14 FEBRUARY 2022 We’re excited to announce that Sadie Chitty has joined the crew as a Landscape Designer! Sadie is a Birmingham native and recently graduated from the MLA program at Auburn University.

10 FEBRUARY 2022 FIELDWORK UPDATE: Back in the Alabama Meadows Research plots for a series of prescribed burns… thank you Dr Kush and F Randle for the careful choreography.

29 JANUARY 2022 FIELDWORK UPDATE: A group of us spent this incredibly chilly morning clearing fire lines around the prescribed burn areas in the Alabama Meadow research plots. Fingers crossed that we’ll be able to burn this coming week as long as the weather permits.

17 DECEMBER 2021 FIELDWORK UPDATE: The sliding doors were installed today at Porch House.

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.