Projects Take Flight with SCJ’s Drone Program

Drone imagery of our Centralia College TransAlta Commons project Search and rescue missions. Window cleaning. Delivering life-saving medicine to remote areas. These are just some of the ways drones are being used today. Drones have come a long way since…

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Horsey the Chestnut Tree: Connecting People to Place

A horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) has taken center stage in the design of an assisted living and memory care center project in Covington, Washington. Lovingly referred to as Horsey by the project design team, the nearly 50-year-old tree stands at…

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Landscape Architects Transform Spaces into Places

What’s your favorite outdoor place? A park or playground? The shore of a river or lake? Maybe a hiking or biking trail? Your own backyard? When we think about these places, we anticipate the joy they bring. Moments of respite…

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Old Farm Transformed into Oasis for Lucky Redmond Family

Formal and informal gardens, forest restoration, hardscape accents and circulation…this five acre creation will be an amazing outdoor complement to a beautiful, new home in Redmond. SCJ’s Project Groundwork Principal Landscape Architect Mark S. Garff, in our Seattle office, is…

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Landscape Architect Mark Garff’s Work is in the Spotlight

Congrats to Johnston Architects for receiving a great write up on the Greenfire Campus project in the prestigious Alaska Airlines magazine. One of SCJ Alliance's newest designers -- Mark Garff, ASLA Principal Landscape Architect -- was the lead landscape architect on this…

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