loam & light

gardens for people
who live outside.

Landscape architecture in Central Florida — native, unhurried, built to be lived in barefoot.

the mireles garden — winter garden, fl · travertine, sabal minor, muhly grass
a way of working

We start with the soil and the sun — the loam and the light —
and let the rooms of the garden grow out of how you actually live.

the way through
  1. i.

    walk the land

    Morning and evening. Where the light falls decides everything after.

  2. ii.

    draw the rooms

    A garden is rooms without ceilings — each one gets a purpose before a plant.

  3. iii.

    plant in layers

    Canopy, understory, ground. Native first; thirsty guests by invitation only.

  4. iv.

    tend & return

    We come back each season. Gardens are verbs.

the planting index
Serenoa repensMuhlenbergia capillarisZamia integrifoliaTripsacum dactyloidesIlex vomitoriaConradina grandifloraCoreopsis leavenworthiiSabal minorCallicarpa americanaHelianthus debilisSalvia coccineaQuercus virginiana
the studio

One designer, one crew, twelve gardens a year —
never more, so every garden gets walked, drawn, and tended by the same hands.

shall we walk
your land?

lovely — this is a concept demo, so nothing was actually sent. but thank you for clicking.

CONCEPT