Studio Journal 

Michelle’s work has always been rooted in the idea that landscapes should feel approachable, intuitive, and deeply connected to the people who use them. From public parks and campuses to housing and residential projects, her focus is on creating places that bring clarity to complex sites while supporting everyday life in meaningful ways.

We are excited to share that the Weston Town Green Planting Report is now live! This has been a wonderful collaboration with the Town and the Tree Advisory Group to preserve the historic town green. "Spurred into action by significant tree losses on our iconic New England Town Green, our town’s tree committee engaged Crowley Cottrell to design a succession planting plan. The team at CCLA helped us delineate, prioritize, and integrate historical elements, current usage pattern

We are proud to share that the Concord Residence has been featured in the 20th Anniversary Issue of New England Home ! Flip through the print version below and read on to learn more about the project, the unique site, and our collaboration process with the client, architect, builder, and contractor. As designers working with the land, we love the opportunity to be involved from the beginning of a project, to sit at the table during those exciting conversations when a design v

The design of a public park is an intensely collaborative process involving a host of community groups and city or town departments, in short, all the people who are experts on the landscape and its context. Few projects represent this collaborative effort as well as Palmer Cove Park in Salem's Point neighborhood. In 2018 we began work at the park with a master plan informed by months of community engagement. This blossomed into a multi-phase project involving over a dozen co

This week, Mich, Naomi and JP celebrated our long time collaborator with a bittersweet send-off into retirement. Don Kingman has been a fabulous collaborator in his role as director of operations. We have had the pleasure of working with him over the last 15 years of his 25 year tenure in that positi on. For the past five years Don has been focused on the West Campus project, which aims to integrate the east and west sides of campus anchored by the Centennial Arts Center, ope