Thomas L. Woltz RLA, FASLA

Principal, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Mr. Woltz is the owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects where he began working in 1997 upon completion of Master’s degrees in Architecture and Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia. Working between offices in Virginia and New York, he has led designs of a broad range of institutional projects in the United States and abroad including The Peggy Guggenheim Sculpture Garden in Venice, Italy; Google Corporate Headquarters; the National Arboretum of New Zealand; Hudson Yards on Manhattan's west side; Medlock Ames Winery and Tasting Room; and a Master Plan for the conservation of 42,000 acres of Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles. Mr. Woltz has also led design work on private gardens and farmland in a dozen states and New Zealand over 16 years of practice. Contemporary design applied to restoration ecology is at the heart of the Conservation Agriculture Studio and has yielded hundreds of acres of reconstructed wetlands, reforested land, native meadow, and flourishing wildlife habitat - all of which support soil and water conservation. Mr. Woltz serves on the Board of Directors of The Cultural Landscape Foundation and the New York Municipal Arts Society. He is an avid gardener.

Medlock Ames Tasting Room Garden, Healdsburg, CA.
Photo by Marion Brenner