Cohort provides a full range of landscape architecture design services, including project visioning and leadership from concept through construction, as well as facilitation of design workshops, and post-construction consulting in landscape establishment and care
Featured Projects
2021 - Current
Hillside Mini Farm
Envisioned, constructed, and stewarded by the youth leaders of Groundwork RVA, a community food, learning, and healing hub in Richmond, Virginia, takes shape, bringing people power rooted in food justice and climate resiliency to a public housing neighborhood.
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Cohort: Co-Design, Design Workshops + Construction Support
MyAsia Goode: Project Vision + Co-Design
Groundwork RVA: Co-Design, Installation + Stewardship
Storefront For Community Design: Early Project Facilitation
2021 - 2022
Fodderstack Road
A stone’s throw from Shenandoah National Park, a new family lays plans to root their future home. Intentionally compact, the home and gardens are laid out to both limit site disturbance and shape large areas to restore grasslands and expand the existing forest. Positioned between conserved parkland, farmland, and a local waterway, the renewed landscape will form a vital link in the region’s habitat corridors.
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Cohort: Landscape Architect
Wolf Ackerman Architects: Architecture
2024 - Current
Highland Park Greening + Community Connections
Continuing our collaboration with Groundwork RVA, this series of projects in Highland Park blends community imagination with youth-led workshops and on-the-ground demonstrations. Outreach—led by Kai Banks of Storefront for Community Design and supported by GWRVA’s Green Team—engaged both longtime and new residents of this historically Black neighborhood in envisioning the future of the Cannon Creek corridor. In parallel, Cohort partnered with the Green Workforce to design and install a neighborhood corner garden that showcases the potential of de-paving and native planting to create a welcoming, beautiful, and more absorbent urban space - for neighbors, plants, and insects alike.
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Cohort: Landscape Architect + Co-Design
Kai Banks, Storefront for Community Design: Community Engagement + Youth Workshops
Groundwork RVA Green Team: Community Engagement
Groundwork RVA Green Workforce: Co-Design + Construction
2023 - 2025
Greenwood Residence
An immersive native plant garden and pool terrace are tucked into the tight space between an existing slope and back porch, enriching the landscape of a recent build with biodiversity and seasonal beauty while supporting the healthy habits of an avid swimmer.
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Cohort: Landscape Architect
J.W. Townsend: Landscape Contractor
Rafael Ramirez: Mason
Anthony & Sylvan: Pool
NBWLA Project
Mill Ridge Park
One of the first two public parks developed under Nashville’s “Plan To Play” initiative, Mill Ridge is now open, serving as a regional destination in one of the city’s fastest-growing and most ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Phase One features open lawns, pavilions, and groves for gathering, along with the first stage of a signature playground - designed with inclusive principles and inspired by Middle Tennessee’s unique Cedar Glade ecology.
NBWLA Project
Mt. Cuba Center Master Plan + Phase 1
A beloved Delaware botanical garden is reimagined to expand its impact of inspiring ecological stewardship by addressing both aspirational and practical aspects of being a growing public garden, transforming the visitor arrival, making historic gardens newly ADA accessible, and renewing its horticultural facilities.
On The Boards
Ready Kids Thera-play Landscape
In collaboration with Ready Kids, we are in the process of transforming an underutilized side yard into a therapeutic landscape to support counseling services for young children. The design introduces play areas, collective seating, and immersive plant rooms to foster healing, connection, and community among clients and staff.
Belmont Ave Residence
Embracing necessity as the mother of invention, this neighbordhood renovation makes a lot out of a little space, finding room for an outdoor studio, wild garden, and spaces for dining and play.
Previous Work
Locust Ave Residence, Charlottesville, VA 2023-2024
Boar’s Head Residence, Charlottesville, VA 2018-2024
Belmont Garden, Charlottesville, VA 2021
Marchant House Landscape Transformation, Charlottesville, VA 2024-current
Houston Ismaili Center, Houston, TX, 2020-2021*
Filoli Center Master Plan, Woodside, CA, 2019-2021*
Mt. Cuba Center Master Plan and Phase 1, Hockessin, DE, 2016-2021*
Centennial Park Concept Plan and Phase 2, Nashville, TN, 2015-2021*
Southeast Park (Mill Ridge) Master Plan and Phase 1, Nashville, TN, 2017-2020*
Ravenwood Mark Master Plan and Phase 1, Nashville, TN, 2017-2020*
Dalness Estate Master Plan, Tasmania, AU, 2015-2017*
Cornwall Park 100 Year Master Plan, Auckland, NZ, 2013-2015*
Powell Avenue Steam Plant Plaza, Birmingham, AL, 2015*
Campbell Hall Landscape Improvements (UVA), Charlottesville, VA, 2016*
McMillan Sand Filtration Site, Washington D.C.*
Potter’s Craft Tasting Room, Charlottesville, VA*
Seven Ponds Farm, Charlottesville, VA*
Alderman Residence Area at The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA*
Auburn University Master Plan, Auburn, AL*
George Mason University Master Plan, Fairfax, VA*
Northwest Michigan Botanical Garden Master Plan, Traverse City, Michigan*
VCU Honors College, Richmond, VA^
Urban Outfitters Phase 2, Philadelphia, PA +
JMU Wayland Hall, Harrisonburg, VA^
* NBWLA project
^ O’shea Wilson Siteworks project
+ D.I.R.T. studio project