McCauley Williams Adams

I grew up in Louisville, KY near the Ohio River, gardening alongside my mother. Those early moments — kneeling in the soil, pressing snapdragons into the earth, watching her parterre rose garden grow season after season into something extraordinary — taught me to pay close attention to the natural world, to care for living things, and to leave every place better than I found it.

Before founding Ramble on Rose, I built a career in the wine & spirits industry, where I honed my understanding of place, brand, and the sensory power of a well-made environment. That professional background — the brand-builder's eye trained to see how space shapes experience — is inseparable from the way I approach garden design.

In 2021, a fellow landscape designer looked at my work and told me to quit my job. I wasn't sure I believed her. But the seed was planted. Ramble on Rose Garden Design grew from that moment — and from a lifelong conviction that the outdoor spaces homeowners live with every day deserve as much care and intention as the spaces within.

Environmental stewardship isn't a marketing point — it's woven into everything I do. I'm a founding member of the White Oak Initiative, served for six years as a Director on the Dendrifund board, served on the Advisory Committee for Louisville's Urban Forestry Master Plan, and am a proud member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD).

Whether you're dreaming of a full-property transformation or simply a quiet corner that finally feels like yours — I'd love to hear about your space. Let's make something beautiful together.