When growth is rooted in community, it becomes self-sustaining. At landscape architecture firm Studio Balcones, Principal Jennifer Orr and Office Manager Tiffany Rasco believe that being active in their community is essential to their firm’s growth and success. In this Best Practice interview, they talk about the importance of educating others by collaborating with project partners, applying for community certifications, participating in diversity programs, and teaching clients throughout the process to ultimately create designs rooted in the local landscape.

Interview Takeaways

Create designs rooted in existing ecologies
Design for the soil in each neighborhood
Align with the project partners
Get involved in community programs
Be prepared to wear multiple hats
Work with the landscape, not against it
Educate clients
Hire the right amount of hands
Build systems as you grow
Have the confidence to try something new

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