Surroundings Studio

Our Surroundings Studio holiday party marked a big celebration of our best year yet! And it was beautifully catered with a massive paella cookout by our studio+finance manager, Suzanne and her husband Mark .

We have been a little quiet here lately, not from lack of momentum, but because we have been digging deep in the work. This year has brought some of our most meaningful projects to date, including a full campus re-envisioning of a 95 year old private high school in Colorado, new residential landscapes in Telluride, the restart of Murchison Rogers Overlook Park in El Paso, our first green burial cemetery in Galisteo, and most recently the kickoff of design renovations for El Paso’s largest regional park.

Behind all of that is growth is the team that makes it happen. We became a ten-person studio for the first time, greatly expanded our regional footprint from our 'remote' Santa Fe studio, and continued to build our practice. We will be sharing more about each new member of this team soon, because they and our existing team are the reason this year rocked. And we will get back to sharing the new work we have been making for our wonderful clients, too.

Quiet growth, ambitious landscapes, and a lot to look forward to in 2026. Happy holidays and New Year to all of you, our followers.