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Jillian & Chad, Brentwood Street

This front yard native cottage garden serves a higher purpose as well as updates a landscape originally done in the 1950s. And …

Outdoor Furniture and Woodworking

Woodworking and outdoor furniture can be a defining element of a comfortable outdoor space. Many of these projects feature reused or leftover …

Little Free Library

This was my first Stay Home/Stay Safe project inspired by considering that my child wasn’t able to access his school library and …

Children’s Sensory Garden

Designed by Paige Oliverio of Urban Patchwork, this garden is intended for toddlers to experience nature play at the early education center …

Rainwater Collection Systems

Rainwater Collection Shed – “Coyote Ridge” The second of two larger-scale sheds for the Austin Water Utility, this 20′ X 25′ shed …

Nicole & Lew, Rollingwood

As is often the case, we start small with a client and are asked back to do more sometime later. It was …

The Burrow School

A small startup preschool with Reggio-inspired dreams needed to transform their back yard into a playground on a modest budget. We helped …

Tigerlily Preschool

Our work with Marie at Tigerlily started modestly… some revamped gravel and stonework, and a little mulch. Okay, a lot of mulch. …

Stefan & Christina, South Austin

We created a front-yard rainwater garden for a South Austin homeowner. It solved a drainage problem where water from storms would sit …

Pat & Karol, North Shoal Creek

A complete backyard overhaul. Once there was concrete deck, now there are lush beds and contemporary walkways surrounding the pool. Bamboo planted …

Leslie (and neighbors), Brentwood

We transformed an overgrown front yard into a lush space with natural hardscape, seating areas, and privacy from the street… all while …

Abheek & Nicole, Allendale

A front yard re-do… something clean and modern. The cut-limestone walls were built, the steps and custom lighting installed, and native and …

Margaret, South Austin

A small back yard, a lot of shade, and some stuff that was overgrown… set against a chainlink fence. What could we …

Personal Space

These are photos from my own personal space, an ongoing transformation of a rocky, shrubby slope. Much of it has been terraced …

Graphic Design

Some graphic design pieces, stuff I still do for fun and money.