my leafy world

Welcome!

This site is my attempt to share the images and ideas that I collect from my work in Landscape Architecture.

If you're wondering what that is, we work with a wide range of projects: designing front yards, creating your neighborhood park, laying out residential housing plans, developing countywide master plans for growth, and preserving and maintaining our environmental resource areas.

Our influence might not be apparent to most people but you'll find it everywhere if you take the time to see and enjoy our work. Check out the links on the right for a whole list of LA related sites.


For my first entry, I would like to share a few images from the Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Garden. I visited my brother at Johns Hopkins University in early November and got to visit the sculpture garden across the street from his apartment.

English ivy was everywhere on the ground and created a sense that the paths, stairs and sculpture spaces were carved out of this green mass. The trees were all showing their falls colors and whomever had chosen the trees for this place chose well: all of the tall trees had brilliant yellow leaves and the few smaller ornamental trees had bright red foliage.

The sculptures were nice but unexceptional. The main idea for this space, however, was how the sculptures were presented to and experienced by the visitor - wide open space for the larger pieces and small, intimate enclosures for the smaller pieces.

The placement of the sculptures and the direction of the paths always provided views toward the next few pieces as you moved through the garden, drawing you along with hints at what else there was to discover. The design of wide, shallow stairs and ramps had the effect of keeping your pace slow and deliberate in order to take your time with the experience.

This garden is located right in the middle of Baltimore but the screening effect of the trees makes you feel secluded and buffered from the noise of the city outside.

Sculpture gardens such as this are wonderful, more apparent examples of a landscape architect's work. I hope to share more beautiful places that I've discovered with you so let me know what you think of my first attempt! ^_^