Meet the owner and designer…

Sarah Nordseth is a VA native with a passion for plants and rewilding. Her undergraduate career at James Madison University lead her from studying Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development to a diving deep into work in permaculture, organic gardening, sustainable agriculture, and herbalism.

She found that many of the stresses we face in today’s world could be alleviated in the garden. Sarah’s decade of experience working in horticulture and ecosystem management provide an array of tools that are utilized to create thoughtfully curated and vibrant designs.

Our mission…

Living Landscapes Design’s mission is to empower clients to form meaningful and productive relationships with the land through gardening. Our work is infused with permaculture techniques that demonstrate patterns and relationships existing in nature. The results are a union of function and beauty with natural elements working in harmony.

LLD expands the concept of gardens to include other ecological systems such as food forests and broader landscape designs. We exclusively use high quality organic materials and work with a wide selection of native plants.

We prioritize understanding our clients’ goals and providing guidance through each step of bringing the vision to life. Our goal is to equip our clients with the knowledge and elements needed to be part of a symbiotic dance with the land.

We want everyone to be active members of living landscapes.