Catherine Oranchak/Landscape Architect

Catherine (Cate) Oranchak runs an Arlington landscape architecture practice as an owner-operated shop, working across residential gardens as well as institutional, corporate and public-housing projects. The company says it has been in business 15 years, with Oranchak herself having practiced landscape architecture for more than 30. In a 2017 review, one client described contacting her after buying a rundown property in 2009 — Cate turned around a detailed planting plan quickly, and the client, ten summers in, still calls the garden "more and more beautiful." Another 2017 review credits her with meeting every deadline and budget. Massachusetts verifies her as a Women Business Enterprise, with certification active through mid-2027. Houzz separately lists LEED accreditation and Massachusetts (#968) and New York (#001510-1) landscape architecture licence numbers as the firm's own claims, not registry-verified. Design work here is priced apart from construction — Houzz lists a $10,000–$100,000 design fee range before build-out costs. A fit for a homeowner planning a full garden or site design rather than routine yard work, with construction handled by a separate contractor.