Campion Hruby Landscape Architects

Both Kevin Campion and Bob Hruby were inspired to pursue landscape architecture by childhood experiences of water, woods and the interaction between built and natural environments. Quittapahilla Creek was a catalyst for Pennsylvania-raised Campion, who grew up beside it. “I witnessed how small human actions—runoff from roofs, lawn chemicals—flowed into and shaped the health of the creek,” he recalls.

Hruby split his time between a DC suburb and his family’s Chesapeake Bay cottage on the Sassafras River. “Moving between streetlights and air conditioners and the rhythms of the natural world made me aware of contrast,” he says. “Built versus wild, order versus freedom.”

Campion studied landscape architecture in the UK and worked for an Annapolis firm for 12 years before founding his own firm in 2010; Hruby joined a year later, bringing with him 16 years of experience working at DC firms. “We design gardens at the intersection of nature and architecture,” Campion observes. “Each is a living framework of our clients’ lives.”

The firm’s portfolio ranges from intimate urban gardens to large country estates. Its award-winning projects have been widely published. “Our team has evolved,” Hruby says, “but our goal has always been to connect people with the land through joy, humor and creative collaboration.”

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