our time.
We will manage your landscape as if it were our own.
You can trust us to show up and toil in earnest with a fine eye for detail and with an honest work ethic.
Once we've learned your priorities and standards, we require no oversight, only feedback to ensure we keep meeting your needs.
Sometimes you know what you want, but you don't know where to find it.
Locating high quality natural landscape and garden materials at reasonable prices can be time consuming and challenging.
This is an industry with immense seasonal fluctuations in availability and pricing.
Over decades, we have built a network of sources and relationships to find and deliver glorious garden materials to you.
We are available to source plant lists, specimen trees, woody and perennial plants, annuals, tropicals and interior plants, stone, fencing, outdoor furniture and decorative garden accents.
Locating high quality natural landscape and garden materials at reasonable prices can be time consuming and challenging.
This is an industry with immense seasonal fluctuations in availability and pricing.
Over decades, we have built a network of sources and relationships to find and deliver glorious garden materials to you.
We are available to source plant lists, specimen trees, woody and perennial plants, annuals, tropicals and interior plants, stone, fencing, outdoor furniture and decorative garden accents.
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