Shaping places, growing memories, in the cycle of life

Mossaics creates environments that cultivate a sense of wonder and a sense of place.

 

Mossaics provides verdant and vital landscape design solutions that encourage nature’s diversity and dynamism – connecting people to place.

Through projects and outreach, we share our commitment to bring delight into our lives by gathering and energizing elements of roots and shoots, blooms and berries, sticks and stones, rills and rocks, wings and warblings.

Consultation

We share decades of expertise in organic best land practices, discussing habitat identification and function through an engaging process of discovery, creating an inviting program for each site.

Design

We develop beautiful, naturalistic and immersive designs that serve both place and passions.

Education

We provide understanding of the ecological complexities in the environment. With programs, photography and field trips we explore the dramatic patterns and passages of the natural world.

Stop, look and listen. Breathe.
Awaken to the scent of first frost fox grapes.

Explore a sampling of our extensive body of work

Wonder, wander, near and far horizons…

Large scale conceptual plans

The Dragon's Lair Drawing

The Dragon's Lair Drawing

Moss Gardens Drawing

Moss Gardens Drawing

Sandspit Drawing

Sandspit Drawing

Follow our journey.

Finally! I made it to the New Canaan Land Trust’s Firefly Sanctuary. What a show! There were thousands of fireflies. It is one of two such sanctuaries in the country. It is curated by Bill McDonald who has been rearing fireflies for over 50 yea
Truly elegant, our CT native water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) can mesmerize me for hours. I have seen Monet’s water lily paintings at MoMA in Manhattan. These paintings can mesmerize me for hours. Considered one of the earliest angiosperms (fl
I’ve got the blues. The great blue skimmer is typically a more southern species. Climate change has brought more and more of them into CT. They like to perch on plant stems growing in slow moving streams or ponds with lots of vegetation. I have
A flower that I can stare at for hours, just for its graceful beauty, is the blue flag iris (Iris versicolor). You can find it at the edge of ponds or along brooks. It grows to almost 3 feet tall if it is happy. Occasionally, you might see a butterfl
I wanted to get a closer look. I captured this, bright green, female pondhawk dragonfly. She had camouflaged herself in some grasses. Typically, you will find them resting on the ground. They are a lentic species, inhabiting areas near slow-moving st
I could not believe what I was seeing. Daytime fireflies, the ones that do not glow, were mating on yellow trout lilies (Erythronium americanum). There were several pairs mating; all the while pollinating this precious “spring ephemeral”
One of the most lovely and delicate flowering shrubs of early spring is the spicebush (Lindera benzoin). This 10’ x 10’ shrub grows in wetland areas, but can take periods of drought. It is a larval host plant for the Spicebush Swallowtail
A fossil of a muddy tidal flat, repetitive patterns made by ancient waves, have been petrified. Light flows over wind driven waves.
The photographer Edward Steichen was inspired to photograph a single tree, a shadblow (Amelanchier canadensis), throughout the hours, throughout seasons, throughout the years. These photos of a black birch (Betula lenta) are an homage to that steadfa
A small pause at the portal, do not stammer. A mist-built place lies forward or backward. H’mmmmmm.
A slice of cold moon, out-raced by outstretched arms of clouds, seeks the western horizon.
The pond’s blackness is shivering with a hoar frost. Ice feathers gather together, seeking shelter at the edge of a leaf.