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Design Wild is a collaborative landscape design firm working at the intersection of climate, people, and community well-being. We believe the relationship between humans and the natural world is essential for individual health, the strength of communities, natural ecosystems, and our way forward on earth. We work to inspiring peace & equity through the magic of plants by developing collective vision, fostering community and transforming open space.
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We designed and installed an urban 100% native landscape at a main downtown intersection in the Upstate NY town of Saratoga Springs with the amazing and talented community group SOBRO Saratoga.
On this affordable housing rooftop building at 540 West 53rd Street, there is a feature usually associated with lux high-rises: an expansive terrace with sweeping views, intimate gathering areas, and lush, abundant greenery.
If you are ever stressed, feeling anxious, sad about the world, climate, future… head into the woods for a MOSS NAP.
I want to talk about our young people, this climate generation. I’m referring to the folks roughly 25 years old down to the newest babies. I KNOW you are worried about their future, so am I, and for good reason. I’m here to ask you to let your worry be overpowered by real awe and admiration for these little ones! They don’t need your worry but they may need your help. I’ve been calling them The Super Generation. Let me explain…
We’ll be talking lots about garden care, climate change, native plants and joy in both classes in the city and country this fall.
There is no wrong way to live through this time. However you’re managing to feel about climate these days, I’m here to tell you, that is exactly right! Are you choosing to go 100% cognitive dissidence and NOT think about it at all? Cool. Go for it! Are you feeling a lot of despair and don’t want to answer emails? -that’s ok too. I feel you! Are you super motivated to dream and build a new emerging world? Awesome. Do that!
After a decade of creating gardens for affordable housing in NYC we share what we’ve learned, the important role landscapes play in people’s health, how privilege affects our access to greenspace and how the whole thing got super elevated due to Covid.
Our sanctuary on earth starts and ends on land. As we move into this next phase of transition our connection to the earth will be everything! We are building gardens that will ground us and give us the strength to continue the work of liberation and just transition from a place of rest and inspiration.
Design Wild creates an ecological, pollinator, native wonderland in the beautiful gallery space at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture.
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“Being on the roof surrounded by Design Wild’s amazing work is a gift for me and my family. The shared rooftop garden is so thoughtfully & beautifully designed. The plants are a calming inspiring lifeline in this concrete city. Serenity in NYC is hard to come by, and we are so fortunate that ours is just upstairs.”
- Laura, New York NY
I was fortunate enough to escape this summer to the northern edges of our continent, visiting the wild lands of Newfoundland and the plant kingdom did not disappoint. I was completely enamored with the fauna!