Hello! My name is Nicolas Nino Walder. I am a second year landscape architecture student at Virginia Tech. I am particularly passionate about garden design, from backyard to multi-acre spaces. Native species, diverse landscapes, concept and context, and most importantly, enjoyability take the lead on my designs. To me, the most special thing about a landscape is being able to experience moments within it. Crossing thresholds, exploring hidden spaces, retracing steps, revisiting moments, and above all creating deliberately framed views and moments throughout a landscape - this is what my designs aim to capture through the viewport that is the human eye.

I am originally from Caracas, Venezuela, but have lived in northern Virginia nearly my entire life. These two places greatly impact the way I view landscapes. On one hand, the perennial and annual must-haves in the mid-atlantic have incomparable, quaint beauty. On the other hand, the lush, tropical evergreens I witnessed from the moment I was born are singularities, not being able to survive, at least for long, elsewhere - elusive, fleeting beauty, when taken out of their homes.

Besides landscape design and architecture, I also have a passion for graphic design. This and a creative desire led me to co-founding Perennial Studios LLC with my brother, Luis. As a creative director and business director duo, we own the clothing brand PERENNIAL FOUR, a brand that mixes botany and graphics to, what we would consider, perfection.