Press & Praise
What People Are Saying
“This design (Lakefront Idyll Project) is all about evolving from the place, and it’s done beautifully. The final shapes are inspired not only by the surrounding landscape but also culturally, from the previous architecture, both in form and material. Sensitivity to the environment is infused throughout the design." –APLD
“Jean-Marc melds his exquisite eye for design and a passion for sustainable ecology in landscape work that seamlessly integrates beauty and function.”—Vicky Lowry, Special Projects Director, Architectural Digest
“I just wanted to let you know how pleased Susan and I are with your efforts on our terrace. The plants have grown lush and it seems like every week there is a new bit of color sprouting somewhere. I know that nature takes time but on the other hand, good taste is timeless and your good taste is evidenced each day. I didn’t want the summer to go by without acknowledging our satisfaction. Thank you.”— Alan, West Village Penthouse Terrace Client
“Jean-Marc Flack has a rare combination of expansive vision, exquisite taste and exemplary attention to detail. We have worked with him for six years now and he has never failed to create magic and add value to our property. Our work is ongoing....”—David Lewis, Carmel NY Client
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
The Association of Professional Landscape Designers awarded the Lakefront Idyll Project a 2024 Gold Award in Planting Design and the Rambunctious Garden Project a 2020 design award.
APLD AWARDS
ASLA AWARD
The Rambunctious Garden Project was awarded a 2022 design award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter.
PRESS
Upstate Dairy Nº18
“Every project is an opportunity to promote biodiversity. The more plants you put in, the more carbon is pulled out of the atmosphere, the more habitat you’re creating for pollinators.”
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“In the opinion of Jean-Marc Flack, part of the problem with climate change is that there’s a disconnect from nature and a kind of collective amnesia around the issue. And further exacerbating the situation is rampant deforestation and the cutting down of meadow based staples like milkweed.” Link
Upstate Dairy Nº20
GARDEN DESIGN JOURNAL
Some gardens begin with a blank slate. The Rambunctious Garden in New York State started out as a “disaster moonscape” of boulders after ecological landscape designer Jean-Marc Flack’s clients blasted the foundations of their new house out of solid rock. The concept of the Rambunctious Garden, in part inspired by the book of the same name by Emma Marris, drove both the design aesthetic and the plant selection of this garden.
THE JOURNAL NEWS, LIFE & STYLE
For the last seven years — after way too long in New York — Jean-Marc Flack has been creating a wonderful garden in Carmel that now fully surrounds the charming 1790 farmhouse he shares with his husband, the choreographer Stephen Petronio…
by Bill Cary, Journal News
NEWS & UPDATES
NYBG, Spring-Summer 2017
My Decision to enroll at NYBG has been nothing short of life changing; what began as an impulse to pursue my passion for plants quickly blossomed into a deeply rewarding new career path…
Jean-Marc Flack,
New York Botanical Garden,
School of Horticulture And Landscape Design