ASLA Features Le Petit Chalet in November LAM

This past November was filled with many exciting and memorable moments for MCLD, but the “cherry on the sundae” was having our 2014 ASLA Honor Award-winning Le Petit Chalet published in Landscape Architecture Magazine. I fondly reflect on times I spent in the W.E.B. DuBois Library at the University of Massachusetts, reading issue after issue of LAM from front to back. There was nothing quite like sitting up high above the Pioneer Valley on the 15th or 16th floor on a snowy afternoon, flipping through the pages and dreaming of one day being able to share one of my gardens with the world.

Over the summer, while dashing between job sites and client meetings throughout the northeast, I had the incredible opportunity to fulfill this dream with a meaningful collaboration involving Journalist and Designer, Jane Berger, and Managing Editor of LAM, Lisa Speckhardt. In early September Jane and I met in Maine to tour this Acadian treasure. It was a dazzling, sun-filled morning, and the property showed-off all of its remarkable qualities. Jane and I had spoken about the project a few times before, but it wasn’t until I was able to personally visit the garden with her that I could convey just how magical this place is…

LAM has captured the spirit of Le Petit Chalet in “Acadia Remaid.” Click the image below and enjoy!