Living Place
John-Paul and Carrie Maxfield: A Place-Sourced Beginning
Each Place has its own “way of being in the world,” with unique socio-ecological patterns all working in ways visible and invisible to tell a story. Through lived understanding, it can reveal the unique work each can contribute to bringing to life new ways of expressing more of its potential.
Our family’s pathways of contribution to this Place have taken many forms, but the work in our front yard has become a calling too fun and meaningful to ignore.
In 2020, we turned our front lawn into a garden. It was a project that involved the whole family from planning to installation.
While we realized its value for our household, and its role as a living laboratory, source of food and medicine, and generator of wonder, we didn’t anticipate its effect in bringing our neighborhood to life—from the microbes, insects, plants, animals, to big and little human neighbors alike.
In that soil were sown the seeds that have grown into Living Place. Through processes of storying, storytelling, art, and design-build services, we hope to develop the capacity for enlivening neighborhoods and communities that share and contribute to the field of intelligent caring and curiosity for the Place that called us here.
By collaborating with residents, communities, and developers like you, we hope to serve the working of a Living Place, where you grow to love where you live, work, and contribute, and all inhabitants, human and non-human, can find a shared place-sourced home.
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to establish regenerative pathways at the intersections of everyday life for individuals who seek the inherent joy of crafting and cultivating beauty, while also embracing the principles of grace and reciprocity in their interactions with others, communities, and natural systems.
Outdoor Solutions for the Modern, Vital Denver
We’d wager a bet and say that we share something in common: well-designed living spaces and vibrant gardens.
What we're
loving
Actualizing potential, both in outdoor space and the plants and materials we use. The opportunity to create habitat and connection for humans, plants, animals, and insects. The beauty and magic of the ever-changing Front Range.
What we're
learning
Low-water Colorado native plants. Low and no-water garden techniques. Place-sourced design. Regenerative Design. Living systems thinking. Story of Denver. Green corridors and living Infrastructure.
What We
believe
There is an innate desire to create and experience beauty. A front yard can become like the eddy in a river, a point of confluence, and coalescing. Denver can become a leader in responsible water use in the Design-Build industry of the West
ON MY Mind
Pollinator Gardens
Blossoms and Berners
Branching Beauty
“How do I know what to design? I listen to the stones. I sense the faces around me. I am inspired by light, sound, invisible spirit. We are all shaped by a constellation of realities and invisible forces, and if a building is to have a spiritual resonance, it has to reflect these things. No one knows how body and soul are connected, but connect them is what I try to do.”
— Daniel Libeskind, Architect
Denver Art Museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building
Motivated but unsure where to begin? Looking for someone to partner with?
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Living Place is a Regenerative Design-Build firm focused on ecological infrastructure, outdoor transformation projects, and low-water Colorado native landscapes and gardens. Contact us to discuss your project and join our community contributing to a more beautiful and prosperous Denver for generations to come.
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If you're into Regenerative Design-Build focused on ecological infrastructure, outdoor transformation projects, and low-water Colorado native landscapes and gardens, you've come to the right place.