A NAME WITH INTENTION
Two symbols.
One compass.
IVY CONNECTS.
Home to land. Nature to architecture. People to place. A living thread that grows into its surroundings — not imposed, but woven in.
THE HUMMINGBIRD IS PRECISION.
Purposeful, exact, always moving toward something worth finding. It does not create what is beautiful — it leads you there. That is how we guide our clients.
TOGETHER, THEY ARE OUR COMPASS.
Structure and adaptability. Permanence and change. Guiding every project toward what it is capable of becoming.
HOME · LAND · LIFE
Three things. Always present.
Every property is defined by three conditions — and the relationship between them.
Our work begins by understanding how they come together.
01
HOME
The home establishes order and orientation. Light moves through it and outward. The landscape continues that experience — extending space beyond the walls.
02
LAND
The land sets the conditions. Topography, views, privacy, light, and material define what is possible — and what belongs. Every decision is grounded here. What should be built. What should remain. And where intervention adds clarity — or unnecessary force.
03
LIFE
Life is how the space is lived — now, and over time. Where people gather. How routines settle in. How needs shift across seasons and years. We design toward all of it.
We meet you
where you are.
Some properties come to us as open land — full of potential. Others have already been shaped, lived in, or carefully tended over time. We step in wherever you are.
What matters is not where the project starts. It is the willingness to step back, consider the whole, and move forward with clarity. That is where our work begins.
We meet you
where you are.
Some properties come to us as open land — full of potential. Others have already been shaped, lived in, or carefully tended over time. We step in wherever you are.
What matters is not where the project starts. It is the willingness to step back, consider the whole, and move forward with clarity. That is where our work begins.
SELECTED WORK
Work that speaks for itself.
Each project begins differently. What remains consistent is how it is guided — toward a complete environment.
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THE REVEAL
See it before
it exists.
Before a single stone is placed, you will experience your landscape as a fully realised environment — built from your home, your land, and your life.
This is The Reveal
THE STUDIO
Vern Chellberg
Vern Chellberg has spent more than two decades shaping the relationship between homes and the land they sit on. His career began in the field — working in landscape construction as a teenager, learning how outdoor environments are actually built before he ever began designing them.
He founded Ivy Studio to do the work the way he believed it should be done: one studio, one continuous process, design and construction carried from first conversation to finished environment.
FOUNDER’S NOTE
"When I walk a property for the first time, I am not yet thinking about design.
I am thinking about how a family lives — or wants to live. I am reading the land: its light, its terrain, its views, the quiet things it is already offering that have not yet been noticed.
Most clients come to us knowing something feels possible. They can sense it. My job is to find what that is — and then design toward it, even when it is further than they originally imagined."
— Vern Chellberg, Founder
BEGIN THE CONVERSATION
Every project begins with a walk of the property.
A careful look at what is there — and what it could become. From that starting point, the work takes shape.
No presentation. No pressure. Just a clear starting point.