Historic preservation stories always stir up a conversation: What parts of American architectural history should be preserved? What doesnt need saving? Since our last coverage of 2016s top historic preservation articles,many new buildings have become imperiled or found respite from demolition.As we celebrate America on July 4, heres an updated list that includes a unique Brutalist building in Southern Floridaunder threat, a recently-saved Frank Lloyd Wright home, and

As we celebrate America on July 4, heres an updated list that includes a unique Brutalist building in Southern Floridaunder threat, a recently-saved Frank Lloyd Wright home, and many more.

Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture gifted a new home in Phoenix. (Courtesy Andrew Pielage)

Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architectures latest additionWithout homebuilding entrepreneur Zach Rawlings, this 2,500-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned concrete home would have succumbed to developers who wanted to bulldoze it and replace it with more profitable housing. But Rawlings, along with architect Wallace Cunningham,saved the David and Gladys Wright home. Now its being transferred to theFrank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture; students will have the opportunity to engage with the building and its renovation process in a design studio specifically designed for the site.

Landmarks cites nonexistent permits for iconic Citicorp plaza. Pictured here: Citicorp Center in 1978. St. Peters, left, faces the sunken plaza along Lexington Avenue. (Norman McGrath)

New Yorks landmarked Citicorp Center Plazademolished

Designed by Sasaki Associates in 1973, the Citicorp Centers plaza and fountain werejust recently demolished, despite their landmarked status.The opaque and irregular approvals process deprived the public of the opportunity to weigh in on highly visible changes to the iconic plaza. It was eventually revealed toThe Architects Newspaperthat Boston Properties, the owner proposing the changes, had received permits from the Department of Building (DOB) just four days before the site was landmarked, which technically allowed the changes to be made.

Iconic Kenneth Treisterdesigned modernist Miami tower threatened. (Courtesy The BIG BUBBLE)

Fate of iconic Kenneth Treister-designed Miami towerunclear

A building that heralds back to Miamis Tropical Brutalism era, this Brutalist tower known as Office in the Grove is threatened with demolition if it is not saved and landmarked. Designed by Floridas modernist architect Kenneth Treister in 1973,it is among the first buildings to be constructed of post-tensioned concrete slabs and a completely prefabricated concrete facade. While Brutalism may be hard for the public to appreciate,the concrete style intended to create openness in public buildings while responding architecturally to the climate. According to Docomomo US/Florida, this was Miamis first office building to give the community an eye-level, landscaped grass berm as its facade. The hearing for the buildings landmark status will be held on September 5.

A controversial master plan for a historic site in Alamo, TX, has support from architects, but not the public. (Courtesy Texas General Land Office)

New master plan proposal for The Alamo in San Antonio raises debate

A $450 million plan for The Alamo Mission, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, wants to declutter its plaza, which involves relocating an historic cenotaph. Architects have expressed tentative approval of the plan, but have also voiced concerns that the current proposalwhich includes glass walls separating the Alamo grounds from the rest of the cityinhibits the use of space for the public. The public was also skeptical of the glass walls, raising questions about a modern design in San Antonios historic downtown.

Philip Johnsons New York State Pavilion all set for $14 million revamp. (Courtesy NYC Parks Department)

Philip Johnsons New York State Pavilion revamp

A modernist icon, the New York State Pavilion was originally designed by architect Philip Johnson for the 1964 Worlds Fair. Its listedon the National Register of Historic Places, but years of neglect have left the structure in abandoned, despite a new coat of paint in 2015. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, preservation group People for the Pavilion, and New York City government began soliciting ideas for a bold new take on the structure, ultimately selecting the design Hanging Meadows last August. Meanwhile, a separate $14.25 million renovationis underway to re-open the Pavilion to the public in the fall of 2019.

