EarlySpace: Portfolio

Color and Comfort

April 29, 2012

The goal of this project was to take a neglected but beloved landscape and make it fresh and new. The owner wanted boisterous long-lasting color and an easy-care, dog-friendly design that retained the whimsy of her original 10-year-old plan. ...more

Living Roof and Pond

October 08, 2012

This is the home and test garden of sustainable landscape designer Nancy Striniste and family. The garden is where clients visit to see many of the sustainable landscape ideas and native plants in Nancy’s designs. Along the front walk, a drystack stone wall overflows with perennials, herbs and cascading succulents. ...more

Sustainable Curb Appeal

November 16, 2012

This client’s goals were to capture the stormwater that was running into the street and down the drains, to add curb appeal and to transform a yard dominated by lawn into a sustainable outdoor living space. ...more

Montessori Outside

April 29, 2012

Earlyspace worked with teachers and administrators, engineers, and local officials to create a whimsical natural playspace design that met the regulatory requirements for this environmentally sensitive space, while offering a range of opportunities to move, explore, play and learn. ...more

Natural Play Space Connects Children to Nature

April 29, 2012

EarlySpace and this parent co-op preschool joined with Arlington County’s Department of Environmental Services to offer a series of green building classes that taught participants natural building techniques and provided labor for a community built playspace. ...more

Sustainability at the Front Door

April 29, 2012

Students and teachers from the Washington-Lee High School IB Environmental Systems classes put what they had studied in the classroom into action in this hands-on project to manage stormwater and reduce erosion at the front of the school. ...more