Betania Forest Garden

Spliced into former hillside pastureland, the Betania Forest Garden is a “living diagram” and an ongoing experiment in adaptive forestry and meadow management practices. The garden is located in the village of Betania, which is 1000 meters above and 19 kilometers from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in the climate resort area of Korjori, known for its healing forests and clean, cool air. The garden is a mediator between the domestic and the wild, with a simple stairway and forest planting bridging from the home to and leading into the Kojori forestlands and beyond.

Narikala Ridge Forest

Narikala Ridge rises between the National Botanical Garden and the Sololaki neighborhood of Tbilisi. Attractions include the historic Narikala Fortress and Mother of Georgia Monument. The landscape is linked to the city by a walking path and a cableway that connects to Rike Park across the Mtkvari River. As part of the larger Mtatsminda reforestation project, Ruderal developed a new forest planting for the ridge with a mix of mature trees and seedlings from the Sartichala nursery.

Arsenal Oasis

Arsenal Oasis, constructed for the 2020 Tbilisi Architecture Biennial, is an evolving test garden made from the city's surplus land and water. The project initiates a new landscape from a leaking water main that once served the Soviet army base.

Bodbe Hotel in Sighnaghi

Located on a ridge above the historic Bodbe Monastery and the 18th-century village of Sighnaghi, the Sighnaghi Panorama Hotel features panoramic views of the Alazani Valley and its surroundings. Ruderal re-engineered the degraded site to create new vehicular access and program terraces.

Kavtiskhevi Quarry

At a limestone quarry in Kartli, Ruderal designed a post-mining terrain that integrates ecological rehabilitation for biodiversity with interpretive trails. The adapted topography includes nesting areas for birds of prey, grassland plateaus, and ephemeral wetlands.

Tbilisi Dendrological Park

Ruderal's master plan for the Tbilisi Dendrological Park reengineers this historic Soviet-era park for a growing city. The park unites nature and culture via new park programs, state-of-the-art sustainable landscape technologies, and a forest management plan focused on biodiversity and climate adaptation

Mtatsminda-Okrokana Forest

Ruderal collaborated with local experts and nursery managers to develop species mixes to replace the monocultural plantings of Mtatsminda's south slope, near the village of Okrokana. This project is the first phase of a four-year plan to rehabilitate the Mtatsminda Urban Forest.

Veli Landscape Plan

Veli is a 17-hectare arts and hospitality campus in historic Bakurtsikhe, Kakheti, a region famous for winemaking. The site includes a 19th-century vineyard estate, a former agricultural-technical college, and a landmark cypress allee. The new campus program begins with a rich landscape terrain that integrates a boutique hotel, a farm-to-table restaurant, an agricultural center, an artist residency, and a library.

Vital Bosque

The Vital Bosque is a landscape garden that unites a business center with a private residence. The landscape design for this site must both respond to the functional, operational needs of the complex and create a unique environment of shelter, contemplation, recreation, rejuvenation, and hospitality for the residents.

Bigger Darby

Bigger Darby is a land-use proposal for the 84 square mile territory governed by Big Darby Accord in Central Ohio. The project is an alternative, landscape-based approach to contemporary watershed planning that enhances the vernacular landscapes of the Big Darby region, improves the health of the watershed, and provides new development opportunities.