FIELD NOTES

Circular paving inset with radial stone strips and handprints in the concrete

FOUND PAVING

Lullwater · Atlanta

2026

A small interruption in a formal bluestone terrace — hand-cut rays, handprints, and the mark of whoever made it.

Pollinator plant. Atlanta. Summer 2026.

Yellow and red Heliopsis ‘Burning Hearts’ flowers among dark foliage

HELIOPSIS ‘BURNING HEARTS’

 

2026

Yellow and red Heliopsis ‘Burning Hearts’ flowers among dark foliage

HELIOPSIS ‘BURNING HEARTS’

 

2026

Concrete steps under construction on a sloped site

MASONRY

Atlanta

2026

“I hope the meadow we planted eventually consumes the steps we built, until they’re hard to see.”

A lot of days, brick is my favorite hardscape material. Some days it isn’t.

Brick arch under construction with plywood form and temporary center bracing

BRICK ARCH

Athens

2024

Two City Garden crew members on site beside a large white brick wall

CITY GARDEN IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Atlanta

2026

Two City Garden crew members on site beside a large white brick wall

CITY GARDEN IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Atlanta

2026

We do all of our own welding.

Welding gas cylinder and regulator in the foreground of a job site

WELDING

North Druid Hills

2025

Adrian cutting a sheet of steel with a power saw as bright orange sparks scatter around him

STEEL

North Druid Hills

2025

Adrian cutting a sheet of steel with a power saw as bright orange sparks scatter around him

STEEL

North Druid Hills

2025

One of my favorite small spaces we’ve done.

Finished garden patio and fireplace framed by foliage

FIREPLACE + PATIO

Northside Drive · Atlanta

2025

Yellow grinder and diamond cup wheel resting over stone and gravel with cord and surrounding job-site details

DIAMOND CUP WHEEL

Atlanta

2025

Yellow grinder and diamond cup wheel resting over stone and gravel with cord and surrounding job-site details

DIAMOND CUP WHEEL

Atlanta

2025

Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.
Paul Rand

Built from found brick and stone, winding through native perennials, grasses and mountain mint. We wanted it to feel like the path had been there longer than the house.


Still my favorite front walk we’ve built.

Found brick and irregular stone path winding through dense planting

FRONT PATH

ORMEWOOD PARK · ATLANTA

2024

Open timber carport framing an orange and black bungalow in Ormewood Park

CARPORT

ORMEWOOD PARK · ATLANTA

2024

Open timber carport framing an orange and black bungalow in Ormewood Park

CARPORT

ORMEWOOD PARK · ATLANTA

2024

Part two-car parking, part covered patio. Metal roof, open timber framing and black hardware pulled from the house.


My attempt at a carport that picks up on the Asian influence of the house and the modern bungalow language around East Atlanta.

Mature ginkgo tree and fallen yellow leaves in Virginia-Highland, Atlanta

GINKGO

VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND · ATLANTA

Sometimes the biggest part of the garden is already there.

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Old brick and irregular stone being laid together for a garden path

FOUND MATERIAL

ATLANTA

If it’s already on the property, I want to find a way to use it.

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CITY GARDEN

CITY GARDEN

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