Nate Holmes MLA Portfolio

NATE HOLMES

MLA PORTFOLIO

Bio

I am a Master of Landscape Architecture graduate from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. My passion is to create landscapes that thoughfully integrate human uses into surroundings of vibrant plant diversity. With my knowledge of horticulture, landscape management and site design, I aim to create landscapes that exceed the client’s expectations and bring them joy, all while supporting the natural ecosystem.

Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2020-2023

Masters of Landscape Architecture

University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 2012-2016

BS in Horticulture-Landscape Design & Management

Professional Experience

Urban Ecosystems | 2022

Garden Management

Countryside Gardens | 2016-2021

Horticulturalist & Designer

Denver Botanic Gardens | 2015

Horticulture Intern

Technical Skills

AutoCAD

Adobe Suite

SketchUp

ArcGIS Pro

Lumion

Enscape

Hand-drawing

Rhino

cell | 715-220-3769 email | nathanael.dholmes@gmail.com

A NEW GREEN MONUMENT FOR CHARLESTOWN

Project Type:

-This site is the Boston Autoport, currently utilized for offloading and storing shipped cars

-Due to climate change, most of this site will face regular flooding

Urban Planning Park Design Adobe Suite SketchUp Enscape Group Work 01 LEGEND

-My group and I condensed current site uses into a series of new sloped buildings, freeing up ground space for other uses

-The public green roof I designed allows users to climb to the rooftop, giving spectacular views of Boston

-The centrally located deck and water feature connects visitors to the site’s history of shipping while giving multiple areas for gathering and events

GROUP SITE PLAN 1

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MY PLAN

Site Boundary Mystic River Mystic Channel US-1

N

1 3

4 4

2 5 5

1880sWharfPattern

6 6 a

7 7

3 3 A 3

7 0’ 100’

b N

0’ 200’

SECTION A

Shaded central deck Water feature with piers and cordgrass

View across water feature towards plaza

View to Charlestown Monument from rooftop

Lush waterside planting

Site uses consolidated into sloped, mixed-use buidings

Green roofs added to rooftops to soften visual impact

Access created on green roof from ground to top of building

Design of roof and plaza guided by site historical wharf patterns

Unique path types and acess for all created on roofs

protection created by raising soil level towards building

1880sWharfPattern

Flood

Amentities located throughout public green roof and plaza

Green roof intensive and extensive plantings respond to roof depth conditions

PLANTING PLAN AND SCHEDULE

SYMBOL

SHADE TREE

PLANTING SCHEDULE

UA (3)

CC (2) CJ (3)

CJ (2) CC (3) SR (2) CO (3) CJ (2) QB (2)

QB (3) GT (3)

CJ (3) CC(3) UA (1) AL (3) CO (3) AL(3) PO (3) SR (2)

GD(3) AL (3)

CJ (2) FB(7) GT (2)

CO (3) AL(3) SR (2) FB (5) AL (3) UA (1) CJ (3) CC(3) QB (3) CC (3) AL (3)

GD (3)

Celtis occidentalis Common Hackberry

5

6

8

ORNAMENTAL TREE PLANTING SCHEDULE

5

HOLMES DESIGN PO (3) UA (1)

SYMBOL SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME QTY INSTALL SIZE Celtis occidentalis Common Hackberry CO 2" B&B Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skycole' Honeylocust 'Skyline' GT 2" B&B Gymnocladus dioicus 'Expresso' Kentucky Coffee Tree 'Expresso' GD 2" B&B Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak QB 2" B&B Ulmus americana 'New Harmony' American Elm 'New Harmony' UA 2" B&B SYMBOL SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME QTY INSTALL SIZE

Amelanchier 'Autumn Brilliance' Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance' AL 5' Clump B&B

Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud CC 5' Clump B&B

Syringa reticulata 'Bailnce' Japanese Tree Lilac 'Snowdance' SR 2' B&B

SHRUB PLANTING SCHEDULE

12 11 5

Physocarpus 'Amber Jubilee' Ninebark 'Amber Jubilee' PO #2

Fothergilla major 'Blue Shadow' Fothergilla 'Blue Shadow' FB #2

6 3 12

PERENNIAL + GRASS PLANTING SCHEDULE

SYMBOL DESCRIPTION SPECIES AREA Pollinator Lawn (Seeding) Creeping Red Fescue, Chewings Fescue, Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue, White Dutch Clover, Self Heal, Yaak Yarrow