Often considered the first glass house, the House of Tomorrow was state of the art when it was built in 1933. (Courtesy Indiana Landmarks)

Americas first glass house, a National Treasure, will be restored

Its often referred to as Americas First Glass House. Now, the House of Tomorrow (a remnant from the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Worlds Fair) by Chicago architect George Fred Keck is set to receive an update from a team of Chicago firms. There was a $2.5 million campaign to restore the house last year led by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Indiana Landmarks. The buildings design features glass curtain walls for passive solar heating (coming well beforePhilip Johnsons1949 Glass House and Mies van der Rohes 1951 Farnsworth House), an iceless refrigerator, and the first-ever General Electric dishwasher. The restoration plan includes removing deteriorated surfaces, replacing the current glass walls with modern glass, and the revealingcantilevered steel girders that give the house its open floor plan.

Gordon Bunshafts 1962 addition to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. (Courtesy Buffalo as an Architectural Museum)

Gordon Bunshaftdesigned addition toAlbright-Knox Art Gallery threatened

While he was at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Buffalo native Gordon Bunshaft created this addition to the original 1905 Albright-Knox museum; it included an auditorium with jet-black windows (seen above), galleries, and a courtyard that extends between the addition and the original building. Now, as part of a plan put forth by OMAs New York office, its courtyard and galleries would be demolished while the auditorium would remain. OMA contends that the courtyard divides the park in which the museum sits; removing it and the galleries will restore circulation to the site while making way for bigger exhibition spaces. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery still needs $20 million for the expansion, though groundbreaking is planned forApril2019.

Architects arent happy about plans to remodel this Manhattan park. (Courtesy Machado Silvetti)

The City of New York wants to razeWagner Park

One of the best places to see Lady Liberty is Wagner Park, a small green slice ofBattery Park Cityon the lower edge of Manhattan. Two decades ago Boston-basedMachado Silvetti, in collaboration with landscape architects atOLIN, unveiled the park, an open space that ushers people towardsthe waters edge with sweeping views of New York Harbor and that famous freedom statue. Now, in response to the specter ofHurricane Sandyand the threat of rising seas, the agency that oversees the area is planning a total park overhaul. The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) is set to replace the existing landscape that architects and residents love with a park it says will align better with new resiliency measures that are reshaping the Manhattan waterfront.

Illinois Governor ransoms Thompson Center for public school money. Seen here: James R. Thompson Center. (Photo Rainer Viertlboeck Courtesy of JAHN)

Illinois Governor ransoms Thompson Center for public school money

In an act of political wrangling that typifies the relationship between the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner announced that if the city would allow the sale of the Helmut Jahndesigned James R. Thompson Center, he would provide the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) with additional funding. Last week Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that he would block the sale of the postmodern building out of fear of having to replace the large CTA subway station beneath it.

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Last year saw one of the biggest and most publicized mueum openings in recent memory: the SmithsoniansNational Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). While it obviously made the cut on our list of top new museums and monuments, highlighted below are a few other opened or soon-to-be-open buildings and memorial that honor our countrys history and cultural heritage.

Hweler+Yoon debuts memorial for slaves that helped build The University of Virginia. (Courtesy Hweler+Yoon)

Memorial for slaves that helped build the University of Virginia

Amemorial honoring the estimated 5,000 enslaved people who helped build the University of Virginia (UVA) will be built on the universitys grounds. Designed by Boston-based architects Hweler+Yoon, along with Mabel O. Wilson, Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect, and Dr. Frank Dukes, the granite, circular memorial will reference The Rotunda at UVA, which was planned by Thomas Jefferson two centuries ago. The Memorial is a facet of the Universitys commemorative project that involves many people and initiatives, we envision this memorial to embody the ideals of the University which, as Jefferson defined to be, to follow truth wherever it may lead, said Meejin Yoon of Hweler+Yoon in a press release.

View over liberty island. (Courtesy FXFowle)

FXFowle designs new Statue of Liberty Museum

Visitors looking to get up close and personal with the Statue of Liberty will soon get a chance to do so when New Yorkbased FXFowlesnew museum opens in 2019. The 26,000-square-foot building is designed to accommodate the rush of tourists from the ferries, which bring over 4.3 million people a year. Inside, the statues original torch will be displayed and 15,000 square feet of space will be dedicated to showcasing the monuments history, legacy, and construction details. The museums defining gesture is the lifting of the park itself, extending vistas rather than ending them, and creating a new, naturalized habitat in place of a traditional building, said FXFowle on its website.

