Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. is a studio-based practice committed to timeless design and masterful execution. Established in the Washington, D.C. area in 1987 and incorporated in 2004, MVLA employs 13 landscape architects and 1 administrative staff. MVLA cultivates a purposefully small corps with a diverse range of backgrounds, including specializations in architecture and arboriculture.

The team approaches each project with a creative and rigorous study of the site that exercises respect for its history, culture, and ecology. Using this research, MVLA identifies ways to marry human use and visitation with the land’s temporal qualities and systems. This process establishes a powerful vision to forge places that rekindle unity with nature.

The firm’s range of project types and scales illustrates that critical thinking and innovation are ingrained in their methodology. Their portfolio includes educational and corporate campuses, museums, memorials, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, parks, gardens, and private residences. These undertakings span from several hundred-acre planning studies to detailed designs of private seclusions. Geographically diverse, culturally sensitive, and ecologically conscious, projects are spread throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and across the United States to international sites of distinction.