This is where I think in public—about gardens, landscapes, and the decisions that shape them.
Some pieces are essays, others are observations or case studies, but all of them are grounded in practice and shaped by experience. I’m interested in how choices are made, how ideas travel, and how landscapes reflect culture, power, and responsibility over time.
This writing is for people who care not just about what things look like, but how they come to be—and what they make possible.
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A practical rejection of “ideation” culture in favor of constraint, intention, and better questions.
A critique of conventional planning norms — and a proposal for localized garden vernaculars that strengthen communities.
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A critique of conventional planning norms — and a proposal for localized garden vernaculars that strengthen communities.
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Living in a cold, snowy Zone 5 (more recently zone 6) climate, figs never crossed my mind as something I could grow at home. That is, until a couple of years ago, when I noticed a fig tree growing alongside the road not far from my house. Unprotected. Unassisted. Thriving. I was genuinely shocked. Since […]
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This year, I’m finally confident enough in my garden to admit something out loud:I think my rhubarb is established. Which means I can now reasonably justify trying to force it. Forced rhubarb, for the uninitiated, is harvested earlier than usual and prized for being sweeter, more tender, and almost jewel-toned in color. Grown without light, […]
Over the years, I’ve come to understand that many of the frustrations people feel around gardens—whether as designers, clients, or homeowners—don’t actually stem from plants, budgets, or even design disagreements. They come from a quieter mismatch. One that often goes unnamed. Some people want a landscape.Others want a garden. These are not the same thing. […]
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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what my phone gives me—and what it quietly takes away. It used to feel like a tool for connection and efficiency. Increasingly, it feels like a source of low-grade anxiety, arriving in a thousand small interruptions. A few years ago, I deleted Facebook Messenger from my phone. I […]
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There are artists whose work feels uncannily aligned with the way you already move through the world. For me, Sohei Nishino is one of them. His Diorama Maps pull together so many things I’m drawn to—foreign cities, travel, walking, maps, photography, collage, vast landscapes made legible through accumulation. From a distance, the works read almost […]
What If Greenhouses Were Designed for People, Too? Between where I live and the city of Boston, there is a stretch of towns that were once defined by glass. Waltham. Lexington. Places where commercial greenhouses were not niche operations, but economic engines. That industry has been quietly disappearing for decades now. Some structures are gone […]
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