Who We Are
Creative Partners for Inspired Placemaking
Matt Fridell
Matt is a Landscape Architect with experience master planning, designing, project managing and advocating for great outdoor spaces since 1997. His strong technical abilities, sensitivity to cultural projects and an overriding interest in finding ways to bring sustainable high quality design to the particular needs of each project are why his projects are noted for their design excellence. He believes in design collaboration and making site appropriate places that work for his clients’ goals . Matt’s special area of interest is finding ways to provide affordable professional design services for rural communities throughout the high plains and is involved in efforts that build strong communities by connecting professional design services to need.
Rachel Drietz
Rachel is a Landscape Architect in Training at Tallgrass Landscape Architecture and has 4 years of design experience in a wide range of projects. During her time at Tallgrass, she has assisted in Master Planning, Planting Design, Residential Design, Playground Design, Creek Restoration, and Housing Development projects.
Rachel believes a connection to the outdoors fosters a creative mind, sense of adventure, and overall positive quality of life. She has special interests in 3D modeling, document layout, and has an eye for graphic design. Outside of her career, Rachel has a passion for big game hunting and hiking anywhere she can find a trail.
Tanya Olson
Tanya Olson is a Landscape Architect and managing partner at Tallgrass Landscape Architecture, with over 25 years of experience across the spectrum of landscape architecture practice as well as community and economic development. Her firm’s focus is to provide landscape architecture and planning services for tribal and rural communities. Tanya specializes in helping small towns discover their unique community identity and leverage everyday infrastructure projects to express that identity. She believes that even humble interventions can be meaningful and improve the quality of life for rural communities.
Alex Bossert
Alex earned a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from North Dakota State University and is a registered landscape architect in North Dakota. Alex has experience working in all aspects of the landscape design process, including research, analysis, conceptual design and construction documents. He has worked on numerous landscape architecture projects that have involved parks and recreation, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, streetscapes, sculpture gardens and memorials, mixed-use developments, schools, playgrounds, campgrounds, athletic field layouts, retaining wall and flood wall aesthetics, and commercial properties.
We help create flourishing communities with high quality everyday lives through collaborative place-inspired design in the Northern Great Plains and American West.
Our Core Beliefs
We create the places that define communities. We cultivate meaningful relationships that enable powerful design. We facilitate conversations that reveal the spirit of place and guide vision-creators. We imagine better lives for everyone who live in and use environments that represent our best aspirations. We recognize rural communities as the stewards of the land and keepers of a diverse rural heritage. We believe inspiration can come from anywhere.
What We Do
Facilitation - we help develop your vision
Planning - we help plan your vision
Landscape Architecture - we help bring your vision to life
Tallgrass Landscape Architecture partners are Matt Fridell and Tanya Olson.
info@tallgrasslandscapearchitecture.com
413 North 4th Street, Custer SD 57730
ph: 605.673.3167