

Raina Jessica Weber is a landscape designer with over two decades of experience. At only 19 years old, she founded Project Native, a non-profit native plant nursery in her hometown of Great Barrington, MA. Weber developed and implemented a plan, including acquisition of funds, for restoration of over 200 acres of natural habitat in Berkshire County. She went on to design and implement native plant restoration projects and ecological landscape designs for over 300 properties in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Notable collaborations in design, consultation, installation and contract growing of plants include; The New York Botanical Gardens, The High Line and Olmsted Park. Weber’s east coast career quickly became global when she was hired to design and install an outdoor restaurant for Noma’s pop-up in Tulum, landscape and ecological design for Casa Malca and Casa Violeta in Tulum, and landscaping collaborations through innovative artist collective, “Slow” among many other credits. Her specializations include permaculture, native habitat restoration, and grey water filtration gardens. She loves combining the wild and rustic themes found in nature with a minimal and refined aesthetic, and excels at both the small and large scale — with projects ranging from 54 acre native nurseries to pop-up outdoor restaurants. With a global roster of clients and a sophisticated, integrated approach, Raina considers all elements when designing from start to finish.
Press highlights:
"Raina [...] create[s] landscapes that shape and define 'outdoor living rooms,' working with nature as a medium." VIRGINIAV
" It’s hard to believe that this hardworking young woman, executive director of the nonprofit Project Native, dropped out of high school and ran away to Hawaii, [...] What started as a teen adventure blossomed into a career." Yankee Magazine
"and boom! Out came a dynamic team of activists devoted to changing the world for the better." [...] "Project Sprout became not simply a group of excited kids, but an entire community of people, young and old, working together to make the garden happen." Orion Magazine
"after picking up a copy of Pamela Weatherbee’s book, “Flora of Berkshire County” (Berkshire Museum, 1996), Ms. Weber decided that the region needed a native plant nursery. Not only that, but she had the fire-in-the-belly to jump the grant-writing hoops necessary to make it happen." The Litchfield County Times
Recipient of New England Wild Flower Society’s 2008 Education Award The Rogovoy Report