SYMBOL DESCRIPTION SPECIES AREA Pollinator Lawn (Seeding) Creeping Red Fescue, Chewings Fescue, Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue, White Dutch Clover, Self Heal, Yaak Yarrow

PERENNIAL + GRASS PLANTING SCHEDULE

No Mow Lawn (Seeding) Eco-Grass Low Maintenance Lawn Blend - Source from Prairie Moon Nursery

No Mow Lawn (Seeding) Eco-Grass Low Maintenance Lawn Blend - Source from Prairie Moon Nursery

Moist Perennial Blend 4" containers unless specified

Moist Perennial Blend 4" containers unless specified

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed), Carex muskingumensis (Palm Sedge), Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge), Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe' (Joe Pye Weed 'Little Joe'), Hibiscus 'Summerific Berry Awesome' [1 gal], Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke' (Aster 'Alma Potschke')

Shady Perennial Blend, 4" containers unless specified

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed), Carex muskingumensis (Palm Sedge), Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge), Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe' (Joe Pye Weed 'Little Joe'), Hibiscus 'Summerific Berry Awesome' [1 gal], Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke' (Aster 'Alma Potschke')

Actea racemosa [1 gal], Aquilegia canadensis, Astilbe 'Visions in Red', Athyrium felix-femina (Lady Fern), Carex pensylvanica, Hosta 'Royal Standard', Kirengeshoma palmata (Yellow Wax Bells) [1 gal], Sesslaria autumnalis (Autumn Moor Grass), Symphyotrichum cordifolius 'Avondale' (Aster 'Avondale'), Tiarella cordifolia

8,527 SQ FT

8,527 SQ FT

2,911 SQ FT

2,911 SQ FT

2,378 SQ FT

2,378 SQ FT

18,553 SQ FT

HOLMES DESIGN CHARLESTOWN AUTOPORT REDEVELOPMENT 400 TERMINAL ST. BOSTON, MA 02129 PLANTING PLAN DATE: 11/30/22 DRAWN: NH CHECKED: NH APPROVED: PROJECT NO 22 15 L105 SCALE: 1" = 32'0"

18,553

Annual Planting Bed Seasonal Annual Display 309 SQ FT

SQ FT Annual 12

Project Type:

HYBRID LEARNING CENTER Research Concept Design

Techniques:

ArcGIS Pro

Adobe Suite

SketchUp

Lumion

- This project was the creation of outdoor learning spaces for the landscape architecture department at the UMN

-After determining existing campus assets, this plan was created to surround a central studio space with a series of rooms and gardens, each pertaining to a learning goal

- The linear paths and plantings are inspired by the linear grid of the surrouding agriculture fields, allowing for sightlines into and through the site, and for easy movement around the site

-Spaces for both larger and more intimate gathering were create throughout the site, giving flexibility to the site and encouraging the sites use by both classes, students and visitors

Variety of spaces and gardens for learning, meeting, or relaxing

The orchard room provides space for both learning and contemplation

A welcoming entrance to both campus and the Hybrid Learning Center

KALEIDOSCOPE: A CELEBRATION OF TREES 04

Project Type:

Techniques:

Design

Adobe Suite

Model Making

-This site was located adjacent to the Bell Museum, which receives a hight number of visitors

-My site design investigated the many ways that trees are used and appreciated by humans

-Distinct rooms were created that host tree specie(s) selected to engage site visitors in different ways as they move through the spaces

-The rooms were categorized into three themes: tree attributes, human tree interactions, and tree life cycles

