Blowing Rock School playground

Inspired by early 20th century and mid-century modernist landscape architects Thomas Church and Roberto Burne Marx, Ron Cutlip has crafted a successful residential, commercial, and golf course design  career around a “Gardens are for People” philosophy. Believing a good design touches the human spirit, Ron developes a sense of art between structures and their gardens as a place to live in.

In 2010 with an exceptional landscape design practice in New York and at Rockefeller Center,  Ron and his family vacationed in and fell in love with Blowing Rock, and have never left. Ron’s local public projects have included the Regional Welcome Center on US 321, the Blowing Rock School playground, and most recently the gardens of the new Embers Hotel where his design softens a sharp architectural image to appear as though it has grown there all along.

With a nod to the BRAHM exhibit recognizing local artist and sculptor Alex Hallmark, who was commissioned by the Blowing Rock Garden Club for “The Gardener” sculpture in the Memorial Gardens, Ron will discuss garden design ideas for including meaningful art and space in our private gardens as “a place for people”.

Free for Members and Garden Club Members; $8 General Admission

About the speaker:

Ron Cutlip

Ron Cutlip

Ronald S. Cutlip, Landscape Architect, creates residential designs of distinction by custom tailoring each project with the client's needs and desires in mind.  His keen eye for detail and free flowing and rolling signature creations allow for exceptional garden spaces that grow in beauty with each new season.