Regenerative Landscapes and Interiors
Design in Community
with The Land
Lili Trenkova Design creates spaces that provide beauty, health, and value to their residents and surrounding communities.
Landscape Design
based on regenerative practices with a focus on low inputs and native, perennial plantings
Interior Design
that centers personalization and prioritizes sustainability, health, and access
Services
Lili Trenkova Design offers a range of services, from consultations to full design.
Virtual Consultation
This can be a one-time conversation or the beginning of a larger-scope project. For one-time consultations, we will use the hour to go over the needs, wants, and challenges with your space. You will get suggestions on the spot, and within a week after we speak, you will receive a written summary of the suggestions, along with any pertinent links to resources. Clients can be located anywhere in the U.S.
* The cost of this initial consultation will be discounted from the fees for larger-scope design projects.
In-Person Consultation
This too can be a one-time conversation or the beginning of a larger-scope project. Lili will arrange a visit to your space, do a walk-through with you, and use the hour to go over the needs, wants, and challenges with your space. You will get suggestions on the spot, and within a week after we speak, you will receive a written summary of the suggestions, along with any pertinent links to resources.
* In-person consultations are currently only available for clients in Sussex or Morris counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania, and Orange County in New York – but Lili will accommodate the right project regardless of location.
Full or Partial Design Services
You will receive design support every step of the way, from our first initial concepts through physical realization. For landscape designs, this includes planning, sketches and revisions, ongoing conversations, full set of plans and planting list, as well as coordination with the landscaper of your choice. For interior designs, this includes planning, sketches and revisions, ongoing conversations, finishes, fixtures, and equipment selection, full set of plans, as well as coordination with the contractor of your choice.
Partial Design means a reduced scope and/or deliverables from that of Full Design
Specialization
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Regenerative Landscape Design
When we center native and perennial plants in our landscapes, we promote local ecosystem regeneration, from soil to sky. Once established, regenerative landscapes require minimal amounts of time and resources for maintenance while increasing both curb appeal and property resilience. Through this design process, we create a vibrant living landscape and deepen our connection with it. A closer relationship with the land we live on empowers us to be its best stewards.
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Sustainable & Healthy Interior Design
Design that prioritizes non-toxic and eco-friendly materials, finishes, and furnishings. We deserve our homes to be a source of health and joy, and not at the expense of faraway rainforests or nearby rivers. Every porcelain tile and every dining chair has a story. Through this design process, we are mindful of these stories in creating the perfect space for our needs.
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Design for Disability, Neurodiversity, and Aging
This is a design layer baked into all of Lili’s work but one that deserves its own mention. Disability is something we all experience as we get older, and a lot of us experience it early on in life. In this design practice, we work together to identify design goals that support our unique circumstances. Our spaces should adapt to us, not the other way around!
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Remediating & Medicinal Plants
No matter what cultures we originate from, our ancestors used plants in more ways than just consumption. Learning how to use these plants can reconnect us with our lineages and traditions. Growing these plants ourselves is an opportunity for an even deeper relationship with Nature, whether spiritual- or scientific-based (or both!) Remediating and medicinal plants have plenty to offer us in support of our own wellness and that or our surrounding landscapes.
Why Regenerative
Because the mainstream solution to climate change (use less, reduce our environmental impact…) is not always practical or accessible. It also focuses on the negative, on us being bad. But what if we flipped this so-called solution on its head? What if instead of focusing on reducing our negative impact, we focused on increasing our positive impact? Instead of striving to be less bad, we worked on being more good? If we embraced living in community with, as opposed to separate from the land?
This simple shift opens up our minds to brighter possibilities, including that of a recovered and thriving planet Earth, and prosperous and happy humans. We can be good and be well. When it comes to where and how we live, we don’t have to choose between Nature and Design.
Credentials and Skills
Credentials
- Certified Permaculture Designer (Center for Bioregional Living)
- Certified Professional of Accessibility Core Competencies (IAAP)
- LEED Green Associate (USGBC)
- Fitwel Ambassador (Center for Active Design)
- Master Clinical Herbalist (Heart of Herbs Herbal School)
- Sustainable Interior Designer (UGREEN)
Skills
- Holistic site and space assessment
- Indoor air quality improvement
- Ecological restoration and biodiversity enhancement
- Climate-resilient design
- Agroforestry and edible landscapes
- Low-maintenance landscaping solutions
- Client education on sustainable practices
Client Feedback
“Highly Recommend!”
” Lili was extremely professional, prompt, and super accommodating wtih our back yard needs.”
“Lili was born to design!”
” In our past collaborations, they have brought necessary insight that would have otherwise been lacking. Their love for ecology and design should prove fruitful for the avid gardener or those simply seeking the pleasures of forward-thinking garden serenity.”
“A Thoughtful Collaborator”
” Lili went above and beyond designing our kitchen renovation. They put together a fabulous design based on all of our wants, and they graciously redesigned it when we changed our minds on major decisions halfway through. A pleasure to work with.”