Hugh Dargan

principal, Dargan Landscape Architects

Hugh Dargan founded his landscape architecture practice in 1973. It was incorporated in 1984 as Hugh Dargan Associates, Inc., when he was joined by Mary Palmer Dargan as a principal. In 2000, it became Dargan Landscape Architects, Inc. Mary Palmer Dargan and Hugh Dargan first received national attention in the mid-1980s for their re-creations of 18th and 19th century gardens in Charleston, South Carolina. Several of their projects currently air on* Ground Breakers*, a weekly primetime television series produced by Home & Garden Television (HGTV). Also, the Dargans' Atlanta garden was highlighted in the HGTV primetime series, *Secret Gardens Of... *, which focuses on outstanding properties around the world. The Dargans' projects have been featured in major books and dozens of magazines and newspapers such as *Garden Design, Southern Accents and The New York Times. *Their Charleston work is archived at the South Carolina Historical Society. They currently serve as vice-chairs of the Historic Preservation Professional Interest of ASLA. Over the past two decades, the Dargans have been invited to lecture widely on garden history, the art of landscape design, and a variety of other topics with the aim of communicating an understanding and appreciation of good design to a broad, public audience. View the complete listing of lecture topics.The Dargans are currently completing the manuscript for a fully-illustrated book in which they share their approach to creating residential landscapes titled, *Timeless Landscape Design: The Four-Part Master Plan.*