One Annapolis resident, Pierre Moitrier, a local landscaper, builds fences, archways and gazebos from lengths of cedar branches. “I reuse tree cuttings and make something out of them,” said Moitrier, a French native. He grew up seeing the homemade fencing dotting the countryside of his homeland. “The farmers collect branches and saplings. It’s called pollarding […]

Containers of Tomorrow Last spring, when we announced the theme of the newest Container Design Challenge, we asked you to predict the future of container design. We imagine there was a bit of head-scratching going on, but while it might have stymied you all for a while, in the end your predictions made for some […]

Annapolis families climb into their private treehouse retreats About 15 feet up, in a sweetgum tree just south of Annapolis, sits a castle. Pierre and Nancy Moitrier, a couple who co-owns the landscaping firm Designs for Greener Gardens, may seem older than the usual treehouse inhabitants, but this is no ordinary treehouse. It’s built from […]

Winter Wonder Nancy and Pierre Moitrier of Designs for Greener Gardens in Annapolis began working with Killian about four years ago to refine her mature garden, one much smaller than the canvas Ryan has painted. “I wanted to look out every window and see something,” said Killian, who would give directions from the bedrooms upstairs. […]

It will seem to you far away, the rickety shack where Huckleberry Finn climbed into Tom Sawyer, after looking at Pete Nelson’s latest work. Because its huts are palaces on branches, often American, sometimes Japanese, European or African. Elegant cabins, whimsical, quirky, coiled like serpents around benevolent trunks. Read the Full Story

The home of Pierre and Nancy Moitrier seems far from the bustle of nearby Bay Ridge Road and the string of businesses and malls lining it. Upon entering their neighborhood on a sultry day, it felt like the temperature dropped a few degrees. Driving beneath the canopy of shade trees puts one miles away from […]

This year we were honored to be included in the Pete Nelson, Famous Treehouses of the World Guru, 2013 Calendar!

Gardening: Rustic Red Cedar Enlivens a Garden By Adrian Higgins Thursday, May 28, 2009. The Eastern red cedar is a handsome native evergreen but apt to become a bit weedy if left to its own devices. A meadow can change over 20 years from an open field to a thicket of cedars reaching 15 to […]

A feature article introducing Nancy and Pierre Moitrier for the Mid-Atlantic Region as owners of Designs for Greener Gardens creating gardens, containers, and window boxes in Annapolis and Baltimore. Read the Full Article

My Fifteen Minutes of Fame by Nancy Lowry Moitrier ’85-’86. Five years at Penn State University in pursuit of a degree in Horticulture with an emphasis on Landscape Architecture gave me much more than an education.   The invaluable experience I gained as a student at Penn State includes not only Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and grueling […]