Recognition

2020, JMMDS Landscape Architect, Erica Bowman, awarded distinction as a Proven Winners Certified Landscape Professional

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

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.

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.

Marty Ross wrote about our Home Outside app in “Landscape design: There’s an app for that” in the Kansas City Tribune.

Our Cambridge permeable-pavement courtyard design is featured in “Have You Installed a Rain Garden” by Annie Thornton on Houzz.com.

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.

VermontBiz.com reports, “2016 FreshTracks Capital Road Pitch riders’ choice winners announced,” with Julie Moir Messervy as the finalist in the Randolph, Vermont, pitch competition.

The Toronto Music Garden is featured in March Cullen’s “Great GTA Public Garden Getaways” in the Toronto Star.

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.

Catherine Smith’s article in Houzz, “8 Lessons to learns from Japanese Courtyard Gardens,” features a JMMDS-designed green wall courtyard in Cambridge, MA.

Rachel Devaney’s article “Plan A Kid’s Nature Garden” in Home Remodeling magazine features photographs of JMMDS’s children’s garden at Hidden Hollow along with Julie Moir Messervy’s advice for creating magical playspaces.

Bottom Line, Inc. published Julie Moir Messervy’s recommendations for hedges in “Living Fences: 10 Beautiful Plants to Create Privacy.”

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.

Jamie Gold interviewed Julie Moir Messervy for “The Great Outdoors Gets Even Greater” for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Khara Dizmon interviewed Julie Moir Messervy for “2016 Trends in Garden Design” for Garden Design magazine.

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.

Photographer Susan Teare wrote a post called “Through the Lens” for the Fine Homebuilding blog about a JMMDS-designed Vermont dining terrace.

Chicago Tribune writer Barabara Mahaney interviewed Julie for an article called “Our garden foibles: Common mistakes that drive the experts crazy.”

Canadian Gardening magazine featured the Palette app as a “Fresh Pick” for Fall.

JMMDS was selected as one of the 100 Stories of the Small Business Revolution and profiled by photojournalist Christina Clusiau, read the story here. This honor was reported by Domenic Poli in the Brattleboro Reformer in “Deluxe Corp. Features JMMDS in Documentary Project.”

Bryan Anthony of Houzz included a JMMDS project in “Photo Flip: 77 Gorgeous Garden Gates.”

Lee Lawrence wrote about Tenshin-en for The Wall Street Journal in “These Japanese Gardens Turn Nature into Man-Made Paradises.“

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.

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.

Julie is quoted in New Home Source‘s ” Surveying the Landscape: How to Plan for the Outside Elements of Your New Home” by Felicia Oliver.

“Mobile Me: A Landscape Design App That Gets Personal” by Dalilah Arja, Gardenista

Julie’s interview for Real Estate Today Radio, “Dirty Secrets: 9 Things Your Landscape Designer Wishes You Knew,” offers advice for hiring a landscape pro.

“Over the Garden Gate” by James A. Baggett, interview of Julie in Country Gardens Magazine.

JMMDS designer Erica Bowman wrote “In These Shoes: Modish Mamas and Their Sense of Cool” for Southern Vermont Arts & Living magazine.

“Garden Designer Visit: A Burst of Color in the Green Mountains” by Michelle Slatalla, Gardenista, featuring Julie’s Vermont garden

“A Daydream Garden” by Justine Guidry, Garden Design (Issue 190), featuring JMMDS’s Cambridge project

Julie is quoted in SNAP architectural magazine’s May/June issue.

“Spectacular Retreat Atop Virgin Gorda,” by J. Michael Welton, Ocean Home Magazine

“Renovated Japanese Garden Reopens at MFA” by Jody Feinberg, The Patriot Ledger

A JMMDS-designed residential project in Cambridge, MA  is featured in “Woodland Modern” by Courtney Goodrich in Design New Englandmagazine, March/April 2015.

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.

Radio interview: Julie spoke with Gil Gross on Real Estate Today about how to create curb appeal.

This article in The Commons Online announced JMMDS‘s involvement in the Saxtons River Park project.

JMMDS’s sustainable Cambridge project was featured in Falon Mihalic’s Houzz article“Soak It Up: How to Manage Stormwater in Your Landscape.”

Julie discusses what she looks forward to most this gardening season in the Early Spring issue of Garden Design magazine.

Julie’s suggestions for hardscaping a backyard can be found in “Backyard Project Boom” by Elizabeth Millard in Interlock Design, Winter 2015 issue.