Environment

Road Town, old and new, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Environment work entails embracing the benefits of your site and design that supports your lifestyle. We use information on geological hazards, projections, and historical data to evaluate your property.

Services include:

Landscaping
Beautification with ornamental, endemic, or indigenous speciesfor beauty as well as sustenance

Edible Landscaping

Kitchen Gardens
Edible provisions in prepared soil or raised beds for the ambulatory or the physically challenged. See Edible Landscaping.

Composting
One can improve one's footprint by recycling waste from meal preparation using composting or vermiculture to createas near a complete cycle as possible. This provides a consistent source of nourished soil for planting. This service accompanies the Full Spectrum Living program that guides a client to make better health and lifestyle choices that are client-specific and enjoyable, and

Pockwood Pond, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Erosion Mitigation
for treatable sites is essentially preservation. Soil takes many years to develop. A common criticism of our current food supply is the lack of adequate minerals plus the increase of heavy metals and other pollutants in the soil. This also affects flora, what we rely on for health, protection and, last but not least, beauty. We plan composting to increase site recycling and vermiculture in either general soil or dedicated compost areas.

Serge Chermayeff wrote and provided extensive work on community and privacy in architecture. This is applied to open space using Earth energy, or geomancy to locate "private" spaces, especially for meditation. Families or group living situations may require alternatives for privacy.

Sacred spaces are dowsed specifically for individuals or general use. The areas are identified and selected according to accessibility and proximity to structures. Built elements are integrally designed to extend use, depending on the climate in which the property is located.

Creek, McCaysville, Georgia, USA