About Public Garden Design

Mission
To use the beauty and enchantment of public gardens to instill new pride in communities. Read more...

Lynden B. Miller, Principal
Lynden B. Miller is a public garden designer in New York City and director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park, which she rescued and restored beginning in 1982. Her work includes gardens for The Central Park Zoo, Bryant Park, The New York Botanical Garden, Madison Square Park, and Wagner Park in Battery Park City as well as many smaller projects in all five boroughs and beyond, including waterfront gardens in Red Hook, Brooklyn, improvements to Union Square Park and the 97th Street Park Avenue Mall, renovation of the “Gateway to Harlem” Broadway Mall at 135th Street, Loeb Plaza for Hunter College, the 67th Street Armory, and the completion of a garden design for the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. She has designed and enhanced the campus landscapes at Princeton University, Stony Brook University, and Columbia University, where she continues to work on new projects. Most recent projects include the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Garden Walk, the Chelsea Cove Entry Garden at Hudson River Park, the British Garden at Hanover Square, and the reinvigoration of the Heather Garden at Fort Tryon Park. Read more...

Ronda M. Brands, Designer and Horticulturist
Ronda M. Brands is a freelance garden designer and horticulturist, designing both public parks and private gardens in the New York City area and beyond. Partnering with Lynden B. Miller since 2008, current and ongoing public projects include the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Garden Walk; the British Garden at Hanover Square; the Entry Garden at Hudson River Park; reinvigoration of the Heather Garden at Fort Tryon Park; consultation and design for the Museum of Modern Art, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Stony Brook University; and the gardens at the US Supreme Court. Read more...

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