About
We Design Landscapes That Earn Their Place in the Land.
Akroyd Design Group has spent decades designing and collaborating on some of the most nuanced sites in our region. Our projects reflect a subtle, multifaceted sophistication which seamlessly integrates our clients’ visions into reality.
The Firm
Understanding and Revealing the Underlying Opportunities.
Akroyd Design Group (ADG) is a full-service Landscape Architecture, Land Planning, and Development Consulting firm. Founded in 1998 as Greylock Design Associates, we adopted the ADG name in 2026. We specialize in managing all aspects of comprehensive landscape architecture.
ADG has built its reputation through high-end residential work throughout New England, where clients rely on our understanding of how spaces are used and experienced over time. This expertise has extended to larger commercial and institutional work, reflecting the same attention to detail and design judgment applied at any scale. ADG manages each project from conception through construction, regardless of scope or location.
Every engagement draws on the same core capabilities: comprehensive site design, property assessments for state and federal regulatory compliance, strategic structural placement to minimize environmental impact, and complete permitting coordination. Technical capability alone, however, does not distinguish our work, design judgment does. By integrating site engineering, thoughtful planning, and horticultural science, ADG creates environments that complement a site’s features, establishing a genuine sense of place while reducing long-term maintenance costs. This approach has produced a consistent record of projects delivered on schedule and within budget through construction completion.
Our Process
30+ Years of Practice on the Same Ground
Our process starts with a conversation to understand our client and the opportunities that exist within the site. We take the time to unearth what clients are trying to create and what constraints may challenge that vision, whether that means environmental hurdles, land use regulations or simply the way light falls across a hillside in late afternoon. That knowledge informs everything that follows.
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Listen and Study the Site
Before anything is drawn, we walk the property and talk through how you intend to use it. We read its grades, drainage, light, and the regulations that govern it, so the design that follows is grounded in the land as it actually is.
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Design With Discipline
We shape a plan that works with the site rather than against it, integrating site engineering, planning, and horticultural science. The result establishes a genuine sense of place and is built to hold up as the landscape matures.
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See It Through Construction
We stay engaged from concept through construction, coordinating permitting, contractors, and consultants. That continuity keeps the finished landscape faithful to the vision and delivered on schedule and within budget.
Principal · Landscape Architect
Robert Akroyd
“Technical capability alone does not distinguish our work. Design judgment does.”
Mr. Akroyd brings more than 40 years of expertise to the firm, spanning landscape architecture, horticulture, land planning, site engineering, and regulatory permitting. Throughout his career, he has successfully directed diverse projects from conceptual design through to final implementation. His portfolio encompasses a diverse range of projects for public and private clients, including corporate and hospitality campuses and residential developments.
Complementing his technical acumen is an extensive record of civic leadership, having served as Chairman of the Lenox Board of Selectmen, President of the Board of Trustees of the Lenox Library Association, and Chairman of the Lenox Planning Board. Through these public service roles and his leadership of various municipal task forces, Mr. Akroyd has mastered the nuances of community engagement, committee alignment, and interagency collaboration. Mr. Akroyd is a licensed Landscape Architect in MA, CT, and NY.
Associate · Landscape Architect
Tricia O’Grady-Howard
“Transforming a client’s vision into tangible reality.”
Tricia O’Grady-Howard joined Akroyd Design Group in 2024 after more than a decade of practice across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. She’s a licensed landscape architect in three states and holds credentials as a CLARB Certified Landscape Architect, LEED AP BD+C, and SITES AP — a University of Massachusetts Olmsted Scholar and two-time ASLA Student Honor Recipient.
Tricia’s work spans master planning through construction administration, across residential estates, schools, public safety facilities, streetscapes, and parks. She has coordinated closely with contractors and consultants, prepared the drawings and specifications while helping clients navigate the approvals that stand between a vision and a finished landscape. She combines technical expertise in grading, drainage, and permitting with proficiency in digital sketching, 3D modeling, and rendering to transform visions into tangible reality.
The Difference
What Distinguishes Our Process
A licensed practice with the range to carry a project from the first conversation through construction, and the judgment to know what each site is asking for.
Get In Touch
Have a Project in Mind? We’d Like to Hear About It.
Every project starts with a conversation to understand your land, your goals, and where you are in the process. We’ll take it from there.
Or call (413) 637-8366 · info@akroydgroup.com