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The Judy Waxman Meditation Garden is a memorial project to honor the late Judy Waxman. The Garden is located within the Dell Jewish Community Campus, adjacent to the new Krasoff Jewish Family Service Building. The Waxman family aimed to honor their mother’s legacy of philanthropy and fundraising by creating a meditation garden that embraced her love of emotional, spiritual, and physical wellness. The garden is intended to serve three separate congregations and the Austin Jewish Academy day school that call the Dell Jewish Community Campus home as well as public members of the Dell JCC.
Visitors will be able to experience a space that pulls together elements of a manicured arboretum, the wildness and beauty of the Texas Hill Country, and the giving and selfless soul of Judy Waxman. The hope is that guests of the garden use its varied and flexible spaces to quietly reflect, meditate and look inward, worship and gather as small or larger groups, learn and grow, and celebrate life.
The project required carefully navigating a Site Plan Revision process, multiple stakeholders, and many practical challenges. However, close coordination with the Waxman Family, Shalom Austin Leadership, and the General Contractor have helped create a project our team is very proud to be a part of.
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We're thrilled to share that veteran landscape design guru Alexander Fenech, PLA, ASLA, has earned his rightful place within the leadership of ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean for 2025, the only Landscape Architect to receive this distinction.
Alex serves as the Managing Principal of Hitchcock Design Group’s South Florida office. His role in the office allows him to focus on the craft of executing high-profile projects, while nurturing the next generation of landscape architects. Alex is a Past President of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) - Florida Chapter and now serves the National Organization, as Florida’s representative on the Board of Trustees (BOT).
Professionally, Alex has developed a diverse portfolio of placemaking and design projects since graduating from Michigan State University in 2011. His career as provided opportunities creatively curate projects including domestic and international hospitality, mixed-use development, government, recreation, and urban infill projects throughout Florida, the Caribbean, United States and around the globe.
One notable current project is the new Walt Disney World Dolphin Convention Center Expansion Project, featured here.
So proud of you, Alex, and congrats to the entire class. Let's go!
Illustrative Renderings by Dipiction
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We are delighted to announce that Maya Puller has been promoted to Associate 1 in our Austin studio!
As a rising landscape architect, Maya has established herself as a dependable and thoughtful professional, committed to designing functional outdoor spaces that celebrate biodiversity. Known for her reliability in achieving project goals, she excels at blending environmental stewardship with striking aesthetic design. Her work emphasizes the use of native plant palettes and eco-friendly practices to enhance ecological health while reflecting her deep appreciation for the outdoors—a passion shaped by her English mum, a visual designer specializing in commercial Christmas decor. Maya is an SEC Honor Roll graduate of the University of Missouri, where she majored in plant science and competed as a track athlete for the Tigers. Before moving to Austin, she honed her skills at a boutique residential landscape architecture firm in San Antonio.
Congratulations, Maya!
2024 was a great year for HDG, and we are incredibly grateful for all of it. Check out our wrapped recap, spotlighting some of the year's most memorable milestones.
Happy Holidays!
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We're so proud to play a role in the enhancements of this historic city. Bravo!
We were honored to attend the recent groundbreaking of Community Health Network's Westfield Hospital in suburban Indianapolis. Situated in one of Indiana’s fastest growing communities, the new 425,000 square foot facility will feature an ambulatory surgery center, medical office building, emergency department, and six-story patient tower. The facility will offer a range of services focusing on women's health, integrative medicine, orthopedics, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty services.
HDG was brought onboard to provide landscape services for the entire campus, focusing on pedestrian walkways, entrances, a beautiful healing garden, and egress courtyard. A main focus has been on calming the patient patient, implementing traffic calming measures such as bioswales, planting, and unique lighting, as well as wayfinding to ensure pedestrian safety within the large expanse of parking.
Community Health Network
Guidon Design
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Pepper Construction Group
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renderings courtesy of Guidon Design
The Village of Downers Grove is constructing a new Civic Center including a new Village Hall and Police Department. The new Civic Center is envisioned as a community gathering place, a connector to nearby neighborhoods and a public plaza honoring the civil rights movement.
The Village challenged our team to design the landscape using only native plantings, without using turf or non-native ornamental plants. Through detailed conversations about aesthetic and maintenance expectations, we were able to balance their desire to create a showcase of sustainability with the practical realities of the function of an active public space.
Huge congratulations to the City of Austin for choosing Jesús Aguirre as their new Director of Parks and Recreation! Jesús is passionate about creating vibrant and inclusive public spaces that help diverse communities thrive. Kudos!
How to create a sustainable outdoor sports complex (and a healthy community!).
Located in beautiful Lake Forest, Illinois, the 25-acre Deerpath Community Park Improvement Project is the
culmination of a years-long planning and design effort led by Hitchcock Design Group that began with City Council approval of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan identifying synthetic turf playing fields as a top recreational priority for the community.
The project involved installation of recyclable synthetic turf athletic fields and additional amenities for the community park, including two restroom buildings with shaded open-air pavilions, dedicated pickleball courts, a playground, fitness stations, and natural area enhancements.
In addition to using ultra-durable, recyclable synthetic turf with 100% organic infill, other sustainable features include the conversion of 4 acres of non-field turf to native plantings, the addition of a diverse tree canopy, reduction of heat island effect, protection of the Skokie River and adjacent wetlands, and much more.
Learn more about Deerpath Community Park: cityoflakeforest.com/news_detail_T7_R320.php
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