Marissa is an award-winning licensed landscape architect with over a decade of experience in the field. Working across a range of geographic contexts and site conditions, Marissa's approach to design prioritizes lush, thoughtful, and energetic landscapes that are context-specific and environmentally responsible. With a passion for education, each project she embarks on acts as an opportunity to demonstrate the positive impact of considered built environments. She holds a masters degree in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Sciences from Cornell University. Marissa feels passionately about sharing lessons learned in her practice and beyond, and has served as instructor and adjunct faculty at Cornell University, Pratt Institute, New York Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her work and writing has been featured in a range of international publications, including Architectural Digest, Fine Gardening, Gardenista, and Gardens Illustrated, and has received accolades from professional organizations such as ASLA NY Upstate. Marissa is based in the capital region of New York. She is licensed in New York and Connecticut.

Based in Brooklyn with a diverse background in the art and museum world, Mary blends her love for artistry and curation with a deep reverence for the natural world. At ALA, Mary operates in an administrative capacity, and oversees much of the firm’s procurement efforts for plantings and furnishings. Mary has previously worked for Damien Hirst, Yto Barrada, the Whitney Museum and 1stdibs.

With a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, McKenna has excelled as a Brooklyn- based landscape designer at offices including FutureGreen, MNLA, and Studio Zewde coordinating document sets and construction details for projects at a range of scales. McKenna works to design and build vibrant, dynamic, socio-culturally and ecologically diverse spaces to be enjoyed and used for generations. McKenna provides drafting, construction detailing, and project management support at ALA, and has shepherded projects including, but not limited to, the Bluestone Garden, Woodland Retreat, and Sherwood Hill. McKenna is located in Brooklyn.

Sophie has helped design and realize public parks, residential gardens, mixed use developments, rural artist residencies, institutional campuses, and public art installations in the US, Canada, France, and Thailand, for offices including PFS Studio (Vancouver, BC), WHY Architecture's landscape studio (NY + LA), EPICENTER (UT), Unknown Studio (MD), 10x10 (MI), and the City of Baltimore Recreation and Parks. At ALA, Sophie provides freelance project support through drafting and planting design.

Education is critical to Sophie’s practice, and she has taught design studios and technical courses at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape architecture, with a specific focus on the definition of resilience in the public imagination of desert ecologies. Currently, Sophie teaches graduate courses in the department of landscape architecture at Morgan State University. She holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelors of Art in Dance and Political Science from Connecticut College.

Robyn is a landscape designer with a strong focus on native meadow design, seed mix development, and the practical realities of installation and long-term management. With a background that spans ecological design studios and native plant nurseries, she brings a hands-on understanding of how landscapes grow, change, and thrive over time – especially those rooted in northeastern plant communities.

Robyn holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Conservation from West Chester University. She has a deep love for the Hudson Valley and Catskills, and when she’s not designing landscapes, she’s likely hiking, camping, or tinkering in the garden with her family.