Embracing Natural Beauty
SHP believes that landscape design can serve both practical and pedagogical purposes… while, of course, adding a dose of beauty and inspiration as only nature can. In every landscape, we see the possibility to enhance education in important and irreplaceable ways.
We offer a complete spectrum of landscape architecture services that help create engaging spaces. We are experienced at developing unique and varied outdoor spaces specific to age groups and educational philosophies. Whether your need is for explorative learning through play in an early childhood environment, a terrace that doubles as a community gathering space, or a garden that helps employees unwind after work, SHP is ready to add value from initial site analysis to final execution.
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SHP offers landscape design services, from site analysis to execution, that help create engaging exterior spaces. From outdoor classrooms to playgrounds and rooftop terraces to secret gardens, we design outdoor spaces where people of all ages can engage all five senses to discover, explore, ask questions, and be inquisitive—the very foundations of learning.
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Remove yourself from this moment and return to the time when you were nine years old, full of hope and wonder. Visit your favorite playground; maybe it is the school yard, the neighborhood park, an empty wooded lot or Grandma’s garden. What do you hear? What does your playground sound like?
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