(Courtesy Darren Bradley)

National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in Washington, D.C.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which opened recently in September 2016, is the latest addition to the monumental architecture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The tiered structure, designed by David Adjaye and lead architect Philip Freelon, together with Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, is clad in 3,600 bronze-painted aluminum panels and inspired by Yoruban art from West Africa, a region where many slaves were taken into bondage.

Jackie Robinson Museum finally starts construction after a decade-long wait. (Courtesy the Jackie Robinson Foundation)

After a decade, the Jackie Robinson Museum finally begins construction

A museum that has been a long time coming (it was originally slated to open in 2009), the Jackie Robinson Museum by Genslers New York office will open in 2019. Honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers legend, the 18,500-square-foot museum will showcase Robinsons achievements from 1919 to present, including his participation in the civil rights movement. The Jackie Robinson Museum is an opportunity to bring an important cultural landmark to NYCone that challenges visitors to think about the history of social and cultural change and tolerance, according to Joseph Plumeri, chairman of the Jackie Robinson Foundation National Legacy Campaign.

Dallas Holocaust Museum inches toward construction. (Courtesy Omniplan Architects)

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum one step closer to reality

A proposed new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum could be made into realityif the final portion of its $61 million budget is fulfilled. Currently, over two-thirds of the funding is secured for the 50,000-square-foot, Omniplan Architectsdesigned building, which will honor the victims of the Holocaust while extending the dialogue of human rights in modern America. We need a place that allows us to have a discussion about what human rights, diversity, and respect for others mean for our city today, said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings during the announcement of the capital campaign. AIA Dallas awarded the building an Unbuilt Design Award in 2015.

United States Marshals Museum moves closer to construction. (Courtesy Cambridge Seven Associates)

United States Marshal Museum construction faces fundraising challenges

While the proposed United States Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is still in the funding stage, its set opening date is September 24, 2019, to coincide with the 230th anniversary of the U.S Marshals Service. The star-shaped design is reflective of the badges worn by marshals in earlier years, and the buildings location overlooking the Arkansas River is a nod to history: the river used to serve asthe U.S.s border when the service was founded in 1789. The estimated cost of the project is $35.9 million, but the agencys low profile has been posing problems for the fundraising campaign.

(Courtesy Equal Justice Initiative)

Memorial to Peace and Justice honors victims of lynching

A museum and memorial to victims of lynching is set to open sometime this year in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded by nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and designed by Boston-based MASS Design Group, the Memorial to Peace and Justice resembles a gallows, including hundreds of hanging stone slabs with the names of lynching victims inscribed in them. Between 1877 and 1950, there were more than 4,000 victims of lynching, according to EJI. The accompanying museum will focus on both the history of slavery as well as contemporary issues related to racial inequality.

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THE winner of this years Young Landscape Architect Award, Siti Maisarah Salahudin, hopes to be a role model and inspire young landscape architects, especially women, to further contribute to the profession and the community.

The award was presented to Siti Maisarah, 35, at the 9th Malaysia Landscape Architecture Awards organised by the Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM) in April in conjunction with World Landscape Architecture month.

Im passionate about landscape architecture because it is all about engaging people with spaces. I want to change the common perception that landscape architecture is about planting trees, and that landscape architects are glorified gardeners.

I find this offensive, because our scope is beyond that.

As stewards of the land, we design the landscape by taking into consideration all aspects to create a conducive living environment, which strikes the right balance between the natural and built environment for the people, said Siti Maisarah, who is an associate with Walrus Designs Sdn Bhd.

ILAM is Malaysias national professional association for landscape architects.

It aims to raise the visibility of the profession to larger audiences and promote the role of landscape architects in the outdoor built environment, through activities, seminars, conferences, awards and public awareness campaigns.

Siti Maisarah received her degree in Landscape Architecture from Universiti Putra Malaya (UPM) in 2006. She has 10 years of work experience with a range of landscape companies under her belt, including Walrus Design Sdn Bhd and Tropicana Corporation Berhad.

She has been involved in high-end projects, including hotels, townships, commercial, institutional and residential projects and parks.

