Earth Design as a company has received many favorable written articles in newspapers, magazines, and video media covering specific projects in which imaginative and unique designs of  native landscapes have garnered both praise and admiration. Earth Design's principal has been featured on the PBS’ Making it Grow with Roland Austin and Southern Ways with Judy Attwood. The Earth Design approach to natural landscapes with native plants has also been a feature with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin Texas, and the Greenville Journal.

Articles

• Saving Native grasses - State project helping to re-seed areas that have been disturbed
  State project helping to re-seed areas that have been disturbed.
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• Pickens Landscaper helping restore Furman Lake
  Pickens landscape architect Rick Huffman is proud to be involved in returning the lake at Furman University to it's original natural beauty.
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• Landscaper relies on native habitat for its ideas - To them, indigenous plants are as beautiful as any others
  Native plants, indigenous shrubs and local appeal are what separate Earth Design from other landscape architects.
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• Living in South Carolina Magazine Article - Going Native
  Rick Huffman's vision of how homeowners can put native plants to work in their yards and gardens.
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• G-Mag - Root of the Matter
  Rick Huffman, founder and president of Earth Design, Inc., landscape architecture and environmental design firm, discovered his muse and business partner-in nature.
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• Master Plan Ready for Easley Nature Park
  With a master plan now in place, work on Nalley Brown Nature Park is moving forward and could bring outdoor classrooms, trails and an environmental education center to the 38-acre space in Easley.
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Awards

• 2006 Environmental Awareness Award
  Rick Huffman has been named winner of the 2006 S.C. Environmental Awareness Award. In a ceremony March 20 at the State House, Tom Davis, Gov. Mark Sanford's Chief of Staff, announced the winner and recognized Huffman for outstanding contributions toward the protection, conservation and improvement of South Carolina's natural resources.
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