# Verdant Works
> Gardens for weather and time

**Role:** Landscape Design
**Email:** hello@verdant.studio
**Website:** https://verdant.layoutpages.com

## About
Verdant Works designs gardens that can handle heat, rain, neglect, and the ordinary mess of being lived in.We work on courtyards, small commercial landscapes, and residential gardens where every square foot has to earn its keep.

## Discovery Scope
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## Services
Focused ways to work together.

### Planting plans
Climate-aware palettes with seasonal structure, pollinator support, and maintenance reality.

### Courtyard design
Small urban landscapes that solve privacy, drainage, shade, and circulation.

### Water strategy
Irrigation, grading, and low-water conversions that do not look punitive.


## Portfolio
### [Willow Courtyard](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/portfolio/willow-courtyard)
Category: Residential
A narrow city courtyard rebuilt around shade, drainage, and evening meals.

### [Dry Creek Garden](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/portfolio/dry-creek-garden)
Category: Low water
A front garden conversion with movement, habitat, and no lawn.

### [Branch House](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/portfolio/branch-house)
Category: Planting
Layered planting for a renovated home with heavy tree cover.

### [Market Planters](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/portfolio/market-planters)
Category: Commercial
Durable seasonal planters for a small retail street.


## Experience
**2021-Present**
Principal Designer - Verdant WorksLeads courtyard, planting, and water strategy projects for residential, retail, and small hospitality clients.

**2018-2021**
Planting Designer - Field & RainDesigned resilient palettes, maintenance guides, and seasonal planting transitions for public-facing landscapes.

**2015-2018**
Horticulture Lead - City Botanical GardenManaged drought-tolerant collections and public education programs around habitat, shade, and low-water planting.


## Training & Horticulture
**MLA, Landscape Architecture** — University of Oregon (2015)
Graduate work in urban ecology, planting systems, public space, and small-site stormwater design.

**Certificate, Horticulture** — Merritt College (2011)
Hands-on plant identification, propagation, soil, irrigation, and maintenance planning.


## Writing
### [A garden is not a render](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/blog/a-garden-is-not-a-render) (2026-05-11) [design, plants]
Planting design has to account for awkward growth, weather, pruning, and time.

### [Shade is a material](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/blog/shade-is-a-material) (2026-05-07) [microclimate, courtyards]
How we design comfort before picking furniture, pots, or finishes.

### [Low-water does not mean bare](https://verdant.layoutpages.com/blog/low-water-does-not-mean-bare) (2026-05-03) [water, resilience]
Resilient planting can still be layered, soft, and generous.


## Contact
- Email: hello@verdant.studio
- Website: https://verdant.layoutpages.com
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- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com)