Fieldstead

Fieldstead Design + Build + Shop
Artful spaces, rooted to place
Coming Soon to 28 Main St. Warkworth, Ontario

Choosing trees, one at a time.I was back at the nursery this week tagging trees for our fall planting projects. It's som...
09/05/2026

Choosing trees, one at a time.
I was back at the nursery this week tagging trees for our fall planting projects. It's something I've been doing for years whenever the project allows.
Two trees can have the same name and size on paper and be very different in person. Form, branching, structure and overall health all matter — as does the particular garden and place the tree is being chosen for.
So whenever possible, we go to the nursery and select our trees and larger specimens individually.
It's a small part of the process, but an important one.

We’ve been a little overwhelmed, in the best way, by the response to Fieldstead over the past week.Thank you to everyone...
09/01/2026

We’ve been a little overwhelmed, in the best way, by the response to Fieldstead over the past week.

Thank you to everyone who has followed along, shared the new page, sent a note, recommended us to someone, or simply offered a kind word. After many years of working as Michael Rose Gardens and Noble Custom Carpentry, it means a great deal to have this next chapter received so warmly.

There is a lot still taking shape, and we’re very happy to have you here as it unfolds.

Michael-Rose + Wolfgang

I should introduce myself properly.I’m Michael-Rose, the co-founder, creative director and garden designer behind Fields...
08/26/2026

I should introduce myself properly.
I’m Michael-Rose, the co-founder, creative director and garden designer behind Fieldstead.
Fieldstead is new, but the work behind it isn’t. For years I worked as Michael Rose Gardens, and before I ever imagined having a studio or building a larger practice, I was simply trying to make gardens that felt good to be in.
I learned by doing and observing. By planting a lot of plants, moving a lot of plants, watching what thrived and what didn’t, and returning to the same gardens year after year. My work has changed a lot along the way. I’ve become more interested in restraint, repetition and plants that really want to be where they’re planted. Less interested in filling every space. More interested in what a garden might become over time. Never worried, never panicked.
I still love the whole process — drawing and planning, wandering nurseries looking for the right plants, laying everything out on site, planting, editing, and coming back later to see what happened.
The last slide is a planting plan from the Michael Rose Gardens years. Looking at those old drawings now, I can see how much has changed, but also how much of what became Fieldstead was already there.
Fieldstead feels like the natural next chapter. A broader practice, and one that gives us room to think about the garden, the landscape, the home, and the things we build within it as a whole.
I’ll introduce Wolfgang next. He’s a pretty important part of where all of this is going.

An introduction to the other half of Fieldstead.Before Fieldstead, Wolfgang worked as Noble Custom Carpentry, building c...
08/24/2026

An introduction to the other half of Fieldstead.

Before Fieldstead, Wolfgang worked as Noble Custom Carpentry, building custom kitchens, cabinetry and architectural woodwork with a level of precision that continues to shape everything he makes.

This kitchen was completed in 2016 — a project that still feels just as considered nearly ten years later. Wolfgang built and installed the cabinetry, bringing his meticulous attention to proportion, joinery, fit and finish to every detail.

The kitchen was designed by Jill Jankovich, whose beautiful design we’re very happy to credit here.

As Fieldstead takes shape, we’re looking forward to sharing more of Wolfgang’s work alongside the landscapes, gardens and other projects you’ve been seeing here. Our work has always had a life both outdoors and in.

Built by Wolfgang Nabert, formerly Noble Custom Carpentry.

Photos shared with us by the homeowner. Photographer credit welcomed.

Sesleria autumnalis (Autumn Moor Grass) is having its moment.We use this grass often, not because it demands attention, ...
08/22/2026

Sesleria autumnalis (Autumn Moor Grass) is having its moment.
We use this grass often, not because it demands attention, but because of what it does for everything around it. Repeated through a planting, it creates rhythm and continuity — a soft structure for the more expressive plants to move through.
By late summer, its pale flower spikes begin to catch the light, like summer sparklers, appearing and reappearing throughout the garden.
Sometimes the plants doing the most work are the quietest ones.

A garden is always evolving.At Walton, we’ve been planting into an already beautiful framework of mature trees and exist...
08/18/2026

A garden is always evolving.

At Walton, we’ve been planting into an already beautiful framework of mature trees and existing stonework by Forestview Landscaping. The garden itself was designed from the ground up by Fieldstead, beginning with a commissioned landscape drawing and planting plan and taking shape over a few seasons.

Each year, something gets added, shifted, reconsidered or allowed to settle in. The garden gets a little fuller, a little softer, and a little more itself.

Our clients here are always dreaming up the next addition to their home and garden. At this point, they’ve suggested we build ourselves a suite on their property.

Walton, late summer.

08/17/2026

A little update from us 🌿

You may have noticed that Michael Rose Gardens has officially become Fieldstead here on Facebook.

Over the next little while, we’ll be slowly turning everything over to our new name and brand identity. Like most good things, it’s a process — so you may still see Michael Rose Gardens here and there while we make the transition.

There’s lots more to come. We’ll be sharing more about Fieldstead, the work we’re doing in homes, gardens and landscapes, and the process of bringing our new brick-and-mortar studio and garden shop on Main Street in Warkworth to life.

We’d love for you to follow along as it all takes shape.

And, if we’ve had the pleasure of working in your home or garden over the years, we’d be so grateful if you took a moment to leave us a review here on Facebook. Your words help new people find us and get a sense of what it’s like to work with Fieldstead.

Thank you for being here — whether you’ve been following since the Michael Rose Gardens days or have only just found us.

MR + WN
Fieldstead
Artful Landscapes Rooted in Place.

Pleasant Bay, early May.Structure holding while the garden begins to loosen. Naturalized bulbs moving through a perennia...
05/02/2026

Pleasant Bay, early May.

Structure holding while the garden begins to loosen.
Naturalized bulbs moving through a perennial framework, last year’s stems left to carry light and pace.

A slower edit this time of year. Letting the composition reveal itself before intervening.

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