Awards

Lakefront Garden

Luxe Red Awards
2024 Regional Winner

On the shores of Lake Washington, this Seattle residence’s swimming pool and spa overlook a sweeping lawn bordered by brightly hued plants, including amethyst-colored astilbe. Multiple terraces, including an alfresco dining area, fire pit and kitchen, offer the best of outdoor living.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture; AOME Architects, Architecture; General Contractor, Gradwohl Construction, LLC.; Nussbaum Group, Landscape Contractor; Gardenstone Masonry, Masonry; Pepperbox, Fountain Fabrication

Leach Botanical Garden

Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2023 Award of Excellence
General Design

The $12.6 million first redevelopment phase of Leach Botanical Garden gives visitors new reasons to visit its 17.3-acre public grounds owned by Portland Parks and Recreation in Oregon. The revitalized public garden serves as cultural touchstone and an environmental asset in an underserved neighborhood in southeast Portland.

Team: Portland Parks; Leach Botanical Garden; Land Morphology, Prime Consultant; Olson Kundig, Pavilion Architecture; Lund Opsahl, Structural Engineering; Reyes Engineering, Electrical Engineering; Knot, Construction Administration; Janet Turner Engineering, Civil Engineering; Morgan Holan, Arborist; Mitali, Cost Estimating; JW Fowler, General Contractor.

The Perch

Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2023 Merit Award
Residential Design

Perched on the west slope of a Seattle hillside, the landscape for the three-level home melds with the architecture to create distinct garden rooms for the owner’s personal use. The design creates four outdoor rooms that connect to the residence’s architecture in a unique manner. The peaceful quality of the private entry courtyard provides views inward to the home and its modern architecture. From inside, views to the calming entry garden and burbling fountain can be appreciated from all three levels.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture; Chadbourne + Doss, Architecture; Dovetail, General Contractor; Fieldworks Concrete, Concrete; Nussbaum Group, Landscape Construction; Harriott Valentine, Structural Engineer

Leach Botanical Garden

Monocle Magazine
2023 Verdant Vistas Award

Most verdant vistas
Leach Botanical Gardens by Land Morphology, USA

Five Residence

Luxe Red Awards
2023 Regional Winner

The front garden of this Bellevue, Washington, home features a series of low walls that divide beds of perennials plants. In the back garden, native riparian flora border the canal while a vegetable garden occupies a sunny corner.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture; KOR Architects, architecture, Hoxie Huggins Construction, General Contractor; Nussbaum Group, Landscape Construction

Leach Botanical Garden

2022 Gray Awards
Finalist

Leach Botanical Garden has become a signature public cultural attraction in southeast Portland, an historically underserved area. The garden attracted over 40,000 visitors during its first year. The project provides new ways for visitors to connect to nature and understand the history of the land; serves as a regional and local community asset; and offers a restorative experience. Visitation has doubled since the opening of the project; the site serves a wide, culturally diverse audience.

The Perch

Luxe Red Awards
2022 Regional Winner

Wrapped around a water feature nestled within a planted courtyard, this Seattle dwelling exudes a sense of calm mirrored by the surrounding landscape. A terrace perched over a hillside filled with native plantings offers views of Puget Sound.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture; Chadbourne + Doss, Architecture; Dovetail, General Contractor; Fieldworks Concrete, concrete; Nussbaum Group, Landscape Construction; Harriott Valentine, Structural Engineer

Gillian’s Garden

Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2021 Award of Excellence

This re-envisioned garden features a contemporary aesthetic with its use of industrial materials. The gently sloping back garden was reorganized as a series of terraces tucked into lush plantings. The result is an intimate garden that feels spacious, lives large, and supports the owner’s lifestyle. There are spaces for sunning, growing food, entertaining, and testing plants. The terraces are delineated with simple materials and feature gabion retaining walls, a steel arbor, hedges, and artful lighting.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture;

Magnolia Modern Garden

Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2021 Merit Award

With the home’s primary living areas located on the second and third levels, the bird’s eye view of the garden became a significant design consideration. Functional requirements included integrating a yard for pets and reconfiguring a biorention feature to manage storm water.

The resulting landscape is visually engaging from all levels of the home and can be enjoyed from inside and outside all times of the year.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture; Nussbaum Group, Landscape Contractor

The Studio

Luxe Red Award
2020 Regional Winner

Drawing inspiration from English garden rooms, the grounds of this Wakefield, Rhode Island, residence were divided into an entry court, a terrace with fire feature, a woodland garden, a dining terrace, a formal garden, two fencing pavilions and a sweeping lawn.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture

Creekside Contemporary

Perennial Plant
2020 Landscape Design Winner

This beautifully executed project transformed a former horse pasture into a 5.6 acre garden that offers a series of garden rooms programmed for family-oriented activities.

Team: Land Morphology, Landscape Architecture; NB Group, Exterior Furnishings; Nussbaum Group, Landscape Contractor

Richard Hartlage

Great American Gardeners
2018 Landscape Design Award

American Horticultural Society

Given to an individual whose work has demonstrated and promoted the value of sustainable horticultural practices in the field of landscape architecture.

The Authentic Garden

Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2016 Merit Award

The Authentic Garden explores the reemergence of sophisticated planting design; examining highly-regarded innovators and their influence on contemporary planting design movements. The book describes these significant planting design movements, including meadow, naturalistic, architectural, graphic, and ecological planting. Nationwide interest in planting design has been rekindled. The authors comprehensively capture and contextualize the impact of this development, utilizing expository essays and engaging photography to celebrate modern American landscape architecture.

Chihuly Garden and Glass

Perennial Plant Association
2014 Landscape Design Honor Award

Perennial Plant Association

Chihuly Garden and Glass has gained national and international recognition as a major destination and signature landscape. The two-acre site includes planting areas showcasing Chihuly’s art, green walls, and green roofs - all carefully planted for maximum seasonal impact.

Team: Dale Chihuly, Richard Hartlage, Owen Richards Architects, The Seattle Center, the Seattle Design Commission, and the Space Needle Corporation

Mountsier Garden

Perennial Plant Association
2014 Landscape Design Merit Award

Perennial Plant Association

Mountsier Garden is a stroll garden through a series of curving berms and landforms that create a soothing but dynamic space. The garden provides a variety of settings and opportunities to display the client’s extensive art collection.

Mountsier Garden’s 1.5 acres acres are about the folding of the land. The concrete walls create a gateway; intersecting with berms that are covered with a sensuous layer of plants that soften and strengthen the landforms.

InSitu

Perennial Plant Association
2013 Landscape Design Merit Award

Perennial Plant Association

The Redding garden is a formal garden featuring a local vernacular of construction materials and details. Eight acres of rolling terrain have been divided into a dozen and half garden rooms.

The garden was designed to reflect a simple design motif that fits well into its surroundings. Its contemplative and beautiful character provides formal entertaining space and respite from life in New York City.