Portfolio

Formerly decorated with inert boulders as a dry stream bed, we transformed this static front yard into a living ecosystem.

New access stairs from street level give way to the lower garden: a new deck nestled under the cantilevered house, basalt-paver sun patio with fire pit, a secret fern grotto, and more.

An eye-catching driveway of poured concrete and black beach pebbles, with front walk lined and defined by choice California native plants.

We tamed the slope with a family-friendly design including new redwood deck, stone retaining walls, and grassy lower meadow for play structure and youthful romping.

Remodel of an existing roof deck in the South Park neighborhood of San Francisco. Drought-tolerant plants frame a clean, modern space for entertaining. Evergreen wax myrtle makes an attractive screen. Sages and Toyons look (and smell) like California.

Sustainable garden for green-rated new construction in Noe Valley, San Francisco. Includes greywater irrigation, a modern bench built from reclaimed redwood joists, a 50-year-old zinfandel vine salvaged from a demolished vineyard in Napa, a recirculating waterfall with basalt spill basin, and a redwood-understory green wall set between stacked-stone columns.

Green walls provide privacy and frame the setting for an urban oasis. Ferns and strawberries compete for dominance in a free-standing garden green wall composed of perforated steel.

Modern free-standing green wall with a million-dollar-view of San Francisco Bay. Beach grasses and succulents evoke the local bayfront setting.

Living wall of California native plants including Yerba Buena, redwood sorrel, idaho fescue, dwarf aster, chalk dudleya, local sedum, and more. The framing is redwood and perforated steel.

Living wall of California native plants including Yerba Buena, redwood sorrel, idaho fescue, dwarf aster, chalk dudleya, local Culinary herb gardens, California bunchgrasses, and local native succulents compose the green walls of this vertical landscaping design on a steep site in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco.sedum, and more. The framing is redwood and perforated steel.