Mac Carbonell, Founder and Creative Director of VERDANT (BA, Yale; MFA, School of Visual Arts), brings a rare artistic foundation to a landscape design-build studio that blurs the boundaries between architecture and horticulture. Over his 20+ year career, he has redefined city blocks, crafted keystone botanical installations for world-renowned partners, and transformed both intimate private spaces and public commercial environments into thriving, immersive and sustainable ecosystems.
VERDANT's full-scope approach spans every stage, from initial concept and installation to long-term care and management. This end-to-end involvement affords VERDANT the unique ability to consider how a landscape evolves: how materials weather and mature, how plants behave across seasons and urban micro-climates, and how thoughtful design grounded in craftsmanship, materiality, and modern sensibility shapes the experience of a place. This process produces spaces built not just to endure, but to grow more intentional, calming and reflective with time.