Carla Ellern Landscape Architecture

Carla Ellern Landscape Architecture Carla Ellern Landscape Architecture, LLC, has been working with its clients to craft innovative and

Carla Ellern Landscape Architecture, LLC, has been working with its clients to craft innovative and environmentally sensitive design solutions since 2007. We are dedicated to creating meaningful places that engage the local ecology and culture while enriching our clients’ daily lives through affordable and finely detailed design. We work on urban and suburban sites, with clients who include homeow

ners, public and private schools, and religious institutions. Our projects range in scope from public school landscape planning to rooftop designs and residential gardens. Carla received a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University after graduating cm laude with a BA in Design of the Environment from the University of Pennsylvania. As a graduate student at Harvard she was awarded the Janet Darling Webel Prize for excellence in design and the Charles Elliot Travelling Fellowship. A licensed landscape architect, Carla has taught at the George Washington University Center for Continuing Education and frequently serves as an expert “juror” for architecture and landscape planning classes at the University of Maryland. Through LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Carla was certified as an expert in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and environmental quality. She has worked with Montgomery County to assess the fitness of residential properties for the county’s “Rainscapes” program, which supports design innovations that safeguard the Chesapeake Bay. Carla’s experience includes the design and construction of new towns, public parks, playgrounds and numerous private residences in the Washington, DC, area.

Stopped by a new garden in Capitol Hill planted this past fall and it looks fabulous! The Geranium maculatum is glowing...
05/14/2014

Stopped by a new garden in Capitol Hill planted this past fall and it looks fabulous! The Geranium maculatum is glowing under the cherry tree.

Its so cold outside...makes me happy to look at summer gardens. I stopped at a plant-lover client's garden this past su...
12/18/2013

Its so cold outside...makes me happy to look at summer gardens. I stopped at a plant-lover client's garden this past summer and took this photo. She was thrilled to get rid of her lawn!

Here's the raingarden retreat with photos from when it was first installed and what it looked like this spring.
11/26/2013

Here's the raingarden retreat with photos from when it was first installed and what it looked like this spring.

11/26/2013

This urban retreat was designed to absorb the runoff from rainstorms. The owners can sit in their outdoor room or look down from the house and see the water move through the streambed. in just a year and a half its grown so much.

11/26/2013
Here's the before...
11/26/2013

Here's the before...

Before and after!
11/26/2013

Before and after!

During a beautiful week in August, we transformed this eroding hill into a beautiful rock garden. The owners long wante...
11/26/2013

During a beautiful week in August, we transformed this eroding hill into a beautiful rock garden. The owners long wanted to extend their garden to incude their front entry. New perennials and grasses were installed including Agastache 'Blue Fortune' (Giant Hyssop), Carex 'Blue Zinger' (Sedge) and 'Hakonachloa macra Aureola' (Japanese Forest Grass). Boulders were dropped into place by truck and then relocated by hand.

06/09/2013

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