International Landscape Architecture Firm in Paris – Artistic and Sustainable Design
Simonson Landscape, founded by David Simonson, is an award-winning international landscape architecture firm based in Paris. The studio designs and builds exceptional gardens, terraces, and outdoor spaces that unite art, ecology, and contemporary living. Each project reflects a deep commitment to sustainability, craftsmanship, and the poetic expression of place.
Xeriscape (dry garden) designed by Simonson Landscape, featuring Mediterranean and native perennials adapted to drought and poor soils. The planting blends textures of Achillea, Stachys byzantina, and aromatic groundcovers to create a resilient, low-maintenance landscape that evolves with the seasons. Photo by Yann Monel.
Custom Garden and Landscape Design – Artistic, Sustainable, and Enduring
At Simonson Landscape, every project is conceived as a way of living with nature and our connection with the landscape. We create custom gardens, terraces, and landscapes that combine modern design, biodiversity, and timeless elegance. From urban courtyards in Paris to coastal villas in Saint-Tropez, our gardens evolve gracefully over time, embodying both ecological balance and aesthetic refinement.
Founded by David Simonson, an award-winning artist and American landscape architect, the studio brings together botanical expertise, architectural sensitivity, and artistic vision. Our work extends beyond France and includes international projects in Portugal, Malta, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, and California, shaping landscapes that respond to climate, culture, and context. Each design tells a story of harmony between nature, art, and human experience.
Award Winning Ecological Garden | Chaumont-Sur-Loire
Ecological Garden | La Villa Rothschild
Landscape Master Plan | Camping Les Sablons
Ecological Desert Landscape Project | French University of Egypt
Artistic Landscape Design Project | American Peace Garden
Landscape design Paris | Parisian Courtyard Garden
Award-Winning Garden Design & Landscape Competitions
Always in perpetual research, the landscape agency SIMONSON LANDSCAPE draws innovative gardens by their unprecedented associations of plants, original by their aesthetics and the use of a wide range of materials. Our participation in garden competitions allows us to freely express a renewed vision of gardens, in line with the demands of global warming.
We are proud to have received many awards, such as the prize for best planting palette in 2016 at the International Garden Festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire (41) and the prize for design in 2024, the people’s choice award at the Festival de la Côte d'Azur at the Villa Rothschild in Cannes (06), and a Special Jury Prize from the European Garden Heritage Network (EGHN) with the Terres de Promesses garden for the Jardins de la Paix in Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus (51) (with Arts & Jardins Hauts-de-France).
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Chaumont-sur-Loire
At the International Festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire, our dry garden is selected for the price of the Vegetable Palette. The garden offers an ecological alternative to design gardens sensitive to global warming.
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Festival of the French Riviera
The garden of the sixth extinction designed for the 1st edition of the festival of the French Riviera is voted for the public prize. The garden reflects on global warming and questions our sensitivity to the environment and the world of tomorrow.
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Arts Centre in Enghien-les-Bains
Artist in residence at the Centre des arts numérique in Enghien-Les-Bains, for the spatial and plant design of the installation the monkey in the abstract garden with composer Alexandra Grimal. The indoor garden
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Garden of Peace - Hauts de France
The Monument-Ossuary of the Navarisn Farm is part of the history of France and the United States, a place of confrontation and destruction, a place of recollection for celebrating peace.
Garden and Landscape Design Publications
Our landscape creations have been presented in several magazines, including a cover of the newspaper Le Parisien, but also on the France Culture antennas, as well as on television in several generic and specialized programs. Our tailor-made and original projects allow us to be regularly consulted and interviewed for our expertise in the design of innovative gardens.
