Plank Road Studios 

 When he isn't paddling a canoe, mountain climbing, riding his Triumph, planting trees or splitting  firewood, he can be found in Studio, covered in sawdust or steel shards.... honing an edge.

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Roger frequently consults and collaborates with colleagues in multiple design fields, and has taught workshops at the Horticultural Society of New York, the Staten Island Botanical Garden  and the Sailors Snug Harbor Cultural Center, as well as collaborating on reviews and studios at the UVA School of Architecture.  
He has completed restorations of the historical Robbins Reef Lighthouse in New York Harbor, and was commissioned by First Lady Michele Obama for design engineering and fabrication of tables, benches, and an entry arbor at her legacy White House Kitchen Garden. 

Roger Charles Sherry, founding principal of Plank Road Studios, is a licensed Landscape Architect

and Master Craftsman who designs and fabricates with stone, steel and wood. He has collaborated with furniture designers, art conservators and architects, and trained with master woodworkers-- including Tage Frid of Denmark and Toshio Odate of Japan-- developing a holistic approach to design, fabrication, detail and technique.  

Roger owned a fabrication + design studio in New York City for 20 years creating furnishings for residential interiors, gardens and penthouse terraces; restoration of period furniture, exhibition displays for museums; and fixtures, furniture and amenities for retail stores, schools, restaurants and institutions.  Intrigued by the design of built forms and their interaction with natural environments, Roger earned a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia.  Following a faculty appointment at UVA School of Architecture as a Cultural Landscape Architect, and several positions in Landscape Design firms, he established a design+build Studio in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Charlottesville, VA, where he focuses on landscape and garden design as well as fabricating a plethora of objects, structures and amenities to enhance the landscape.    
His work has been featured in numerous publications including: Fine Woodworking's Design Books,  The Classist, Institute for Classical Architecture,  Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservation Work of the Garden Club of Virginia, Fine Homebuilding Magazine, INFORM Magazine, UVA Magazine, and Gardens in the City: New York in Bloom.  Roger drew the conceptual design for the National Landmark Trail at James Madison's Montpelier, VA and was a principal of the winning design team for the African American Burial Ground Memorial at Monticello, VA.  His historical restorations at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in NYC were funded by a Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, and he was a recipient of a Virginia ALSA Honor Award for his National Park Service publication on historical narratives and landscape design prescriptions for the Petersburg National Civil War Battlefield.