2015, Pedrick’s Garden at Little Falls Park in Greenville, SC, awarded the President’s Award of Excellence by the South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
2013 Boston Flower and Garden Show, Best Exhibit Staged by a Non-Profit Organization (with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society)
2013 Designer’s Award of Distinction, Friends of the Sands Point Preserve, Inc. | The Guggenheim Estate
2011 Grand Honor Award, Green Works VNLA, for Inspiration Garden at Shore Country Day School
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Gold Medal for Weezie’s Garden at Elm Bank, 2008
Honor Award from Prairie Gateway Chapter of ASLA for the KCAI East Gate Project, 2008
Association for Professional Landscape Designers, 2006, Award of Distinction
American Horticultural Society, 2005, Great American Gardeners Award for Landscape Design
Boston Parents Paper Award, Best Children’s Outdoor Play Area, 2005, for Weezie’s Garden at Elm Bank
City of Toronto, 2005, Leonardo Da Vinci Award for the Toronto Music Garden
American Horticultural Society, 2005, Great American Gardeners Award for Landscape Design
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Gold Medal, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Exhibit, New England Spring Flower Show
News & Press
Jan/Feb 2018
JMMDS’s Japanese-style landscape design for a residence in Edinburgh, Scotland, appeared in “Rear of the Year” by Caroline Ednie, photographed by Angus Bremner, in the January/February 2018 issue of Homes & Interiors Scotland.
March 2017
Regina Cole’s article “Birches and Beyond,” about JMMDS’s landscape design for a residence near Woodstock, Vermont, appeared in the March/April 2017 issue of Design New England.
Our Cambridge permeable-pavement courtyard design is featured in “Have You Installed a Rain Garden” by Annie Thornton on Houzz.com.
October 2016
Upon completion of the Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders Initiative, Julie Moir Messervy is quoted in “VTC Celebrates Vermont’s Emerging Leaders” in Vermont Business Magazine.
In Wellesley Magazine‘s Summer 2016 issue, Julie Moir Messervy reviews A Sense of Place, Maureen Cassidy-Geiger’s book about architect Philip Johnson’s career and legacy.
Julie Moir Messervy and Home Outside were among the 20 (selected from over 70) Vermont entrepreneurs chosen to participate in the Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders Initiative, a seven-month “Streetwise MBA” program designed to train and guide business leaders in strategic planning.
New England Home featured “New England Color” by Regina Cole about a pool terrace with many amenities designed by JMMDS for a southern Vermont mountaintop property.
September 2015
Photographer Susan Teare wrote a post called “Through the Lens” for the Fine Homebuilding blog about a JMMDS-designed Vermont dining terrace.
Home Remodeling Magazine mentioned our Home Outside Palette app in its Newswire column in the Summer 2015 issue.
In “A Great Yard–Fast!” Gil Gross of Real Estate Today asked Julie about creating curb appeal in a hurry.
July 2015
The Commonweeder blog features July 11 and July 18 posts about JMMDS’s Home Outside online landscape design service, which blogger Pat Leuchtman tried and enjoyed.
Sommer Poquette shares soil-building tips from Julie Moir Messervy and other experts in “How to Improve Your Garden’s Soil” in Mother Earth News.
“6 Spring Plants You Can’t Kill,” a Yahoo! Makers article by Jessica Harlan, features plant recommendations from Julie and images from Landscaping Ideas That Work.
January 2015
Radio interview: Julie spoke with Gil Gross on Real Estate Today about how to create curb appeal.
February 2015
This article in The Commons Online announced JMMDS‘s involvement in the Saxtons River Park project.