
About Us
ADRIAN SMITH Landscape Architecture & Design, is a full service landscape architecture firm founded upon the belief that landscapes need to create a meaningful connection between people and nature.
The firm’s founder, Adrian Smith, grew to cherish the rural landscape of his hometown in Western New York and learned to appreciate the simple order of the agricultural landscape juxtaposed with the wildness of native lands. Building on that idea, our current work seeks to find a balance between the uniformity of the cultivated landscape and the diversity of the natural landscape, all the while infusing the design with unique significance.
We love to collaborate. We place a great deal of emphasis on the importance of getting to know our clients and we value their input throughout the design and construction process. Our success stems from our ability to establish and nurture long-lasting relationships with our clients, contractors and fellow professionals. We also know that with a garden, maintenance and management of the site is equally as important as the design. To that end, we work with our clients to establish a comprehensive regimen for the long-term care and viability of their properties.
We are equally at home with small and large scale projects - knowing that good design is important no matter the scale. We are also comfortable working in urban, suburban and rural settings. We have experience creating both vast meadows and technically sound roof gardens.
Services Provided
We offer a complete suite of landscape design, management and construction observation services. We specialize in creating native plant gardens and have worked on LEED certified projects both here and overseas.
Areas Served
We specialize in designing gardens for Westchester County New York, Connecticut, New York City and New Jersey; but we work nationally and internationally.
Awards
Registrations: NY & NJ Awards: With Dirtworks: Beach House, Amagansett, NY, ASLA Honor Award 2009, NYASLA Honor Award 2007 With Reed Hilderbrand: Arnold Arboretum Shrub & Vine Collection, ASLA National Award of Excellence 2007 With EDAW: Allegria, Cairo, Egypt, NYASLA Merit Award 2007
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2 Reviews for ADRIAN SMITH - Landscape Architecture

botanicacorp
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During the past 30 years, we have worked on numerous projects for affluent clients. For example, we've been invited to work on Kip's Bay designer show house as well as having our landscapes featured in Westchester Magazine. During all these years one landscape architect stands apart from the others - that would be Adrian Smith.
Over the course of the past year, Adrian and our company have worked on this project together. We've seen it through from concept to completion. Covering all aspects of landscaping including site work, drainage, grading, plantings and extensive masonry work. Through all its many facets, often difficult and complicated, Adrian would rise to the challenge. He faced every challenge head on without delay and constantly came up with creative solutions. He is a true Renaissance man.
I would strongly urge anyone interested in hiring a landscape architect to request the services of Adrian Smith. I promise you will be completely satisfied and overjoyed with the results.
December 1, 2015

leeweiskott
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Adrian helped establish a vision for the property and then designed a beautiful series of gardens – a pool landscape, a deer resistant entry garden and we supplemented the native plants in the surrounding woods. We spent time talking about what was important about the project, a range for a budget and a plan to implement it over time. He helped me understand the advantages of simplicity, being true to the space itself, and the benefits of using native plants. Some of my concerns were more basic: I wanted to lower water use and did not want an overly manicured garden. He met my concerns and created a landscape that we enjoy in all seasons.
July 26, 2015
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Commented: What are the white flowers in this photo?The white flowers in this photo are a variety of Potentilla suffruticosa, a shrub in the rose family that has varieties with white and with yellow flowers. It's deer resistant and native to the NE USA...
December 27, 2015
Commented: Height of fence?We design each element of our projects to meet the needs, codes and character of the landscape in which it resides. This fence enclosed a pool so it had to be 48" high. It would not meet code in ...
January 5, 2015
Commented: do you have a photo of the gate for that fence?the gate is just like the fence, only with a diagonal cross piece for extra stability.
June 3, 2014
Commented: What kind of trees are these.These trees are Betula nigra/River Birch.
May 1, 2014
Commented: treeThese are River Birch, Betula nigra. They are a great substitute for the Paper bark birch which is not as reliable as it once was. They are different (taller and wider, and their bark is not white, bu...
September 9, 2013
Commented: Such and idyllic setting. What are the pool dimensions?the pool is about 15 ft x 40 ft.
November 19, 2012
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