01 NOVEMBER 2021 We’re delighted to announce that HILLWORKS received three design awards from the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects [ASLA]. Auburn’s Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory received a Merit Award for Design, the Woodland Garden received a Merit Award for Design, and the  Alabama Meadows Research Plot [research collaboration with the notorious Emily Knox] received an Honor Award in Research.

12 OCTOBER 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: Captured the basins at Auburn’s Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory working diligently during a decent rain last week. To our constant surprise and delight, no standing water remained after 24 hours, and the spunky plants are no worse for the wear.

02 OCTOBER 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: We are experimenting with growing season burns at the meadow research plots at Auburn’s Mary Olive Thomas Demonstration Forest [seeded in April 2020]. Thank you, Dr Kush and Dr Barlow, for the continual guidance and support.

02 SEPTEMEBER 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: We got some drone shots of Auburn’s Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory. Still waiting for some plant growth in the big-ol’-basins but it’s looking pretty good.

05 AUGUST 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: Big Bluestem [Andropogon gerardi] and Indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans] are really blooming profusely in the meadow research plots at Auburn’s Mary Olive Thomas Demonstration Forest.

16 MAY 2021 Check out Montgomery’s Grove Court Apartments. Originally built in 1947, this complex gathered over seventy living units around three distinct courtyards. We’re excited to be a part of the design team to explore their next iteration.

14 APRIL 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: Auburn’s Transformation Garden [formerly known as Field Lab No. 1] now has a few vertical garden systems in the mix. It’s beginning to come together.

29 JANURARY 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: Tupelo gaggle at Auburn’s Advanced Structural Engineering Lab is going strong.

23 JANUARY 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: We are excited to see that the ‘surgical’ demo has begun at the Pratt Gin project. This complex began manufacturing cotton gins in 1833 and continued until 2013. The scale and patina of this place is incredible, and we can’t wait until the proposal starts to get implemented.

04 DECEMEBER 2020 FIELDWORK UPDATE: And so it begins… Construction has started for the Porch House Project in Opelika, AL.