Grace Fuller Marroquin

Not everyone is comfortable on a photoshoot, but landscape designer Grace Fuller Marroquin has the kind of warmth that immediately puts people at ease. On a frigid day in January, she greeted us with pastries and proved to be a natural in front of the camera. That ease can likely be attributed not only to her obvious natural beauty, but also to her mother, an artist and photographer who took pictures of her every morning before school. “Until I left for college!” she tells us laughing. Her intimacy with the photographic medium may well have led her to a career in magazines, first at Vogue and later at W. Lately, Marroquin has literally been exploring greener pastures. In 2018, she left the editorial world to explore the world of landscape design, studying at the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Horticulture. Soon after she started her company, Grace Fuller Design. She has since created a relaxed garden for The Row’s store in Amagansett and, in collaboration with the architect José de Yturbe, outdoor rooms for a private residence in Mexico. Her wild and whimsical approach to design embraces the quirks and inclinations of nature - avoiding the overly pruned or polished. In 2026, she is opening her new office on the Upper East Side, a neighborhood she already knows intimately. How would she describe the feeling of New York to someone who’s never been? “Everything, everywhere, all at once! I likely wouldn’t describe much because the thrill of going to a new place as exciting as New York shouldn’t need much introduction. I would likely tell them: just go!” Discover our full ‘New York Now’ portfolio featuring the makers and shakers bringing magic to New York in print in our Issue Ten. @gracefuller wears @poloralphlauren shot by @cobeyarner and styled by @christina_holevas .

Gifts of the Nile

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There are rare moments in life when you meet the real maestros…you have my heart @bonacina1889 Thank you for welcoming me into your world. I am honored to be a tiny, tiny part of it. I look forward to all of the magic that is to come! Grazie tante del mio cuore Antonia, Mario, Elia, Margherita and Toti 🤍

In the weeds and in between 2025 Last minute nursery trips Rainy days on site Endless trips back and forth to sites Boots in the mud Fresh cut flowers home in time for dinner Wonderful contractors and collaborators and colleagues More laughs Lots of photos forgotten to take in the moment and in chaos

I love creating a space! Even this office which has served as GFD HQ for the last couple years… So many good moments here with the best and most creative team. Lucky to have you all as collaborators. Excited for our next move…

Planting thousands of bulbs in a meadow during fall…was a perfect opportunity to harvest and spread seeds #asclepiasincarnata Clearly my first reel…

I often ask my clients about what their plant nostalgia is while designing for them… For me, Livia‘s garden is part of mine. One of the earliest paintings I fell in love with. To me, one of the most luxurious sensations is a walk through a garden in bloom…or when you cannot have it, to fresco it. Thank you @frankdabell for bringing me back more than 20 years later

September… fruits of our labor

Kykuit… 120 years and layers of history and design and art, from the design of Olmsted brothers to John D Rockefeller Sr himself then to William Welles Bosworth…and into the hands of the caretakers today Breathtaking @kykuitestate An homage to the essence of garden as an evolution, a passion, a profession and a necessity.

Endless wildflowers… Heterotheca villosa Trifolium wormskioldii Epilobium latifolium Heracleum sphondylium ‘montanum’

Mainely perfect