As president of UPMs Alumni Club of the Faculty of Design and Architecture (Kasel), she spearheaded the publication of a book, titled 35 Landscape Architects Entrepreneurs to showcase the alumnis achievements and inspire other landscape architects.

To be a career woman, wife and mother of two, is no easy task. My early career was the toughest for me. There were never-ending deadlines, work and family responsibilities which consumed a lot of time.

I still regret not having spent enough time with my late father because I was too busy working, and seldom had time to balik kampung.

It is important to strike the right balance between your personal and work life.

Never ever give up, and strive to do your best. Before you step into the reality of working life, you need to be mentally prepared for whatever challenges you might face in the future.

Remember, every profession has its own challenges.

Another landscape architect, Nurulhuda Hayati Ibrahim, 52, said there were more women architects today than before.

To be successful in this field, you must have the right mindset and work attitude.

If you are eager to work hard and are receptive to learning on the job while working on projects, you will improve greatly on other skills and techniques that textbooks cannot teach you.

The hands-on experience of working in a team will allow you to interact better with different parties, involved in the execution of a project, she said.

The principal landscape architect and owner of Landskap has been in the industry for 21 years and has been involved in many landscape architectural projects, in the public and private sectors.

They include Taman Putra Perdana, Putrajaya, Commonwealth Hill Park at Kompleks Sukan Negara and Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

When she first started out as a landscape architect in the early 1990s, Malaysia was recovering from the 1988 recession and the landscape architecture industry was in its infancy.

After completing my masters and bachelors degrees in landscape architecture in Harvard Graduate School of Design and Utah State University in 1990 and 1988, I asked a friend how the job situation was at home.

She told me to be prepared to knock on doors for employment.

I was lucky that I didnt have to wait long before a company offered me a job.

My first pay cheque was for RM1,400.

I considered myself lucky because some graduates were forced to work for RM900 just to earn an income.

But by 1993, things had started to pick up.

After working for a year with her employer, some colleagues invited her to join them to start their own company.

It was a steep learning curve; something I wouldnt advise a newly-qualified person to do in a hurry.

Take at least three or four years to work for a mentor, because when you first start out, you will be making so many mistakes along the way.

Learn from the mistakes before starting your own firm.

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MILFORD, Pa. A unique look at the early 20th century landscape design and vision at Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pa., will be the focus of a free lecture and walk on July 8, beginning at 4 p.m.

Reservations are suggested as seating is limited.

Author and landscape architect Bibi Gaston will present the lecture "Cornelia Pinchots Farm to Table: Birds, Bees and Guernseys." She will include a discussion of various landscape features on the estate grounds, including apiaries, plantings, stonework, cows and game birds. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the tented Pool Terrace behind the mansion.

At 5:30 p.m. Gaston will lead a brief walk about the grounds, pointing out some of the landscape features that will be discussed in her program.

Complimentary refreshments will be provided by the Grey Towers Heritage Association and there will be an opportunity to meet with Gaston. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for uneven terrain.

Cornelia Pinchot began making changes to the landscape surrounding the Grey Towers mansion after 1914, when she married Gifford Pinchot, conservationist and two-term governor of Pennsylvania. Today some of her landscape designs are the most popular features at the National Historic Site.

For more information or to make a reservation, call 570-296-9625 or send an email to info@greytowers.org.

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For Alaskas Anan Wildlife Observatory, Suzanne Jackson designs around the attraction: bears.

Suzanne Jackson spent nearly 30 years as a landscape architect at the Aspen, Colorado, office of Design Workshop, channeling her passion for backcountry hiking into habitat restoration and open space preservation. But it was when Jackson reconnected with her former colleague Barth Hamberg that things began to get, well, wild. Hamberg manages the landscape architecture program for Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska, the largest national forest in the nation. In 2014, he offered Jackson a two-year post.

Jackson was charged with creating a master plan for the Anan Wildlife Observatory, which is located on a remote peninsula in Tongasss Wrangell district and accessible only by boat or floatplane. Its a steeply sloping temperate rain forest of spruce, hemlock, and huckleberries, and the pools and waterfalls of Anan Creek support one of the regions largest pink salmon runs. That means a lot of hungry predators gathering to feast: black bears, grizzlies (called brown bears locally), eagles, and otters, to name just a few. That biodiversity has been a tourism magnet for decades, and helps support the economies of two small towns in the area: Wrangell and Ketchikan.

