HMWhite

05/04/2026

It was an honor to collaborate with this talented team to reveal a distinctive and memorable coastal landscape identity.

04/24/2026

We’re pleased to share HMWhite’s role as landscape architectural consultant for this newly approved Palm Beach residential development, in collaboration with Fairfax & Sammons Architects.

Approved by ARCOM and the Palm Beach Town Council, the project presents a unique challenge: nearly the entire site is built on structure. In response, the landscape is designed as an integrated living roof system—using native coastal plant communities, vines, and strategically placed broad canopy shade trees to cool and soften the environment while establishing a cohesive spatial identity.

The result is a resilient, high-performance landscape that evokes the intimacy and character of a Mediterranean coastal town—where landscape is not applied, but foundational.

04/24/2026

We're pleased to share that Morgan North has received a 2026 SARA NY Design Award for landscape architecture.

This NYC historic postal facility rooftop is transformed into a two-acre landscape that supports community building, engagement, and the connection between daily work life and nature. By rethinking what an "office park" can be in New York City, the design brings meaningful open space into the daily experience of urban life.

Thank you to our clients and collaborators for making this possible.

02/06/2026

Designed for time, not just opening day.

Now, four years after completion, JACX Commons has matured into a richly planted urban landscape that continues to improve with age. Its undulating, vegetated mounds obscure its rooftop condition while providing improved seasonal comfort and a memorable identity, quietly recalibrating the everyday experience of work and city life.

This is the future of urban development: productive landscapes that grow more valuable over time.

12/30/2025

These images validate immeasurable benefits in creating landscapes that build community spirit and togetherness.

12/30/2025

11/25/2025

Designed landscapes cannot endure without knowledgeable landscape management. New York Green Roofs has been one of HMWhite's most effective partners in caring, nurturing, and upholding the integrity of our landscape designs and performance. Their customer service is top-notch, consistently meeting expectations. It is gratifying to see our landscape designs mature to their original concept.

11/25/2025

The Orchard demonstrates how a rooftop landscape can meaningfully transform its neighborhood—adding biomass, creating accessible open space, improving outdoor comfort, and contributing to a healthier environment. Recent construction progress reveals the strong presence of its woodland framework, within which a wide range of activities is carefully integrated.

More than 285 regional trees rise from gently contoured landforms, shaping a series of inviting outdoor rooms. Each provides a welcoming place to gather, relax, and escape the scale of the surrounding buildings, giving the landscape a memorable identity and a strong sense of place.

By Spring 2026, this community landscape will be fully alive with residents enjoying its seasonal plantings and discovering a place that truly feels like home.

10/28/2025

The Orchard is taking root in Long Island City—an extraordinary 1.35-acre rooftop park crowning BLDG Management’s newest residential tower.

Designed by HMWhite, this elevated landscape brings together over 300 trees, a flowering crabapple orchard, and an impressive range of amenities: a 72-foot pool, pickleball and ping-pong courts, BBQ terraces, playgrounds, dog park, and a 40-foot outdoor video screen for evening entertainment.

Overlooking the Queens and Manhattan skyline, The Orchard is designed to be New York City’s Largest Backyard—a verdant, social, and restorative space for urban living at its best.

07/31/2025

Rising Within the City: The Orchard Takes Shape 🌳🏙️
Construction is well underway at The Orchard— Management’s new residential tower in Long Island City—where a 1.38-acre rooftop park is emerging next to LIC’s tallest building.
Billed as “New York City’s Largest Backyard,” this elevated landscape will bring to life 255 native trees, layered woodland underplantings, sculpted landforms, and a broad mix of outdoor amenities—from pickleball courts and BBQ terraces to a children’s play space, dog park, and a central lawn envisioned as the community’s “village green.”
Designed by HMWhite, The Orchard redefines what urban outdoor living can be—creating a restorative park experience just steps from home.
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🗓️ Opening Fall 2025