eponymous practice

Time apparently flies by when you're teaching... I thought it was sixteen years, but I had honestly lost count. Here's to 15 years at the RISD Landscape Architecture Department! Shall we try for 15 more? @risdlandscape @risd1877 #thanksforthemug

Rhode Islanders continue to shovel our way out of the remains of the Blizzard of ’26, managing through another day of parking bans and school closures with all the grace that we have left. In the meantime, we’re looking forward to future moments of sunshine, warm temperatures, and lazy days in pools. Hang in there lil' Rhody! pool in Millerton architecture by @brentbuckarchitects photo by Christopher Sturman

As the November sun casts its long shadow across this week, we pause for a moment of gratitude: for our clients, both old and new; for our collaborators, the tried and true; and for the contractors that work with you. Milerton House with @brentbuckarchitects 📸: Christopher Sturman

The transformation of the middle school bowl at the Atrium School: an existing lunch gathering space receives some love and attention, reconstructing its walls into a playful amphitheater with bridge block seating, reorganized plantings, and a forgiving (and better draining) ground surface. #ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇss Collaboration with @tlstudiolandscape and @msc_site.masonry.landscape @aqueous.llc and Pine&Swallow Swipe for before images. #schoolyard #schoollandscape #campuslandscape #natureplay #landscapearchitecture #thisislandscapearchitecture

Pickerelweed and sweetflag along the wetland bank of the stormwater pond at New York Institute of Technology, completed as part of a naturalization planting for the Medical campus.

Thank you to Mary Ritchie, a shared intern between the offices of @jj.landscape.architecture and @eponymouspractice ! For the past 10 weeks, we’ve enjoyed your enthusiastic curiosity about the profession and the joyful energy you’ve brought to every task – from base plan preparation, planting and material research, 3d modeling, construction documents, and so much more. Alas, we must send you back to your final year at RISD’s landscape architecture department. We look forward to seeing you in the spring in Professional Practice class, and we wish you the best in thesis! We can’t wait to see where you go after graduation - all the best for the start of the school year!

Sunrise in West Chop: while it seems too early to think of an end to summer, we sure are loving the crisp morning air and some relief to the humidity. Now the plants just need some more rain…but maybe only at night, so the humans can enjoy the summer sunshine. 🌝 @eponymouspractice 📸@jenlialphotography

I’m delighted to announce that my graphic novel project was selected for a 2025 Friends of Fairsted Beveridge Research Innovation Grant! Supporting projects that deepen the public understanding of Olmsted’s legacy, the award provides financial support and facilitates access to the Archives at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. Over the next year, I’ll be spending some time in the Archives pouring over drawings, photographs, and correspondence that document the design and construction of Franklin Park, the setting for my graphic novel. Hope to gain some insight and inspiration while writing/drawing a chapter that presents Olmsted’s vision, and how it’s still relevant for the characters in my story. @friendsoffairsted @npsclp

The first phase of the Tiverton Public Library’s Learning Landscape is out for bid! Looking forward to seeing the Storywalk Path and pollinator meadow come to life this year. @eponymouspractice @_thrive_outside

It’s been a busy spring. I’m looking forward to the long weekend and beyond to the summer blooms. #westchopgardens #hydrangeapaniculata

The James Baldwin Library in winter. The Library holds the collection of over 100 years of MacDowell Fellows – poetry, prose, compositions, scores, films, visual art, and more and provides a warm and inviting space for reading, research, and communal presentations. In 2013, an addition by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects expanded the original 1927 one-room Savidge Library. @reedhilderbrand designed the landscape, with EP’s @josephadamjames serving as project architect. The project created a clearing within a stand of red pines, situating the building in a meadow punctuated with birches and maples. The entry terrace embraces the original materiality of the Savidge, weaving in the modern expression of the addition. After a dozen years, it was a true pleasure to return as a fellow at @macdowell1907 and enjoy daily life at the Library, exploring the works of the collection, creating drawings in the study spaces, and relaxing in the warmth of the building and its outdoor fireplace. It’s a special gift to be able to live with a previous project and see how the landscape spaces change from sunrise to sunset, how they come to life with animals, and how their bones are revealed in winter.

Time to take all these doodles, notes, sketchbooks, index cards, and draft page layouts and weave together a memorable narrative! For the remainder of January, I’ll be undertaking a sabbatical at @macdowell1907 to focus on my graphic novel project - a combination of my interests in landscape architecture, outreach, and storytelling with the purpose of introducing a new generation to landscape architecture. After 24 years in professional practice, sustaining the balancing act of project pursuits, design, management & administrative tasks, client relations, mentoring & teaching, I’m looking forward to a moment of singular creative focus. Cheers to MacDowell for offering me the freedom to create, and to @jessalynjarest for encouraging me and supporting me in this adventure. And a special thank you to all the clients and collaborators for understanding and supporting the purpose behind this retreat, and for the patience while I'm away. Be back in February! #macdowell #macdowellfellow #landscapegraphicnovel #landscapearchitecturefoundation #laffellowshipforinnovationandleadership @lafoundation #alwayssayyestoadventure