But access and safety both are issues, because many visitors arent particularly nimble. Jacksons job was to employ her design background to both enhance their experience and keep them from falling off trails or coming nose to snout with bears.

Among the problems were the raised wooden boardwalks. Constant moisture made for slippery footing, which is a hazard as well as a distraction. As Jacksons master plan points out, hikers often feel unsteady and unable to focus on the surrounding environment. Instead, Jackson recommended using crushed rock where the terrain is suitable, to provide a firmer, safer walking experience, she says.

The regions drastic tidal shifta difference of up to 20 feet in some placesalso complicated the arrival experience. If a boat or floatplane came in at high tide, visitors were greeted with stairs. If they arrived at mid- or low tide, they had to navigate jagged rocks. That trailhead area already was slated for improvements when Jackson began, but the plan points out that the changing water line even makes construction difficult, because materials and machinery cant be easily off-loaded during low tide.

And then, of course, there were the bears. During Jacksons tenure, the landscape architecture team had called in ecologists to map the animals routes and foraging areas in another part of Tongass, and the plan recommends a similar study at Anan. One section was particularly worrisome; it grazed a tight corner that hikers couldnt see around, which could lead to a person and a bear coming into sudden and startling contact. Line of view for approaching bears is very important, Jackson says. Reconstruction of that so-called pinch point is listed as one of several critical projects to be completed between 2017 and 2030.

Besides creating safe passage, Jacksons goal was to convey the value of nature and hopefully foster a sense of stewardship, as well as tourism. In Alaska, she says, [tourism] is seen as a benefit to the economy, a way to move away from other things like taking down old-growth forests or mining.

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Edmond has amended its landscaping ordinance. A professional landscape designer is required during the planning process. [PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN]

EDMOND Urban Forestry Commission members have been working since 2012 to amend the city's landscaping ordinance to be more flexible and, hopefully, eliminate crowding caused by too many required trees, shrubs and other plants.

The forestry commission discussed the landscape ordinance 25 times and the landscape code subcommittee of the forestry commission met more than 17 times to craft the revisions. A workshop on the ordinance was held in 2016.

Planning commissioners and Development Impact Review Committee members also worked on the 60-plus-page document.

Their efforts were completed this week when the city council unanimously approved the amended ordinance that will take effect Jan. 1.

There is the same amount of area to be landscaped, it is just not as dense, said Ryan Ochsner, green infrastructure planner. With crowding of the trees and plants, you have the risk of losing not just one plant but both plants.

Basically, we wanted to fix the issues we found in the code. We wanted something that was enforceable.

The goals included increasing preservation of trees and of the Cross Timbers Ecosystem, to fix issues in the current code, to improve enforceability, and ensure long-term health and viability of the trees, said City Planning Director Randy Entz.

One of the biggest changes is that landscaping discussions will begin earlier in the planning process and proposed designs will come from a professional landscape architect.

In the end, we believe it will be a better product, Ochsner said.

Former Mayor Dan O'Neil campaigned against the amended ordinance, claiming the new code provided fewer standards, particularly along the Interstate-35 corridor.

O'Neil, a member of Edmond Beautiful, was part of a committee nearly 20 years ago that created the I-35 corridor standard for Edmond.

We hammered it out for a year, O'Neil said. We wanted to encourage a pleasant driving experience. We want to be different from Oklahoma City. We wanted to make sure what we had was something special.

The amended ordinance reduced the number of plant units from 40 to 30 along the interstate.

Much of the work done in this section was to address struggles regularly faced with the existing code, while focusing on the objectives of the district, Ochsner said. All other plant unit requirements are reduced, but remain higher than the general standards.

Mayor Charles Lamb said when the I-35 corridor code was written it started with 30 plant units in September 1998, but was increased to 40 in 2005.

That is not a different plant unit now than when we started, Lamb said.

