The LongHouse Reserve Garden Committee awarded Oehme, van Sweden & Associates the 2011 LongHouse Landscape Award on Saturday, September 17th at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, NY. The award, given for the first time ever to a firm or group, celebrates the “powerful changes that OvS has consistently and continuously brought to the American landscape [...]
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APGA’s Annual Conference
Posted in Special Events, tagged American Public Gardens Association, American University, Chicago botanic garden, Humber Arboretum, James Ward, Kelly Ogrodnik, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, Melanie Sifton, New Native Garden, New York Botanical Garden, North Carolina Botanical Garden, oehme van sweden, OvS, Phipps Conservatory, Sheila Brady, SITES, Stephanie DeStefano, Sustainable Sites Intiative, The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The annual conference of the American Public Gardens Association took place June 21 – 24, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA. While attending the conference, Oehme, van Sweden Principals Lisa Delplace and Sheila Brady were panelists at a seminar focusing on SITES, the Sustainable Sites Initiative. The idea behind SITES is to create voluntary, national guidelines for [...]
Historic New England Gala
Posted in News, Special Events, Uncategorized, tagged bunny williams, Eric Groft, historic new england, James van Sweden, landscape architects, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, new england properties, oehme van sweden, preservation maintenance fund, Sheila Brady, Wolfgang Oehme on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, January 7th, Oehme van Sweden principal Sheila Brady attended the sixth annual Historic New England Gala in Boston, Massachusetts. The Gala is a benefit supporting the Preservation Maintenance Fund, which helps to raise money for projects that contribute to the long-term sustainability of Historic New England’s properties. For the last century, Historic New England has [...]
In Memory of Harry W. Porter
Posted in News, tagged Dean, Department of Landscape Architecture, Eric Groft, Harry W. Porter, In memory, James van Sweden, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, oehme van sweden, OvS, Sheila Brady, University of Virgina, Wolfgang Oehme on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we write with sad news. Mr. Harry W. Porter, former faculty member and Dean of the University of Virginia, passed away yesterday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina. He was 74. Mr. Porter was one of the founding members of the University’s School of Architecture. Recruited by Dean Joe Bosserman in 1969 after [...]
Snowfall Blankets OvS Plantings at Tanger Outlets
Posted in Projects, tagged architect, design, Eric Groft, James van Sweden, landscape, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, oehme van sweden, Sheila Brady, Wolfgang Oehme on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Oehme van Sweden has always paid particular attention to the subtle beauty and strong forms that emerge from the winter garden. After one of the many recent snowfalls that has blanketed the region, the plantings we designed for the Tanger Outlets at the Arches in Deer Park, New York looked beautiful against the thick layer of snow. [...]
They’re Here!
Posted in Awards & Recognition, News, tagged Eric Groft, James van Sweden, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, oehme van sweden, Sheila Brady, The Artful Garden, Wolfgang Oehme on January 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Any of our followers who have been keeping an eye on Oehme van Sweden lately know that our latest book, The Artful Garden: Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design, will be coming out on February 1st of 2011. This afternoon, we were welcomed with a nice surprise. UPS stopped by with a box of eight, brand [...]
Creating Texture in Container Plantings
Posted in Projects, tagged annual, container planting, evergreen, Garden Design, grasses, Hilary Oat-Judge, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, oehme van sweden, perennial, shrub on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On a recent glorious fall day, Lisa Delplace and Hilary Oat-Judge installed container plantings for a long-time client in McLean, VA. Lisa selected a mix of evergreen shrubs, grasses, perennials and annuals to create distinct textural compositions at each entry and terrace. Here are a few favorite combinations in the custom Pennoyer Newman Florentine Planters [...]
OvS Goes Back to School
Posted in Projects, tagged alma mater, Bob Hruby, facilities master plan, Garden Design, landscape, landscape architecture, landscape design, Lisa Delplace, master plan, oehme van sweden, university, University of Maryland on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again … students all over the country are returning to colleges and universities and school is once again in session. This year, Oehme van Sweden will also be going back to school – only in our case, we’re revisiting our alma maters in our capacity as landscape architects! Lisa Delplace [...]
