A garden is an active site for care
With over 15 years of horticultural experience, artist and gardener Landon Newton founded Ruta Rhus in 2023. Ruta Rhus (pronounced roo-tuh rüs) taken from the Latin name of two beloved plants, the medicinal herb Rue (Ruta gravenolens) and the Northeast native Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina).
Plant forward design
From intimate rooftop terraces to the channel gardens of Rockefeller Center, Ruta Rhus’ garden practice prioritizes ecoregional horticulture and four-season interest design.
Collaboration
Each new project is an opportunity for collaboration—between client and plant, plant and site, site and city. Ruta Rhus offers design, consultation, installation and garden maintenance for both private and public projects in and around New York City. For a detailed list of services and packages please get in touch!
Mirror Planter, East Village Lodi, Rockefeller Center Pandiscio Green, Chelsea Rooftop Layout, Bowery Vitis (grape vine) TRIGGER PLANTING, Frieze New York, The Shed TRIGGER PLANTING, Frieze New York, The Shed Brooklyn Heights Bowery (Symphyotrichum) Aster Bowery, Summer Bowery, Fall Time Out Market, Empire Stores, DUMBO Trinity Church Time Out Market, Empire Stores, DUMBO Perennial Border, Bowery Rooftop Backyard Garden, Chelsea Kasmin Gallery Rooftop Sculpture Garden, Chelsea Perennial Border, Bowery Rooftop Channel Gardens, Rockefeller Center Let’s work together!
Projects and Collaborations
Landon Newton studied horticulture in the Landscape Studies program at Smith College and continued her coursework at the New York Botanical Garden. Additionally, she received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2017. Landon has worked across New York City since 2010.Notable positions include:
🪐 Lynden B. Miller Public Garden Design, Assistant and Records Manager
🪐 Future Green Studio, Head Gardener
🪐 Julia Watson LLC., Designer, freelance
🪐 Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Instructor
Notable projects include:
🪨 Margins Become, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (upcoming)
🪨 Vinegar Hill House, Garden Redesign and Installation, DUMBO, NY
🪨 Bordering Plants, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
🪨 TRIGGER PLANTING, Frieze New York, The Shed, NY
🪨 Rockefeller Center Christmas Channel Gardens, Design for Julia Watson
🪨 Rockefeller Center, Winter Campus Re-Design, Design for Julia Watson
🪨 Pandiscio Green, Rooftop Patio, Chelsea, NY
🪨 WIENWOCHE, Festival for Arts and Activism, Sandleitenhof, Vienna, Austria
🪨 Kasmin Gallery, Rooftop Sculpture Garden, for Future Green Studio, Chelsea