Tres Fromme and the Desert Botanical Garden team began installing the Color Garden, a part of the Christensen Family Desert Oasis. The design finds inspiration in English mixed border plantings but uses desert native and adapted species. The final result will be an exuberant and long blooming composition Fromme describes as “desert romantic.”

Fromme collaborated with Cheekwood staff, HDLA, and Trace on a restoration of the historic Petite Swan Garden, a jewel adjacent to the Mansion loggia. Fromme led the analysis of the original 1920s Bryant Fleming design and creation of a plant list based on archival photos.

Fromme will be sharing lessons he has learned from the design process over almost thirty years. The presentation is part of Cheekwood Estate and Gardens garden school on May 11, 2024.

Fromme will be speaking at Kingwood Center Gardens April 13, 2024 symposium celebrating the Country Place Era. Click here to learn more and to register for the event.

Fromme led the design of Cheekwood’s 2024 Orchid show. Columns festooned with exuberant flowers abstract how epiphytic species grow on tree trunks. Mirrored strips suggest bark patterns while multiplying the presence of the floral display.

Construction of the Christensen Family Desert Oasis proceeds at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ. This new space is a dryland interpretation of the classic English mixed border combined with the elegance of urban park tree groves. 3. Fromme design led the design in conjunction with the Garden team and HDLA.

3. Fromme Design collaborated with Cheekwood Estate and Gardens on its iconic installation at the 2024 Nashville Antiques and Garden Show. The garden finds its inspiration in the decorative patterns of Herend porcelain and the delights of the Villa Lante.

Autumn gently comes to the Literary Garden at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens. Plantings sweep down a west facing slope and focus on water wise yucca, agave, and perennials hardy in Middle Tennessee. A trellis crowns the hill, provides shade, and acts as a destination to draw people into the garden.

The Morton Arboretum’s Gerard T. Donnelly Grand Garden is flourishing a year after its opening. Tres Fromme was lead designer for this celebration of horticulture set within a framework of water features, plazas, and ornamental metalwork.

3. Fromme Design and HDLA facilitated Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Board and Staff through a highly interactive creative process to start schematic design for the Children’s Garden. This same design team also led the development of the overall master plan for the core part of the property in 2020-2021.

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Tulsa Botanic Garden prepares to open two new major destinations: The Lotus Pool and the Liberty Garden. The former celebrates the emotional associations and horticultural possibilities open water creates in Oklahoma. The latter is a peninsula intended for community events and private rentals. Fromme was lead designer on both projects. Manhattan Construction and JonesPlan built both spaces.

Fernwood Botanical Garden invited 3. Fromme Design to continue expanding their successful Holiday light show. Fromme designed the show’s first year and developed additional experiences for the second. The current design phase adds new features for years three and four (2023-2024). A recent workshop involved the Fernwood team in evaluating the first two years and envisioning the future.

Fromme continues his collaborations with the Atlanta Botanical Garden on creating the Flower Walk’s marquee floricultural displays. Temporary mirrored walls reinvent the linear planting space into a series of sparkling rooms bursting with color.

Tres Fromme has been the Huntsville Botanical Garden’s Designer In Residence since 2022. He recently facilitated Garden leadership through a series of creative explorations to develop an initial conceptual, spatial, and interpretive framework for the proposed Adventure Garden. Fromme is also leading a team of staff and HDLA to develop an overall master site plan of which a Learning Campus is a critical component.

Fromme recently spent two days on site brainstorming design concepts with Tulsa Botanic Garden leadership. These potential gardens could form the basis of future Master Plan capital projects. Fromme led the development of the original Master Plan a decade ago, and has remained involved in its ongoing evolution.

The Tulsa Botanic Garden nears completion of two distinctive new spaces taking advantage of the existing lake: the Liberty Garden and the Lotus Pool. These projects significantly expand the current visitor experience, plant displays, and horticultural collections. They also add choice boutique venues for programs and rentals

Tres Fromme will be part of a presentation at the June APGA annual conference sharing the planning, design, and construction of the Gerard T. Donnelly Grand Garden at The Morton Arboretum. Fromme was the lead designer on the project which opened last summer.

3.Fromme Design, and HDLA have begun a master planning process for this historic and beloved Gulf Coast estate. A critical task will be creating a compellingly creative "big vision" for the future while respecting the site's rich heritage and original design intent.

Tucson Botanical Garden prepares for the opening year of Lights Up: A Festival of Illumination, a celebration of the Garden during the Holiday Season. 3. Fromme Design collaborated with Staff on planning and designing this new yearly tradition. Photo courtesy of the Tucson Botanical Garden.