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Hadley Berkowitz

Hadley Berkowitz is a writer, photographer and lifelong plant enthusiast. Her interest in horticulture led her to the Boston Architectural College, where she studied fundamentals of landscape and planting design, botany, landscape history, and sustainability. She earned a certificate in landscape design from the renowned Landscape Institute in 2016. She is a certified master gardener and an active member of the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association. 

Hadley Berkowitz Landscape Design creates residential landscapes that are characteristic of the distinctive New England aesthetic with the goal of allowing homeowners to enjoy the natural world outside their doorsteps. By carefully selecting plants that are native to the region as well as those that are adapted to the area, the designed landscape will thrive with reduced maintenance and resources and create a more harmonious natural environment. 

"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." -Alfred Austin

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It’s hard to beat the ornamental and ecological benefits of Clethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet because if its sweet smelling blooms. Loved by pollinators but ignored by deer, drought and disease resistant, this hardy native shrub is
Sweet Annabelle
Had to learn a whole new plant palette for the design for this North Hollywood bungalow project
Hard to beat the vibrant blooms of Asclepias tuberosa, known by the common name butterfly weed. This beautiful native is a nectar source for Monarch butterflies and a host plant for them to lay their eggs.
“A garden without a viburnum is akin to life without music and art.” Michael Dirr. Viburnum dentatum, arrowwood viburnum.
Hard at work installing new bluestone patio
Sanguinaria canadensis, known by the common name bloodroot, is a lovely native spring ephemeral. Love the way the leaf is giving the flower a hug as it emerges on this chilly spring day.
During Earth Week 2020, I am so grateful for the trees that clean our air and mark our seasons. #earthday2020
Beautiful moss is a harbinger of spring.
“Each of has the power and the responsibility to fix barren landscapes,” Doug Tallamy told an overflow crowd at Harvard University last week. Read more about what Tallamy said on my blog at the link in my bio.
It’s hard to beat the ornamental and ecological benefits of Clethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet because if its sweet smelling blooms. Loved by pollinators but ignored by deer, drought and disease resistant, this hardy native shrub is
Sweet Annabelle
Had to learn a whole new plant palette for the design for this North Hollywood bungalow project
Hard to beat the vibrant blooms of Asclepias tuberosa, known by the common name butterfly weed. This beautiful native is a nectar source for Monarch butterflies and a host plant for them to lay their eggs.
“A garden without a viburnum is akin to life without music and art.” Michael Dirr. Viburnum dentatum, arrowwood viburnum.
Hard at work installing new bluestone patio
Sanguinaria canadensis, known by the common name bloodroot, is a lovely native spring ephemeral. Love the way the leaf is giving the flower a hug as it emerges on this chilly spring day.
During Earth Week 2020, I am so grateful for the trees that clean our air and mark our seasons. #earthday2020
Beautiful moss is a harbinger of spring.
“Each of has the power and the responsibility to fix barren landscapes,” Doug Tallamy told an overflow crowd at Harvard University last week. Read more about what Tallamy said on my blog at the link in my bio.
A new public park on the former site of Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant in Boston’s Seaport district. The park offers a respite from the busy seaport streets and a front row seat to the Boston Harbor waterfront. @reedhilderbrand @icaboston
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ in winter sunlight
“A beech forest is perhaps the most awe inspiring sight in the natural world,” writes Michael Dirr. Fagus grandiflora, American beech.
Eurybia divaricata, white wood aster, is a must have for the fall garden. A lovely New England native!
Looking forward to seeing the new green spaces being designed in Boston. Join us on October 2nd at the Roxbury Innovation Center. @cogdesignlandscape
Harvested 30 bulbs of garlic this morning
A Rhododendron specimen on the estate of Horatio Hollis Hunnewell, a railroad financier and amateur botanist who is credited with popularizing the now prolific shrub in the United States.
The bright green foliage and lavender flowers of Polemenium caereleum, Jacob’s ladder, brighten shady corners of the garden
Fothergilla gardenii
Fiddleheads unfurling