We're a small, creative and ambitious landscape architecture studio focused on our local surrounds of Dharawal country, Illawarra.
As landscape architects we specialise in horticulture, ecology, pedagogy and ecological design.
We are committed to our local communities - to being hands on, connected and agile, in genuinely participatory and creative ways.
At the small scale, we are led by genius loci - the unique character, heritage and inhabitation of a place.
At the large scale we are engaged in dialogue with innovative designers across the world through professional and academic relationships.
We want to work with you to create unique places of boundless beauty and vitality.
Our clients include
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Allam Property Group
The Orion Group
NSW Department of Education
Marksman Homes
TRN Group
We've worked with councils, garden owners,
developers, architects and early education providers
We'd love to hear from you too
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We acknowledge and thank the Traditional Owners of Dharawal Country, the unceded lands
of the Illawarra where we live.
We credit First Nations people for their ongoing work in protecting, holding and sharing knowledge that underpins best practice in landscape design and management all over the world.
This land always was, and always will be,
Aboriginal Land.