Barks Road
CREATING REMARKABLE
OUTDOOR SPACES
Step outside your home to a place where your family can relax, play, and entertain. Barks Road is passionate about creating timeless and sustainable outdoor spaces through landscape design, planning, installation, and management services for the greater Annapolis area. We design outdoor spaces that become an integral part of your landscape. Whether intimate or spacious, elegant or modern, classic or contemporary, we believe each homeowner can have a truly special oasis.
WHAT WE DO
GARDEN CREATIONS
Our lives and our families are reflected in our spaces. This rings true even more so in today’s world.
From concept to completion, we strive to create outdoor spaces that capture the needs, wants and dreams of our clients. Our cohesive, considered and inspired designs will amplify your connection to nature. We bring the highest level of expertise, commitment, technical ability and enthusiasm to every project. From a seasonal container garden to an expansive waterfront estate, we create, design and execute sustainable, environmentally sound, inspirational landscapes.
MANAGEMENT
We provide complete landscaping services, including residential, commercial, and garden maintenance.
Gardens are ever-evolving. No matter how well-executed a design, strategy, or plan is, the true measure of success is how your garden is loved, enjoyed, and cared for over time. We create lasting relationships with our customers and their gardens, providing year-round horticultural excellence to ensure your property thrives. Enjoy the beauty of your landscaping and leave the management and maintenance
to us.
OUR WORK
OUR TEAM
Eric Blamphin, RLA, Owner/Principal
Eric has a degree in landscape architecture, over 30 years of experience in the industry, and has been licensed in Maryland since 1996. In 2005, Eric founded Barks Road, named after his childhood home in upstate New York. He grew up surrounded by the pastoral scenery of a former dairy farm, and its natural beauty is influential in his designs. Customers trust Eric implicitly with his choices and vision. One of his many talents is his ability to let the style and character of the environment, its structures, and the people who will be using it, inform and inspire the landscape design.
John Benoit, MLA
Director- Estate Management
As the head of estate management at Barks Road, John brings 25 years of hands-on experience in the horticultural industry coupled with a masters of landscape architecture. John has worked for landscape design and maintenance companies across the world. He consistently applies his extensive knowledge of garden design and proper maintenance to take client projects to the next level.
Pedro Contreras
Director- Construction Management
Pedro has mastered working with boulders and flagstones. Terracing, patios, and naturalized pool embankments are all part of his skillset,. For over 20 years, Pedro has been creating beautiful exterior spaces across Maryland, and we are so lucky to have him on the Barks Road team!
Michael Paddy
Master Carpenter
Michael is a true craftsman. From beautiful pavilions to sprawling decks to gorgeous gates/trellises, Mike uses his carpentry skills to enhace many of our enchanting spaces where our clients can relax and unwind. Maybe his ingenuity comes from his background in the arts, blending that creativity with natural wood material to fashion one of a kind structures.
Fredis Sola Rivera
Project Manager- Estate Management
Fredis is your property’s best friend. His knowledge and expertise in lawn and garden management is integral to keeping our projects perfect. A team player, his days are busy evaluating properties, leading crews, and troubleshooting the occasional irrigation/lighting issue.
Nina Bishop
Account Manager & Container Design
Nina has a background in horticulture. She is passionate about executing her visions and seeing them come to life through seasonal containers. Nina also manages our on-site greenhouse so we always have a palette of colorful plants to incorporate or supplement our designs.
Mark Kessinger
Senior Landscape Designer, B. S. Landscape Architecture
With 20+ years of experience in residential design and management and a Landscape Architecture degree from Virginia Tech, Mark brings his construction knowledge to the team. An original member of Barks Road, we are thrilled to have Mark back with us designing and managing projects with the detail we love.
Amy Wernecke
General Manager
Amy has an extensive background in home building with over two decades of experience and wears many hats at Barks Road! In addition to working with our design build division writing contracts and amendments, she is always ready to assist the team to get the job done.
Natalie Shina
Account Manager & Marketing
Natalie’s passion for marketing and social media brings a fresh perspective to Barks Road. Working as a Project Coordinator for the Estate Management division, she loves developing relationships with all of our clients and keeping projects on track.
We are hiring!
Barks Road is always looking for the next great team member to grow with us. Please see our careers section for more information.