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 and 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 is currently involved in ongoing restorations of the historical Robbins Reef Lighthouse situated in New York Harbor, and in a recent commission for First Lady Michelle Obama, has completed the design engineering, fabrication and installation of tables, benches, and an entry arbor for her White House Legacy Kitchen Garden. 

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

and master craftsman with over four decades designing and fabricating with stone, steel and wood. He has trained and collaborated with furniture designers, art conservators, landscape architects and master woodworkers - including Tage Frid of Denmark and Toshio Odate of Japan - developing a holistic approach to design, fabrication, detail and technique.  

For over twenty years Roger owned and operated a fabrication + design studio in New York City where commissions included 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 and application 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 research 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 an array 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 James Madison National Landmark Trail at 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 publication on historical narratives and landscape design prescriptions for the Petersburg National Civil War Battlefield. 

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