Native first
Ghaf, sidr, date palm and desert grasses before anything imported. Plants that belong here need less water, less shade and less rescuing.
Abu Dhabi · Landscape architecture
We design the groundas a living thing.
Verdant Scape shapes the space between building and desert — native planting, shaded ground and water that stays where it is needed. Landscapes designed to be greener in year ten than in year one.
2011Established
140Landscapes
92%Native species
Three ideas hold every design together
Water as design
Every drop is routed on purpose — subsurface irrigation, harvested runoff and shaded soil that loses far less to the sun.
Built to mature
We draw the landscape of year ten, not opening day. Canopy, root room and succession are in the plan from the first sketch.
Recent landscapes
A courtyard, a coastline and a rooftop — three biomes from the last two seasons.
Green that we can measure
Sustainability is not a mood board. Across live projects, the numbers hold.
240,000
m² planted
40%
Less irrigation
92%
Native species
18
Biomes shaped
“They did not decorate the site. They gave it a way to keep living once we moved in.”