Florida registered landscape architecture practice · LA0000795
We have designed residential, commercial and civic landscapes from our Fort Lauderdale studio since 1982. We work across Broward, Miami-Dade and southern Palm Beach, and we handle every project from the first site visit through permitting to the final inspection.
Coral Ridge, Fort Lauderdale
Site planning, planting and hardscape design for a waterfront estate.
What we do
Every project starts with the site itself. We look at where the water goes, what the soil is and which trees are protected, then organize the property around what we find. Planning this way settles the difficult questions before anything is designed.
We draw planting, hardscape, pool surrounds, water features, lighting and irrigation as one coordinated set. Species are selected for mature size, salt tolerance and water demand, so the garden still looks right ten years from now.
We stay with the project after the drawings are finished. We submit for permit, answer the city's review comments, help you compare bids on identical scope, and remain involved through construction. We do not install landscapes, so our only interest on site is that yours is built correctly.
Selected work
Waterfront residence
Mixed-use courtyard
Garden room and water feature
Civic campus grounds
In the studio, Fort Lauderdale
The practice
Local experience is the difference between a landscape that matures well and one that has to be replaced in a few years.
South Florida sets conditions you will not find in a plant catalogue: limestone soils that drain in minutes, salt wind that burns anything planted on the wrong side of a seawall, hurricane season, water restrictions, and landscape codes and tree ordinances that change from one municipality to the next. We have been designing around all of it since 1982.
Every set of drawings that leaves the studio is sealed by a registered landscape architect, and the people who walk your property at the start are the same people on site during construction. Your project is never passed to a team you have not met.
The drawings
We produce construction documents, not just renderings.
Your installer receives a dimensioned, specified and sealed set: plant schedules with mature sizes and quantities, hardscape layout with real dimensions, grading notes, irrigation zones, and the details that keep the work accurate on site.
It is also what your municipality needs to see. We prepare every set against your city's landscape code and tree requirements from the start, so your project is far more likely to clear review on the first submittal.
How we work
We walk the property with you and review the existing conditions: drainage, soils, sun and wind, tree canopy, views, setbacks and applicable code. We then discuss how you want to use the space and what the property has to do for you.
We prepare a scaled concept plan showing layout, circulation, hardscape and planting zones. We refine it with you until the plan is right, before any construction details are drawn.
We produce sealed planting and hardscape plans, grading notes, irrigation design, specifications and schedules, all prepared to clear your municipality's landscape review.
We help you compare bids on equal terms, answer contractor questions, observe the work on site, and verify that what is installed is what was specified.
Service area
Our studio is at 612 NE 14th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. We work throughout South Florida and we know the landscape code, tree ordinance and review process in each of the municipalities below.
New inquiries
Tell us the city, the property type and what you would like to accomplish. We will get in touch to understand what you need, and then set out what the work would involve.
