Imagine it.
Together.
Can we make
it work?
Let’s find out!
Garden Building Blocks
A collaborative design session
Every family brings different ideas to the garden. A Garden Building Blocks session gives everyone a way to put those ideas on the table. I guide the process through play and conversation, using prompts and visual props to help your family turn individual wishes into shared priorities.
This is where the garden begins to take shape.
After the session, you’ll receive a detailed design brief capturing those priorities and outlining the next steps.
As an artist, educator, and landscape designer, I use what we discover together to guide a garden design that responds to your family, your site, and the realities of making it work.
About
My work brings together creative exploration, horticulture, and landscape design to help people imagine and shape the spaces they live with. I studied fine art and environmental design at St. Petersburg State Academy of Art & Design in Russia, and landscape architecture at Cal Poly Pomona in California.
As a child, I loved roaming the nearby forest, picking wildflowers, and collecting berries. My favorite flower is fireweed.
See what can grow.
Different ways to make room for plants, people, and play.
Sensory
Three Little Sisters’ Garden
Brooklyn, NY
A tiny garden filled with sensory plants that invite discovery in every season.
Functional
Coffee Shop Backyard
Brooklyn, NY
Container plantings divide the backyard into cozy spaces for a company of two or more.
Playful
Side Street Playspace
Pasadena, CA
Built with the community, this playground brings together a labyrinth, grassy mounds, and adobe huts for free play.
Sustainable
Coffee Shop Backyard
Brooklyn, NY
Plantings feature species native to the Northeast alongside culinary herbs for the kitchen.
Custom-Built
Sensory Garden
Los Angeles, CA
A sensory garden planted and sculpted with elementary school children.
How it works
- 01
Talk
A brief conversation about your garden and your ideas.
- 02
Imagine
We explore possibilities together in your garden through a Garden Building Blocks session.
- 03
Define
You receive a design brief capturing the session’s shared priorities and next steps. It gives us a foundation for developing the design together, with the option to pause before moving to the next stage.
- 04
Design
I turn the agreed brief into a professional landscape design.
- 05
Build
We bring your garden to life through planting and construction.
- 06
Grow
We can help you care for your garden as it grows and changes.