Where do you work?

Based in the Finger Lakes of New York, we work across the the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

What types of projects do you design?

Our projects range from front yard habitat gardens, to commercial parking lots, to master plans for large rural properties.

What ideas guide what you do?

Our approach is responsive to each project. But there are a few goals that inform everything we do:

Ecological value: By using mostly native and near-native plants, we aim to create habitat and food sources for other species. We consider this a responsibility, and we are always trying to learn more and apply it to our projects.

Appropriate management: We design landscapes to meet each client’s desired level of maintenance. Some clients want a more demanding landscape that they can garden and shape as it matures; other clients want an easier to maintain property. 

Making places for people to meet plants: We believe in creating opportunities for people to interact with and get to know plants. Sometimes this means designing a patio so it is surrounded by a meadow. Sometimes this means establishing a path through a woodland restoration. Sometimes this means shaping a planting so that it interacts with sight lines from a family room. 

What’s your design process?

Working on residential projects, we begin with a consultation, either in-person or virtual. This gives us a chance to talk about the potential project and figure out if Thicket Workshop’s approach is a good fit. 

From there, we undertake a detail site analysis and develop a conceptual design or plan. Once we’ve discussed this concept, we move on to a more specific phase of design that leads to planting / construction.

After planting, we stay involved—through site visits, consultations, even texts. We want to do what we can to allow our projects to thrive long term.