LEGEND

Fallow Room

This page - Spread room rendering

Opposite page - Site Plan

Deciduous Forest Room

Tree Nursery Room

Gathering Rooms

Orchard Room

Spread Room

Decomposition Room

Individual Species Rooms

Inaccessible Sunken Room

Inaccessible Elevated Room

Indiginous Importance Room

Characteristics Room

Auditory Room

SITE PLAN

LIFE CYCLE ROOMS

DECIDUOUS FOREST ROOM

YEAR 0 - INITIAL TREE PLANTING WITH B&B

YEAR 15 - TREES GROWING

YEAR 35 - MATURE TREES

YEAR 50 - NEW SAPLINGS PLANTED

NURSERY ROOM

YEAR 0 - SEEDLINGS SOWN

YEAR 2 - TREES PRUNING BEGINS

YEAR 5+ - TRANSPLANTING AROUND SITE

DECOMPOSITION ROOM

YEAR 0 - DEAD BRANCHES AND TREES GATHERED AND PILED

YEAR 0 - DECOMPOSITION BEGINS

YEAR 10+ - DISTRIBUTE ORGANIC MATTER AROUND SITE

Mixed species

Vector based tree spread

Larix laricina

Conical shape

Acer rubrum

Dense crown

Quercus macrocarpa

Gnarled form

Populus tremuloides

Quickly colonizing

SUNKEN ROOM

FALLOW ROOM

RAISED ROOM TREE SPREAD ROOM

ELEVATED ROOM SPREAD ROOM

ROSEVILLE RESIDENCE 05

Location:

Project Type:

Year:

Techniques:

Roseville, Minnesota

Private Residential

2020

Hand Drawing

Publisher

-This is a private residential landscape designed to have high visual interest year round

-The front yard garden’s informal exuberance takes its inspiration from Piet Oudolf, Thomas Rainer, and Claudia West

-Bluestone steps and a new unit paver walkway provide a graceous entrance to the front of the home

-Large bluestone flagstones invite guests into the backyard, where lush plantings surround a large lawn space perfect for parties or playing on

Top left - Front entrance

Top right - Back pathway

Bottom - Back Lawn and garden

Opposite page - Front perennial planting plan

Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ (3)

Schyzachyrium ‘Blue Heaven’ (2)

Schyzachyrium ‘Blue Heaven’ (13)

Peony ctv. (1)

Liatris ‘Floristan Violet’ (7)

Echinacea ‘Ruby Star’ (8)

Geum triflorum (5)

Eryngium yuccifolium (5)

Peony ctv. (1)

Papaver ‘P. Victoria Louise’ (3)

Schizachryium ‘Blue Heaven’ (14)

Liatris ‘Floristan Violet’ (9)

Geum triflorum (5)

Echinacea ‘Ruby Star’ (8)

-Planted among other perennials

Sporobolus heterolepsis (175)

Carex pensylvanica (360)

Anemone ‘Robustissima’ (10)

Carex pensylvanica (45)

Dicentra ‘Golden Hearts’ (1)

Geum triflorum (5)

Agastache foeniculum (3)

Molinia ‘Skyracer’ (5)

Amsonia hubrichtii (3)

Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ (3)

Symphyotrichum laeve (9)

Amsonia hubrichtii (5)

Asclepias incarnata (5)

Agastache foeniculum (5)

Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ (3)

Symphyotrichum laeve (5)

Asclepias incarnata (5)

Amsonia hubrichtii (5)

Papaver ‘P. Victoria Louise’ (3)

Schyzachryium ‘Blue Heaven’ (13)

Eryngium yuccifolium (2)

Woody Plant Schedule

Amelanchier ‘Autumn Brilliance’

Amelanchier ‘Standing Ovation’

Betula ‘Whitespire’

Chamaecyparis ‘Vintage Gold’

Cornus ‘Neon Burst’

Cornus ‘Strawberry Daquiri’

Corylus americana

Fothergilla ‘Blue Shadow’

Hydrangea ‘Bobo’

Hydrangea ‘Little Limelight’

Hydrangea ‘Little Quick Fire’

Juniperus ‘Star Power’

Ligustrum ‘Straight Talk’

Physocarpus ‘Amber Jubilee’

Physocarpus ‘Darts Gold’

Pinus ‘Fastigiata’

Quercus ‘Crimson Spire’

Rhus aromatica

Rhus ‘Gro-low’

Spiraea ‘Glow Girl’

Spiraea ‘Tor’

Syringa ‘Beauty of Moscow’

Syringa ‘President Grevy’

Syringa ‘Richard Joly’

Syringa ‘Snow Dance’

Thuja ‘Technito’