Testimonials

“It has been a distinct pleasure to work with Tres Fromme (3FD) over a period of time going back to 2011. Tres’ talents are immense, from an ability to conduct meetings and seminars to his artistic skills as a designer and his immense knowledge of plants to his abilities to bring out the best ideas in people around him. Both at Tulsa Botanic Garden and Bellingrath Gardens and Home, I have been able to work with Tres on practically the entire spectrum of design work that could be done at a public garden.”

– Todd Lasseigne, Executive Director, Bellingrath Gardens and Home (Theodore, AL) and previous President and CEO Tulsa Botanic Garden (Tulsa, OK)

“When I came to Oklahoma City and had the opportunity to elevate the gardens at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, I was eager to include 3.fromme Design in our master planning and garden project designs. His work has generated compelling visions and beautiful, functional gardens that engage year-round.”

– Dwight Lawson, Executive Director & CEO, Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden

“3. fromme and HDLA are a brilliant team. Their standard is excellence, and they deliver on it. As a long-standing client, I have always found them to be respectful, thoughtful and responsive on issues both big and small, producing work that is extra-ordinary. The team's designs are fresh, imaginative and innovative, and always successfully realized.

– Jane MacLeod, President and CEO, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, (Nashville, TN)

“Fromme has been the primary landscape designer at the Atlanta Botanical Garden for well over a decade. His depth of knowledge about plants, design, strategic planning and master planning is remarkable and impressive. Tres facilitates master planning and strategy for botanical gardens in a way that engages staff, board members and other participants assuring that their voices are heard and thoughts documented. He is also very adept as paring ideas and data down to the important themes and issues, leading to thoughtful plans with appropriate phasing and development. Tres has an impressive eye for detail and very high design aesthetic. Our floral displays, orchid exhibits and skyline garden are some of the most beautiful displays at the Garden and are truly world class.”

– Mary Pat Matheson, President and CEO, Atlanta Botanical Garden, (Atlanta, GA)

“We have never been through an input process where the needs of the garden were balanced so well with the creativity for the designer. It was a collaborative process that led to an excellent product.”

– Shaun Moser, Conservation Garden Park Manager, Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (Salt Lake City, UT)

“The exhibit spaces that Tres has designed are uniquely Desert Botanical Garden. Each space captures the essence of the Sonoran desert through creative and unexpected design of the plant palette where he interjects light and shadows, texture and color that bring new ways to experience the desert landscape.

He is able to apply his many talents to a broad range of environments, transforming them into jaw dropping experiences that take the visitor on a journey through the landscape with wonder and awe.”

– Elaine McGinn, Chief Experience Officer, Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix, AZ)

“I have worked with Tres on a number of significant projects at The Morton Arboretum and Huntsville Botanical Garden. We needed to clarify what we wanted to achieve in the future, and create a shared vision we could articulate to the entire organization and to the donor community.

Tres has managed the planning processes to our specific needs, led landscape design, supplemented our horticulture knowledge, and worked with us with respect, care, and attention.”

– Susan L. Wagner, CEO, Huntsville Botanical Garden (Huntsville, AL)