The Fairy Tale Garden The Fairy Tale Garden greeted the Mansion’s guests with an interactive and playful exhibit. The garden’s narrative plays on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale linking an underlying nuance calling for compassion towards one another and compassion for the earth. Sustainable gardening techniques such as native perennial plantings, layered vegetation, and […]

The site contains the newly constructed offices for the Visiting Nurses Association of Somerset County as well as a daycare center for Alzheimer’s patients. A secured garden was designed next to the daycare center for patients’ access. Texture and fragrant and flowering plants were used throughout the garden as part of their therapy. Also added […]

Create a cohesive blend of old and new uses. The addition of strictly planned pedestrian and vehicular access and circulation was not an original design element of the site’s fine history. However in today’s use as the Reeves Reed Arboretum, pedestrian and vehicular circulation is a necessary element to the function of the site. How […]

Rosedale & Rosehill Cemetery is located in Linden, NJ, and is one of the oldest in the state. Our firm has been involved with the cemetery since 1990 providing consultation and design services to restore, maintain, and plan for future development. Through our collaboration with Rosedale Cemetery, we have helped restore historic elements as well […]

Craftsman Farm was the vision of the famous furniture designer and manufacturer Gustav Stickley to create a self-sustaining utopian community in rural New Jersey. Today the private historic farm/school has been converted into turned public museum and park. A historical report was prepared to designate the core landscape and recommended treatments for preserving, restoring, and/or […]

Camp Jotoni is a summer camp operated by the Somerset County ARC for special needs adults and children. The camp’s overwhelming popularity warranted the need to update its facilities. Plans included new cabins for campers with updated facilities and better accessibility and a new dining hall and meeting rooms. The pool is proposed to be […]