Hi, I'm David J. Hinkle. I design & build outside spaces with a little/a lot of help from my friends. 

My practice for the past 20 years has revolved around creating beautiful and functional outside spaces, structures and environments, while collaborating with some of the best designers, artisans, builders and plant professionals in the area. 

I have always been a craftsman. As a kid I would build forts in the woods behind my house and carve small animals out of wood, creating worlds with my hands and my imagination. I also have  a love of sketching, drawing, and coloring. It is something I have always done. Later in High School in Western Pennsylvania I was introduced and trained in the art and discipline of drafting and mechanical drawing.  Many, many hours were spent at a drafting table honing the skills needed to draw complex and communicative drawings. My training as a Landscape Architect started after college when I worked on my masters degree at North Carolina State School of Design. A residential design-build studio with Will Hooker provided me with an introduction to Permaculture principles and techniques, along with strong residential design-build fundamentals. Will's studio, plus my involvement with the interdisciplinary student environmental design group ECOS LOGOS, pointed me down the path that I would follow for the next 25 years.  

My construction experience began while working for Will Alphin at Alphin Design Build (http://redesign.build) as I was finishing my graduate work at the School of Design. Will's attention to detail and passion for design build was an inspiration and a path that appealed to me and my senses. It was during this time that I  learned and honed the skills that I would use in my own design build practice. Plumb, level and square ( I added Patience ) became the basis for everything.