When a project has more parking spaces than the code requires, the amended landscape ordinance will require 15 trees for each four spaces over the regulated number. The current ordinance used a sliding scale that made it difficult to include all the required plantings.

The purpose to this is to shift the focus to landscape that provides a value, Ochsner said. "It has been a real challenge. It has been an absolute struggle."

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Neighbors on Nantuckets eastern end have more than faded red chinos and a desirable zip code in common; many have landscape artist Marty McGowan, too. For 43 years, McGowan has designed some of the islands coveted properties helping to shape Nantuckets signature yin-yang of natural beauty, with elements like teeming bunches of hydrangeas and roses spilling over picket fences, along with the manicured European elegance of topiaries and imposing privacy hedges. But its the unexpected that sets his work apart, and that comes from a lifetime of study and observation both on and off the island.

I tell clients, whatever the earth will allow me to do I will do that for you, says McGowan, who is not a purist about native species but instead focuses on creating artistry and whimsy for his clients' gardens.

McGowan's Landscaping at Greydon House.

Photo: Douglas Friedman

For Nantuckets Greydon House hotel , a new 20-room inn off Main Street, McGowan worked with Manhattan interior designers Roman and Williams to create abundant gardens and window boxes that speak to the spirit of the hotel, its nautical roots, and Nantuckets worldly past.

We had a strong connection with Marty from the beginning and bonded over his idea of mixing vegetables, herbs, and flowers in Greydon Houses flower boxes and gardens," says Robin Standefer, principal and cofounder of Roman and Williams. "That intentionally unexpected variety became the foundation of our overall design inspiration for the project."

McGowan's Landscaping at Greydon House.

Photo: Courtesy of Douglas Friedman

Working to compliment the hotels interior color palette, he used plants from Germany, Asia, the Caribbean islands, and Portugal, including unusual black grasses from Florida, German geraniums, and a blue succulent that resembles ocean flora. McGowan created a landscape that reflects the life of a well-traveled sea captain like the one who might have lived in the hotels 1850s Greek Revival house.

No wonder the designers known for creating narrative hotel environments would find a kinship in McGowan. He is likely the only gardener whose farm was inspired by an abstract painting by artist Paul Klee. Pumpkin Pond Farm , his organic farm and nursery, complements the landscape-design business, providing produce for many of the islands top restaurants, and welcoming guests for tours and tastings like his annual heirloom Tomato Festival in August. McGowan planned the farms plants and vegetable fields by color to resemble Klees Cubist landscape Highways and Byways from 1929. Mica stone pavers, like the ones that paved historic Nantucket streets, bisect the center of the farm.

The "hydrangea park" at Pumpkin Pond Farm.

Photo: Courtesy of Marty McGowan

McGowan was exposed to art early by his mother, a master weaver with a masters degree in art. He gained a practical understanding of working the land from his grandfather who owned a 10-acre farm near his Rochester home. A chance invitation from a friend brought McGowan to the island for the month of August 1966 and for several other Augusts of his youth. When McGowan was old enough, he spent summers on Nantucket working for people like Earl Coffin, a gardener and descendant of an original English settler to Nantucket, who tended to the gardens of old-Nantucket families. Coffin shared his wisdom, which McGowan parlayed into his own business, called Sconset Gardener.

Moving to Nantucket allowed me to create my own identity and be creative from the beginning, says McGowan.

Today McGowans work takes him all over the world, researching at international conferences and events such as the Chelsea Flower Show , and working on Nantucket clients other homes in places like Mexico, California, Florida, Washington, and Boston.

The "Walk of Thyme" and "Apian Way" at Pumpkin Pond Farm.

Photo: Courtesy of Marty McGowan

Nantucket has a unique climate that allows for beautiful gardens, McGowan says, People come here and they see it and theyre enchanted. They want to have a beautiful garden, too.

McGowan credits his success to observing mother nature on the island. He spends much of his free time walking the paths and trails through undeveloped parts of Nantucket, which comprises nearly 60 percent of the island. His favorite is the walk past Miacomet Beach to Lady Beach for a swim at sunset or hiking along the paths at Hummock Pond and Sanford Farm through the woods and moors to the sea. It always gives me the sense of knowing Im in the right place.

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