Wilder Landscape Architects is led by Jennifer Patton, a landscape architect who has been practicing in Tucson since 2006, and inhabiting the Sonoran Desert since 1976. Our approach ensures that the constructed landscape will not only look good at installation, but thrive and maintain the design intent as it matures.īy approaching every project with fresh eyes, and the desire to create an enduring, healthy native-scape, we create landscapes whose beauty is more than skin deep. Plant and hardscape selection reflect our clients’ resources. And at the initial stages of design, we gain an understanding of how our clients will maintain their landscape. We make a point to revisit past projects to learn how they mature. We engage the landscape contractor, ensuring that the built product is consistent with our design. ![]() We apply the most current research (covering topics such as water harvesting and low impact development, soil composition and volume, ground preparation for seeding, and salvage and transplanting techniques) to our projects, providing our landscapes with the best foundation for success. The Wilder Landscape Architects team designs for long-term sustainability. After I left Miraval completed a portion of the for-sale residential project and new guestrooms but placed the bulk of the project on hold.Resilient Design that Benefits both Community and Nature Unfortunately Miraval would not allow me to work for other clients while I was working on their project so I was forced to resign at the end of March 2007. We also started construction on the new administrative office building. The compound opened just in time to host Oprah Winfrey. Prior to my leaving we constructed a world-class outdoor spa treatment rooms compound using tents manufactured in South Africa that we air-conditioned and provided hot and cold running water to and completed a complete hard-scape and soft-scape renovation of the guestroom courtyards. We developed a completely new master-plan and, working with new architects and designers, developed new plans for for-sale residential units, new guestrooms, new administrative office facilities and a completely new spa concept. I reported to the new Director of Development for Miraval. My assignment was to I oversaw the daily activities of master-planning, design and budgeting for new private residences, new guestrooms, a renovated and expanded spa, new administration offices and the entitlement processing of a new private waste-water utility system. ![]() However due to a change in property ownership and dissatisfaction with the cost of the proposed re-design the new ownership wanted fresh talent and a new approach to the project. They had spent several years and a significant amount of money developing a new project master-plan and undertaking a major guestroom renovation. I joined Miraval in 2006 to work on a planned expansion and major renovation of their facilities. Miraval is a renowned destination spa in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains outside Tucson, Arizona.
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