Established in 2020, TREE is an interdisciplinary urban design and landscape architecture practice focused on public space, landscape infrastructure, and urban systems. The firm’s work centers around post-industrial cities facing challenges of depopulation and disinvestment, where design can serve as a catalyst for renewed urban life. Based in Jackson, Mississippi, TREE works within the cities in the South and nationally on projects advancing civic infrastructure and public space systems.

Jackson, Mississippi has become a testing ground for this work, allowing the firm to apply its landscape urbanism approach across civic space, mobility systems, and ecological infrastructure. Through the design of connected public landscapes, TREE seeks to leverage landscape and urban form to catalyze economic reinvestment, strengthen cultural identity, and attract future generations back to urban centers.

TREE has emerged as a leading regional design practice working across public space, green infrastructure, complete street networks, parks and trail systems, stormwater strategies, and transit-oriented urban redevelopment. The studio operates across scales ranging from citywide frameworks and corridor planning to construction documentation and implementation. TREE’s work emphasizes collaboration between public agencies, private partners, philanthropic organizations, and community stakeholders to translate visionary design into attainable, community-driven outcomes.

The firm collaborates closely with public agencies, private development partners, philanthropic organizations, and community stakeholders to move projects from concept through implementation. Through sustained engagement with local leadership, state representatives, and neighborhood groups, TREE aligns design, policy, and funding strategies.

Key projects led by TREE include the Museum Trail Greenway, a six-mile corridor through Downtown Jackson connecting cultural institutions, neighborhoods, and public space networks while restoring native landscapes and managing stormwater; the Pearl River Revitalization Plan, a regional framework reconnecting the city to its riverfront through public access, flood resilience, and ecological restoration; and the Strategic Framework for Parks and Trails, a citywide initiative reimagining Jackson’s open space system as an interconnected network prioritizing equity, health, and long-term stewardship.