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Horticulture Design

Orchid exhibition 2019, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Orchid exhibition 2019, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Orchid exhibition 2019, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Orchid exhibition 2019, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Orchid exhibition 2019, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Detail of Desert Biome during the 2018 Orchid exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
The Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2017 Orchid exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
The Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2018 Holiday Exhibition ("Conservatory Aglow"), Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
The Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2018 Holiday Exhibition ("Conservatory Aglow"), Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Detail shot of the Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2017 Holiday Exhibition ("Gardens Aglow"), Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
The Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2016 Holiday Exhibition ("Merry and Bright"), Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation, sourced props/plant material)
The Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2015 Holiday Exhibition ("Merry and Bright"), Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation, sourced props/plant material)
Pumpkin house for the 2018 "Harvest Bloom" Exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed the pumpkin house and local metal fabrication company built to specs. Also sourced all pumpkins, fodder shocks and straw bales)
Courtyard garden design for 2018 "Harvest Blooms" Exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. (Designed/sourced plantings and designed/built hanging pumpkin installation in the center. Goal was to create a subtle contemporary installation to contrast with the whimsical display designed for the Children's Garden--see previous photo of pumpkin house for example of that display) 
Courtyard garden design for "Harvest Blooms" 2017. (This photo also included some of the large-scale animal topiaries that I designed for the 2017 "Topiaries at the Conservatory" exhibition-designed/sourced plantings)
Courtyard garden design for "Harvest Blooms" 2017. (This photo also included some of the large-scale animal topiaries that I designed for the 2017 "Topiaries at the Conservatory" exhibition-designed/sourced plantings)
A grouping of the 75 flamingo topiaries that I designed/built for the 2018 summer exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. (Photo taken during the conservatories largest fundraising event of the year, "Field to Table") 
Gorilla topiary in the Rain Forest Biome as part of the 2017 exhibition "Topiaries at the Conservatory" , Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Worked with specialty topiary sculptor to create frame and then sculpted the face prior to planting and installation (designed/sourced/built)
Image of me sculpting the face of the Red Panda topiary (with sculpted sea turtle face to the left--prior to being painted)
Detail shot of the Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2018 "Spring Dreams" exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed concept, layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
The Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the 2018 Spring Exhibition, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Designed layout, installation documents, sourced props/plant material)
Courtyard Garden 2018 summer annual planting designs (Designed/sourced plant material)
2018 spring container design (Designed/sourced plant material) 
2018 Fall container design (Designed/sourced plant material)
Concept sketch for a spring 2016 wall installation 
Completed Spring 2016 wall installation 
2019 Seasonal garden installation for the entrance to the United States Botanical Garden in Washington D.C. 
Garden was created as part of an exhibition coinciding with the American Public Gardens Association's Annual Conference being held in D.C. this June. 
The exhibition runs through October 1st. 2019 
2019 Seasonal garden installation for the entrance to the United States Botanical Garden in Washington D.C. 
Garden was created as part of an exhibition coinciding with the American Public Gardens Association's Annual Conference being held in D.C. this June. 
The exhibition runs through October 1st. 2019 
2019 Seasonal garden installation for the entrance to the United States Botanical Garden in Washington D.C. 
Garden was created as part of an exhibition coinciding with the American Public Gardens Association's Annual Conference being held in D.C. this June. 
The exhibition runs through October 1st. 2019 
2019 Seasonal garden installation for the entrance to the United States Botanical Garden in Washington D.C. 
Garden was created as part of an exhibition coinciding with the American Public Gardens Association's Annual Conference being held in D.C. this June. 
The exhibition runs through October 1st. 2019 
Horticulture Design
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Horticulture Design

A collection of various horticulture based designs created over the past 4 four years. Works include both large scale installations as well as sm Read More

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