Landscape Designer

Mac is the Founder and Creative Director of VERDANT, a design-build firm that creates moments that breathe by dissolving traditional boundaries between architecture and horticulture. Through his visionary lens, VERDANT has redefined entire city blocks, crafted keystone botanical installations for world-renowned partners, and transformed both intimate private spaces and challenging commercial environments into thriving, sustainable ecosystems.

Raised by architects and horticulturalists, Mac’s appreciation for the intersection of art, design, and living systems began early. His creative foundation was honed through a BA in Photography at Yale University and an MFA at the School of Visual Arts, experiences that shaped his ability to see landscape as transportative, emotional experiences with lasting impact.

As VERDANT’s creative leader, Mac drives his team beyond conventional expectations, creating landscapes where movement, texture, and living elements redefine built environments. His approach balances elegance with impact, absence with lushness, and restraint with carefully considered excess. Through his ability to reimagine industrial and natural materials, Mac exposes nuanced interrelationships between elements, creating designs balancing utility with emotional resonance.

VERDANT’s full-scope services span every landscaping phase, from concept through ongoing maintenance. This comprehensive approach grants Mac’s team unique flexibility to solve previously unsolvable problems regarding where plants live, how they behave, and how they thrive across seasons. With reverence for native species and aesthetic precision, VERDANT builds and maintains each element—planters, pathways, irrigation systems—ensuring the longevity of their visionary landscapes that challenge how we experience the built environment.