Portfolio Archives: Conservation Development, Design, & Landscape Architecture

Contact: Sarah Yant

Phone: (512) 489-0798

Email: office@twistleaf.com

Website: www.twistleaf.com

 

Twistleaf is a full-service landscape design and construction studio based in Central Texas. Born out of a passion for the land, our award-winning projects range from public green spaces to private ranches. We partner directly with landowners or collaborate on multidisciplinary design teams of architects, engineers and planners. Urban or rural, our clients value beauty, functionality and land stewardship.

Our name comes from the twistleaf yucca, Yucca rupicola, a native Texas plant that exemplifies beauty and resiliency. The twistleaf inspires the innovative design and ecological approach that we practice. We are invested in our projects from concept to completion, creating visionary landscapes that honor the communities and natural heritage of our region.

Professional Services:
● Strategic Planning
● Land Planning
● Site Design
● Master Planning
● Feasibility Studies
● Community & Stakeholder Engagement
● Placemaking
● Ecological Restoration
● Landscape Design+Build
● Landscape Construction

Project Types:
● Parks & Public Open Spaces
● Trails & Greenways
● Ranch Properties
● Prairie & Riparian Areas

Example Project: Horseshoe Bay Nature Park

 

Team:
Sarah Yant, our founder and principal, is a seventh-generation native Texan with over 20 years of experience as a designer and contractor. Her passion for land stewardship began while growing up on her family’s ranch on the blackland prairie of northeast Texas. Sarah graduated with honors from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. During her career, she has developed a trusted reputation for teamwork and reliability. Sarah builds lasting relationships with clients and excels at strategic planning, team building and managing complex projects and budgets.

Contact: Lauren Brown

Phone: (608) 772 – 4287

Email: lvbrown.studio@gmail.com

Website: www.lvbrownstudio.com

LVBrown Studio is a woman-owned and water-focused design consultancy helping people imagine and visualize environmental change. Lauren (LVB) draws from over twenty years of experience spanning professional landscape architecture and land planning, to academic and field-applied experience in natural stream engineering and ecological restoration.

LVB uses her core strengths of spatial analysis, creative problem-solving, and technical interpretation to imagine and communicate project outcomes. She works across disciplines to understand desired goals, ideate solutions, and produce illustrative products that have the power to inform, engage, educate, and inspire.

While her physical studio is currently based in Austin, TX, LVB enjoys collaborating with conservation and environmental leaders around the U.S. Check out a few of these recent projects and click on our website link above to learn more!

Colorado River Land Trust – Illustrative Watershed Map

LVB enjoyed the challenge of characterizing this Texas-based land trust’s geographical service area, mission, and values for a 40,000-square-mile region into a single map product. CRLT will use the (Texas) Colorado River watershed map in its new organizational brand materials, such as membership brochures, event posters, and online media for brand messaging and educational purposes.

Environmental Defense Fund – “Water in the Texas Desert” StoryMap

An educational ESRI StoryMap highlights a regional groundwater aquifer sustaining the San Solomon springs in West Texas. LVB was part of the creative team led by Water PR. Design consulting services included geographical basemapping, research, and the design of interpretive maps, diagrams, and character illustrations for an interactive online publication (coming soon.)

Hill Country Alliance – Conservation Organization Mission Map

LVB is working with HCA to develop an illustrative map for the conservation organization’s 17-county service area to highlight the Hill Country’s diverse ecology, geology, hydrology, and cultural heritage. The map will serve as a communication touchstone for HCA’s four program areas (land, water, night skies, and communities.) Final art is intended for end-of-year appeals, reports, map merchandise, online educational and awareness campaigns (coming soon.)

Lake Forest Open Lands Association – Greene Nature Preserve Interpretive Signage

LVB provided interpretive signage design services for the grand opening of the Land Trust’s Greene Nature Preserve at McCormick Ravine in Lake Forest, Illinois. Design consulting services included research, theme development, photography, illustration, map-making, copywriting, and graphic design for the nature preserve’s outdoor interpretive panels. (signage base design and installation by others)