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Winlsow Green

The Winslow Green anchors one end of Bainbridge Island’s Historic Mainstreet. The 1/3-acre park is privately owned by the retail and residential Condominium Association who encourage public access and use by the community. The large lawn was retained and the site reorganized to create more opportunities for the park to serve as a venue for a variety of community events. Upgrades include improved access to the park and businesses. New features include a civic scaled arrival staircase framed with granite boulders, a crushed stone plaza, drainage improvements, walks, landscaping, and small gardens. The existing pavilion was repositioned and upgraded.

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Poulsbo Waterfront Park

FBP provided design services to Poulsbo’s Park & Recreation Department for various improvements to Waterfront Park. These included new pathways, seating areas, planting, a new and relocated restroom, bike racks and signage. Improvements were implemented in 2017.

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Sensory Garden at Woodland Park Zoo

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FBP is leading a team and collaborating with Land Morphology on a new park for Seattle Parks Department adjacent to the Rose Garden at Woodland Park Zoo.

The Sensory Garden is intended to be primarily a full sensory experience with some restorative and therapeutic elements. It is intentionally designed to be an accessible, inclusive, safe, social place, The garden will be a welcoming community place, inviting and supporting people of all ages and abilities.

The garden is designed to support evidence-based research on the benefits of gardens, nature, socializing and restorative environments. The spatial layout, amenities and design details incorporate principles of Universal Design, Community Crime Prevention Guidelines (CCP) and current accessibility standards (ADA). Members of and representatives of special communities will be consulted throughout the design, construction and maintenance phases. The working group includes representative from communities of people who are deaf and blind and people with autism.

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Bainbridge Landing Courtyard

Five terraces are framed by tilted gardens, pathways, generous stairs and low retaining walls and seat walls. Terraces include outdoor living room, small greens, decks, gardens, art, paths, and paved terraces for events, play, seating and dining. Homes overlook the courtyard. Ground level flats have small private landscaped terraces.

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US War Memorial, Wellington NZ

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The American Battle Monuments Commission commissioned four firms to develop design concepts for a new U.S. memorial at New Zealand’s historic War Memorial Park in the city of Wellington. FBP teamed with Generator Studio of Kansas City to develop a design concept. With a focus on World War II, our design celebrates the 100-year alliance between U.S. & N.Z. The bridge symbolizes the Arc of History where significant conflicts & peacekeeping agreements between our nations are remembered. The bridge is also located on an axis connecting Washington DC and Wellington. It lies at the intersection of two opposing gardens: Garden of Peace and Garden of Sacrifice, and is a place to experience the dualities of Peace & War, Life & Death, Hope & Despair and the intersection of these dualities where Peacekeeping, Growth and Sacrifice are embraced and as a place to honor and remember those who have served.

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Village Green Master Plan

FBP worked with the Village Green Metropolitan Park District in Kingston, WA on a 12-acre parcel in the heart of this charming downtown to develop a master plan for future uses and preservation of ecological resources. VGMPD constructed a community center that opened in 2016. FBP also provided landscape architecture services for the community center project.

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Bainbridge Island Fire Stations 21 & 22

FBP provided site design and landscape architecture services to Mackenzie for two new fire stations on Bainbridge Island. Station 21 was constructed in 2017 and Station 22 was constructed in 2019.

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San Ysidro Land Port of Entry*

The San Ysidro Land Port of Entry redevelopment is designed to be the port of the future and is targeted to achieve LEED Platinum certification due to energy efficiency, water conservation strategies, and an integrated design process. Landscape strategies include efficient irrigation using recycled and harvested water, use of native plants and LID strategies and restoration of native coastal sage scrub habitat. The site is designed for safety, security and comfort of the 102,000 who cross the border here between Mexico and the United States each day. Illustrations by Jim Collins. *AECOM project for Miller Hull.

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Eden Park*

The park connects and juxtaposes dualities and histories of the Vietnamese people and their land. The design expresses the country’s heritage and references the agrarian roots as well as present day urbanization. Themes of family, peace and play unify the design and are expressed in prominent features including the gardens, art and water. Illustration by Jim Collins. *AECOM project for Callison Architects.

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GS Square*

This project, in South Korea, involved urban design of three city blocks to include a mixed use retail development. The landscape architecture team designed and documented rooftop gardens, the Hope and Peace Parks, and the transition to the surrounding streetscapes and the underground Transit Plaza. The Hypermart rooftop included and “edutainment” garden focused on sustainable design interactive exhibits. *AECOM project.

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