We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

– T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

I believe that each of us bears within a deeply remembered landscape: the very field of youth and growth, care and exploration, love and yearning, routine and play. In many senses the landscapes to which we become accustomed become our compass rose. I still have a sense – myriad senses – of the hacking trails of my girlhood, of what a coastline means early on, of the difference between moss and grass. These formative memories can never be replicated, but they can be evoked. That landscape design allows us to reminisce on a very deep level is essential to my practice.