Palm Beach Illustrated

How Does your garden GROW?

Forest for the Trees

We catch up with two lauded local landscape architects—Jorge Sanchez, principal designer at SMI Landscape Architecture, and Keith Williams, lead designer at Nievera Williams—for insight into their botanical mastery

PBI: Describe your landscape architecture philosophy in a sentence.

Sanchez: Know your client.

Williams: Landscape design creates an environment that people can use and enjoy, preserves the land and its history, and emphasizes the purpose of outdoor spaces.

What is landscape architecture 101?

Sanchez: Landscape architecture can take many forms: an imitation of nature, a domination of nature, or an expression of oneself. It should vary depending on the situation.

As soon as you step outside your

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