Angelica Norton is a principal designer and co-owner of Open Envelope Studio, a boutique residential landscape design/build firm based in Austin, TX. Born in Houston, she transplanted to central Texas for college where she earned a BA in Liberal Arts with a focus on creative writing (’04) and Master of Landscape Architecture (’07), both from The University of Texas at Austin. She collaborates with her husband and OES co-owner, Matt, and for the past 11+ years their team has specialized in modern outdoor living spaces and custom steel work. Through using native and regionally-adapted species, she provides low-maintenance and sustainable planting strategies for gardens meant to be experienced beyond merely as a vista or curb appeal. Angelica’s designs explore how to better the lives of her clients through intentional space-making in the landscape and the built environment. She is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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Angelica inherited her green thumb from many generations on her mother’s side, which she's passing on to her daughters, Eloise and Ansley. Outside of designing landscapes, she's also a multi-media artist, writer, podcaster for Chatty Crafties, Testify performer, blogger, and novice sewist.  

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