Rieley & Associates

Name

Rieley & Associates

Legal name

Rieley & Associates

Website

https://rieleyandassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlottesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Landscape Architecture Services: Project-based professional services for landscape architectural design, historic preservation planning, master planning, and construction documentation for gardens, parks, campuses, and historic sites.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rieley & Associates is a landscape architecture firm providing professional design, planning, and historic preservation services for gardens, parks, parkways, campuses, farms, estates, and historic sites. The firm integrates archival research and archaeological analysis to produce historically accurate restorations and construction documentation, serving government agencies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and private estate owners primarily across the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Product overview

Rieley & Associates is a landscape architecture firm offering comprehensive professional services. The core offering consists of landscape architectural design and planning services, with specialized practices in historic preservation and restoration, parks and parkways design, farms and estates landscape design, campus landscape design, and landscape research services. Projects range from intimate private gardens to large-scale public parks, historic site restorations, and campus master plans. The firm operates as a single unified service practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architectural Services Comprehensive landscape architecture services including design of parkways, roads, bridges, trails, public parks, gardens, pools, gates, fences, walls, and structures such as pavilions and summer houses.
• Historic Preservation and Restoration Specialized historic property services including extensive research to ensure designs honor the past while incorporating modern functionality, targeting national historic sites, plantations, and museums.
• Parks and Parkways Design Design services for parks, parkways, trails, wetlands, and recreational green spaces.
• Farms and Estates Landscape Design Design services for private residences, plantations, estates, and rural properties including formal gardens, terraces, pools, and landscape features.
• Campus Landscape Design Master planning and design services for educational institution campuses including university grounds, school athletic facilities, and campus gardens.
• Landscape Research Services Historical and archaeological research services for landscape projects, including cultural landscape reports and historic resource studies.

Quantifiable outcome

• ASLA Merit Award in Research 1989 for Acadia National Park carriage roads study
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Colonial Williamsburg FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Ongoing partnership for Custis Square garden research and restoration at Colonial Williamsburg. Five years of archaeological research and scholarly collaboration to restore John Custis IV's 18th century garden.
• The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar ForestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2021Long-term partnership for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest estate restoration and parkway development. Rieley & Associates designed the two-mile entrance parkway, entrance gates, and continue work on landscape restoration.
• Branch CivilcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 16 April 2021Construction partner for Poplar Forest Parkway project. Branch Civil served as the primary contractor for the parkway construction completed in July 2022.
• The Montpelier FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for restoration of formal gardens at James Madison's Montpelier estate, including gates, walls, and seasonal planting plans.
• Thomas Jefferson FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership for Monticello landscape restoration including Kitchen Road reconstruction, Mulberry Row realignment, and ongoing research.
• U.S. Forest ServiceminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral services contract for preparation of construction documents for Augusta Springs Wetlands Trail and Watchable Wildlife Trail projects.
• Garden Club of VirginiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on multiple restoration projects including Monticello Kitchen Road (formally dedicated April 2016) and numerous historic garden restorations. The GCV funds and partners on restoration work.
• College of William & MaryminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerReveley Garden restoration project completed in 2020, partial restoration of 1926 Charles Gillette scheme for the Beaux-Arts campus plan.
• Virginia LandcraftminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for Stratford Hall South Lawn and Cemetery project including tree plantings and cemetery enhancements.
• RELMAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting partner for Stratford Hall landscape projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Heritage Landscapes: Specializes in preservation, restoration, and management of historic landscapes for cultural institutions and private estates. Closest direct peer to Rieley & Associates given overlapping niche in archaeology-integrated historic landscape restoration.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Cambridge, MA-based landscape architecture firm with deep cultural landscape and historic estate work (e.g., Stanford, Dumbarton Oaks, widespread university campuses). Comparable in scale and prestige to Rieley & Associates within the historic/cultural niche.
• Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects: Charlottesville-based landscape architecture firm recognized for culturally and ecologically significant projects including Monticello's gardens. Direct geographic and practice-area peer to Rieley & Associates.
• Andropogon Associates: Philadelphia-based ecological landscape architecture firm with strong cultural landscape and historic restoration practice. Comparable specialty in research-driven, ecologically informed historic site design.
• Mahan Rykiel Associates: Baltimore-based landscape architecture firm with cultural landscape and urban design practice serving Mid-Atlantic institutions and estates. Geographic and practice-area overlap with Rieley & Associates.

Broad incumbents

• Oehme, van Sweden: Established Washington, DC-based landscape architecture firm with a broad portfolio spanning estate gardens, cultural landscapes, and civic projects. Larger and more diversified than Rieley & Associates but competes for similar premium private estate and institutional work.
• LandDesign: Large multi-disciplinary firm with a cultural landscapes practice that competes for university campus and historic site commissions. Significantly larger scale than Rieley & Associates with broader service offering.
• SWA Group: National landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with deep experience in parks, parkways, and public realm work — directly overlapping Rieley & Associates' parks and parkways practice.
• James Corner Field Operations: Internationally recognized landscape and urban design firm with large-scale public park and cultural landscape portfolio (e.g., High Line, Freshkills). Competitor for high-profile public park commissions.

Regional players

• Quennell Rothschild & Partners: Seattle-based landscape architecture firm with cultural landscape and estate work on the West Coast. Comparable boutique practice profile, though primarily serves Pacific Northwest geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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