Indigo Farm, Indigo Farm, Inc landscape design on Martha's Vineyard, construction and maintenance on Martha's Vineyard

North Road Firewood was a land clearing company that was created by Steve Sinnet in the early 90’s. Steve had previously been an owner of South Mountain Company, one of the Island’s premier design and build companies. He had two employees, Mike and Alan Turnell. North Road Firewood provided landscape clearing and building services. One of their clients was Sanford Evans and Associates, an independent site planning and design firm.

Steve and Sanford’s easy working relationship and collective beliefs about landscape design and use became the impetus for the birth of a company whose owners would work closely together to creatively find solutions to the demands and problems of new landscape sites.

Steve’s college friend, Peter Robinson, a landscaper from NH, joined North Road Firewood in 1994. In 1996 Steve, Sanford, Alan, Michael, and Peter together created Indigo Farm, Inc.

Indigo Farm was created on three principles:

•Shared values regarding the environmental preservation of each sites existing landforms and the use of organic methods of planting
•The understanding of Vineyard landforms
•The commitment to beautifully and creatively blend built landscapes with their existing natural sites

With Steve’s ties to South Mountain Company the majority of the projects Indigo Farm worked on were in collaboration with the company. This close relationship continues today.

In 2000 Steve retired to pursue more worldly interests. Michael Turnell went on to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he received a degree in Landscape Architecture in 2001. He worked closely with Sanford on the Indigo designs until Sanford’s retirement to Maine in 2005. Alan Turnell then left Indigo in 2006 to expand on the areas of landscaping that are of particular interest to him.

Indigo Farm continues to work along the same principles it was founded on. Peter Robinson, owner, builder, and maintenance foreman oversees a crew that keeps all our designs in top shape. Mike Turnell, owner, designer, and builder oversees the crew responsible to carry out the building of our designs. Our two crews work closely together, aiding each other when need be to execute and maintain our client’s dreams.

Design
Michael Turnell,
Designer
Robin Brown,
Garden Designer

Build Crew
Michael Turnell, foreman
John Goodwin
Todd Goodwin
Henry Bernardes
James Evans, seasonal

Maintenance Crew
Peter Robinson, foreman
Osman Boswell
Philippe Enzanno
Henry Bernardes
Camilla Westby, gardens
Tanya Augoustinos, gardens

Office

Elizabeth Mahoney
Office Manager/ Design Asst.
Melissa Manter, Bookkeeping Plus
Finance Manager

Site Plannning Consultant
Sanford Evans

The respect we at Indigo Farm have for this island community and its stunning natural beauty is mirrored in the business practices and working relationships we have with our clients, colleagues, and each other. Our continued close collaboration with the crew of South Mountain Company is a satisfying and rewarding one, continuing to allow us to work on projects that challenge our creative solutions to the landscape.

We go forward with a sense of gratitude and anticipation in continuing to create sites of serenity from the evocative beauty of this island.