On Thursday May 10th, 2012, Oehme van Sweden Principal Eric D. Groft accompanied Barbara Slifka to the New York City Ballet Spring Gala at Lincoln Center. Cocktails were served in the lobby and on the terrace, followed by a performance including the world premeire of Mes Oiseaux (choreographed by Ballet Master and Chief Peter Martins, with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Eric Groft’
Plants We Love: Carex elata (Tufted Sedge)
Posted in Plants We Love, tagged Carex elata, Eric Groft, oehme van sweden, OvS, Wolfgang Oehme on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
While gathered around the lunch table with co-workers today, the conversation turned, as it so often does, to plants. Today’s conversation included a lament that straight species are frequently ignored by the nursery trade in favor of more showy cultivars. Setting aside discussions of wildlife value and attractiveness to pollinators, today’s discussion was about aesthetics. ”Sometimes you just need [...]
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 »
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 [...]
UVa School of Architecture Dean’s Forum at Morven Farm
Posted in Special Events, tagged Alan Dynerman, Benjamin Howland, Bonstra/Haresign Architects, David Haresign, David Oakland, Dean's Forum, E. Taylor Armstrong, Eric Groft, Hartman Cox Architects, Jane Howland, Kim Tanzer, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Lee Becker, Mary Kay Lanzillotta, Morven Farm John Kluge, Nancy Seybold, Nancy Takahashi, oehme van sweden, OvS, Thomas Bishop, Tim Leahy, University of Virginia, UVA School of Architecture, Warren Buford on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday October 1, 2011, Oehme, van Sweden (OvS) Principal Eric D. Groft attended the annual UVa School of Architecture Dean’s Forum at Morven Farm, the former estate of Mr. John Kluge. Starting at 4:30 at the Barns at Morven, an exhibit of student, faculty and alumni collaborative research and the resulting curriculum was on [...]
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 [...]
National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds
Posted in Partners, tagged Ben Forgey, David Hackett Fischer, Eric Groft, Greg Hunt, James P. Clark, Joy Zinoman, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Marywood University, National Mall, oehme van sweden, The Studio Theatre, Virginia Society of the AIA, Washington Monument, Washington Post on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While it’s obvious to anyone that the Washington Monument is the defining feature of the Washington, DC skyline and the centerpiece of the National Mall, a design for the grounds around the monument has never been implemented, despite two centuries worth of ideas. In the spring of 2010, an independent committee of university professors, architects, [...]
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 [...]
