Hortulus Animae llc - Mindful Garden Design

Hortulus Animae garantie des prestations de qualité avec un intérêt particulier concernant la préservation de la biodiversité Une entreprise sérieuse avec une vision du paysage, qui reste pour le moins très intéressante.

Jean-Marc is the ultimate in design! His wealth of knowledge and passion for his profession is a blessing to behold. Detailed orientated down to and including budget, design and time frame for a project. His drawings alone are worth framing!

Jean-Marc Flack of Hortus Animae is a gifted landscape designer who brings his stylish eye, rigorous training, and abiding passion for nature to creating wondrous gardens—whether it's for a small urban rooftop or a vast formal estate. His garden designs are simply beautiful.

We recently bought a house on property on which there was both a lovely existing garden and a neglected wooded area overrun with poison ivy and nondescript weeds. We wanted to add various specific plants (including trees and shrubs) to the main garden area, without destroying its existing structure and integrity, and to reclaim the woodland. We are absolutely delighted to have found Jean-Marc Flack and Hortulus Animae. Jean-Marc combines a broad knowledge of plants and hardscaping with an extraordinary sense of design. After completing a thoughtful interview he created an amazing master plan that incorporated our requests into his own vision of what the property could be. A quarter of the way through the two-year project, he’s created a magical stone “council ring” to anchor the woodland, put in deer fencing and numerous plantings, and made subtle changes to the landscaping that have doubled the apparent size of the property. It’s been a delight working with him and his team, and we can’t wait for the garden to “wake up” this spring.

Jean-Marc has an unparalleled aesthetic sense. His garden designs are incredibly beautiful and yet look completely natural at the same time which is a rare combination. He is also good at recommending plants that are deer resistant and easy to maintain, two qualities that were very important to me. Jean-Marc is also a pleasure to work with - very professional and extremely pleasant. I'll be rehiring him next season for additional projects!

Jean Marc is a pleasure to work with. He is a creative visionary and also an effective project manager. This is my first home and I have never done landscaping before - Jean Marc has been an expert and patient guide, walking me through the process and helping me make decisions. The project is still taking shape, but I am certain the results are going to be beautiful as everything grows in.

Jean-Marc was the perfect partner in dreaming, creating, and beautifully executing what was basically a wish list of the inclusion of various “spaces” in our garden area...a heretofore never been planted rocky slope overlooking a wetlands at the base of a Mountain View of extraordinary beauty. He increased and highlighted the natural beauty! Jean Marc is a very talented designer, easy to work with, a terrific listener with an especially gifted ‘eye’ for all things natural, especially indigenous plants, — their color, texture, and shapes. It is without hesitation and with great joy to share this “native whisperer’s accomplishment with you! He was efficient and communicative and was accurate as to the time it took to create and the budget.

Jean-Marc Flack has a rare combination of expansive vision, exquisite taste and exemplary attention to detail. We have worked with him for six years now and he has never failed to create magic and add value to our property. Our work is ongoing....

Hortulus Animae _ I contacted Jean Marc in 2014 to help create gardens around my organic bakery which is in an industrial area of a Manhattan suburb ....The site was a challenge as the lighting was poor in some areas, the ground needed to be filled in.. other sections we had too much direct sun...we also had concerns about salting in the winter... Jean Marc is a magician....he created a woodland garden, a rock garden directly next to the store...with exotic perennials which are thriving...the front gardens have plants which play off the vintage turn of the century building... My customers are always amazed with the gardens when they come to the shop...often sitting outside drinking coffee or eating breakfast while admiring the plantings.... Jean Marc had a tremendous amount of knowledge and skill. He also has a phenomenal design sense coming from a fashion background....He incorporates design, taste and skill while working within your budget to create spaces which are a truly magical The added bonus is that installation was completed in a timely manner and he is a pleasure to work with ...

Jean-Marc turned our swimming pool into a sanctuary. The blend of colors and heights, grassy textures and different flowering plants was so creative and yet totally harmonious with the setting. We just love escaping there. And working with Jean-Marc was a joy - he took care of absolutely everything from design to purchasing to the actual planting. Plus he routinely checked in on the plants. Looking forward to next year's project!!!!

Hortulus Animae - Mindful Garden Design created a gorgeous front walk way for our home - railings, lighting and blue slate steps. I was not a fan of railings and worried that although they were necessary, they would look big and clunky. I was thrilled with Jean-Marc's unique and beautiful vine railings that are perfect for the setting. We get compliments on them every time we have guests. He was also quick to make sure they were as functional as they are beautiful. We feel very grateful for his vision!