Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith, Mattituck, NY

@landcraft_environments_ltd

DENNIS SCHRADER and BILL SMITH

Mattituck, NY

In 1982, Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith founded Landcraft Environments, a design/build landscape firm specializing in outstanding seasonal plantings. In 1992, they moved the business to an abandoned farm on the East End of Long Island and started a wholesale greenhouse operation. In the heart of the North Fork’s wine region, their four-plus-acre garden surrounds a restored 1840s farmhouse. There are hundreds of container plantings and many perennial and mixed shrub borders; garden rooms hedged in by hornbeam and boxwood; vegetable/herb, formal knot, and meadow gardens; several bog plantings, and a woodland shade area. Plantings include tropicals, subtropicals, tender perennials, and annuals. The house and garden are encircled by ten acres of fields with mowed paths for viewing native plants and wildlife. Dennis is the co-author of Hot Plants for Cool Climates (Timber Press, 2000) and Extraordinary Leaves (Firefly Books, 2008). In 2020, Dennis and Bill established the Landcraft Garden Foundation, which is dedicated to inspiring, educating, and promoting gardening, horticulture, and the preservation of our natural environment.

“Since we first opened our garden in 1998, a dedicated couple, now living out of state, has been coming to our Open Days every year. This dedication and interest in our garden informs us that we are doing the right thing by establishing a foundation.”