On April 12, Eric Groft and Stacilyn Feldman joined Graham Gund, Laura Cabo and Eric Svahn of Gund Partnership for a design charette at The Pennsylvania State University. The focus of the charette was to develop a distinct entry sequence for the forthcoming phase of the University Arboretum, and existing Dickinson School of Law, as [...]
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Design Charette at The Pennsylvania State University
Posted in Projects, tagged Ben Sereda, Dickinson School of Law, Eliza Pennypacker, Emma Pritchett, Eric Groft, Eric Svahn, Graham Gund, Gund Partnership, landscape architecture, Laura Cabo, oehme van sweden, Penn State, Stacilyn Feldman, The Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Monroe Street Market Groundbreaking Ceremony
Posted in Projects, tagged Abdo Development, Bozzuto Group, Brookland, Catholic University of America, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Marisa Scalera, Monroe Street Market, oehme van sweden, OvS, Pritzker Realty Group, Sara Fiore, washington dc on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last Wednesday, November 10, OvS designers Marisa Scalera and Sara Fiore attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Monroe Street Market in Brookland, Washington DC. The project, developed by Bozzuto Group, Abdo Development and Pritzker Realty Group, is a $200 million mixed use, multiphase development adjacent to the Brookland-CUA Metrorail station. Monroe Street Market project will [...]
OvS hits the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho!
Posted in Projects, tagged Andropogon, Aspen Nursery, Bergenia, Big Blue Grass, Blue Gamma Grass, Boutelua, Cabinet Gorge, Carlin Bay, cedar, cowboy cauldron, Eric Groft, erosion control, ferns, grasses, Harrison, Herbsonne, Idaho, Jim Fink, Lake Coeur d'Alene, landscape architect, landscape architecture, logpole pine, Mahonia, New American Garden, oehme van sweden, OvS, Panicum North Wind, perennials, Porters Rope, Pynanthem muticum, Rudbeckia maxima, sedges, Senecio aureus, spruce, StyleBuilt Construction on October 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
In August 2011, Oehme, van Sweden (OvS) Principal Eric Groft was on site to bring the New American Garden to the shores of Carlin Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene near Harrison, Idaho. Assisted by Jim Fink of StyleBuilt Construction for grading and hardscape and Aspen Nursery for landscape, the garden was laid out and installed. The [...]
Revisiting South Franklin Circle
Posted in Projects, tagged Bill Fehrenbach, Chagrin Falls, Cynthia Dunn, Eric Groft, Gund Partnership, Judson Services, landscape architect, landscape architecture, oehme van sweden, Ohio, OvS, South Franklin Circle, The Artful Garden on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In 2005, Oehme, van Sweden (OvS) began a collaboration with GUND Partnership on an 80-acre planned community for adults over age 50. The property, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was to be known as South Franklin Circle. Today, the community is thriving – with residents, activities and plant life. On September 20th, OvS Principal Eric Groft was [...]
Honest Point
Posted in Projects, tagged Chesapeake Bay, native meadows, oehme van sweden, pine forest, Plant Installation, Potomac River, salt and wind tolerant plantings, Virginia on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With osprey circling overhead, a redwing blackbird’s bright foliage punctuating the tidal grasses beyond, and the summer sun sweltering down, OvS enjoyed a plant installation last week at a residential estate on the Northern Neck of Virginia. Over the last three years, OvSg has been involved with this 12-acre peninsular property at the point of [...]
Seasonal Planting at Americana Manhasset
Posted in Projects, tagged Americana Manhasset, Americana Manhassett, Eric Groft, Hilary Oat-Judge, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Long Island, New York, oehme van sweden, Otto Keil Nursery, OvS, Peter Marino Architecture, Steven Dubner Landscaping on June 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On the longest day of the year, Oehme, van Sweden had the pleasure of welcoming summer by laying out annual plantings at Americana Manhasset. Eric D. Groft and Hilary Oat-Judge of OvS laid out a vast array of colorful and textural plants from the Otto Keil Nursery with Steven Dubner Landscaping’s masterfully assisting in this ambitious [...]
Garden Conservancy Society of Fellows Visits the Schupf Home
Posted in Projects, Special Events, tagged Axel Schupf, Bear Mountain, Ben Lenhardt, Cindy Lenhardt, Colin Cabot, Eric Groft, Garden Conservancy, Hudson Valley, Josoph Marek, Ken Mattox, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Lee Auchincloss, Mary Ann Tucker, New York, oehme van sweden, Page Dickey, Polly Mattox, Sara Schupf, Society of Fellows, Susan Burke on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, June 10th the Garden Conservancy Society of Fellows Tour of the Hudson Valley stopped by the home and garden of Axel and Sara Schupf. It was a crystalline day, clear and in the 70’s, a thunderstorm the night before had cleared out all the humidity and the garden just glistened. The visibility was [...]
The ARF Hamptons Garden Tour – 25th Anniversary
Posted in Projects, Special Events, tagged Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, ARF, ARF Hamptons, Bridgehampton, Eric Groft, garden tour, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Ocean Road, oehme van sweden, OvS, Sagaponack on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Animal Rescue Fund of The Hamptons is offering a self-guided visit to six delightful gardens in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, including an Oehme, van Sweden garden on Ocean Road. The tour, this Saturday, lasts from 10am – 4pm. A cocktail party immediately follows in East Hampton. Tickets are $75 for the tour and $175 for [...]
An Update on the Green Roof at United Therapeutics
Posted in Projects, tagged Achillea tomentosa, Final Planty Warranty Inspection, Garden Design, green roof, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Maryland, oehme van sweden, OvS, Salvia Tesquicola, Sedum, Silver Spring, United Therapeutics, washington dc on June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OvS paid a visit to the United Therapeutics Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland on May 25th to complete a Final Plant Warranty Inspection for the site. The purpose of the visit was to inspect all plant material and determine if any replacements were required. We completed a walkthrough of the site and were pleasantly surprised [...]
A Visit to Treesearch Farms
Posted in Partners, Projects, tagged Catherine Chao, Chung Mei Buddhist Temple, Eric Groft, Erik Hansen, Greg Yang, Heide Sheesley, Houston, J.C. Raulston, landscape architect, landscape architecture, McDugald Steele, Michael Dirr, oehme van sweden, ornamental grasses, OvS, Texas, Tony Avent, Treesearch Farms on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 24 and 25, OvS Principal Eric Groft was in Houston, Texas for the Chung Mei Buddhist Temple Park Project presenting to the Temple and design team of Catherine Chao and Greg Yang, architects. While in the area he visited TreeSearch Farms, which turned out to be a treasure trove of plants. Not [...]
