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informed both her volunteer work and her professional projects.

Even at a young age Erskine knew she wanted to be an architect. She attended University of Virginia for both her undergraduate degree in architecture and her graduate degree in landscape architecture. “UVA taught me how to think and see perceptively and instilled a strong design ethic,” says Erskine. After stints with notable Connecticut architects, she started her own firm, Erskine Associates, in 1995. She collaborates with clients to craft their dream homes and landscapes with an in-depth, hands-on design process. Her landscape work also includes local municipal parks and educational spaces like Greens Farms Academy and Sacred Heart of Greenwich.

One of her favorite projects is the waterfront Sherwood Mill Pond Preserve in Westport. Erskine and her then business partner Geoff Middeleer worked with the preserve committee and town to design the park, incorporating natural materials and native plants to create an oasis for both pollinators and walkers. They then collaborated with over 100 volunteers to plant the many shrubs, trees, and plantings. “The project was the culmination of years of collaborating and planning. What was a parking lot is now a beautiful space for bird watching and quiet contemplation,” says Erskine.

Erskine’s other passion project has been her home in Redding, which she and her partner Tom Casey share with her mother.