landscape design for a peaceful mind... in fun and ease-full project collaborations
Landscape Architecture was my first profession. (I am working on my third...) University of Oregon gave me a professional five-year degree a few decades ago, and I practiced in several firms in San Francisco Area and the Southwestern prairie states for a decade and a half. There, I specialized in large scale commercial projects, water features and wildflowers. I was licensed in five Northwest, and Southwestern states (but no longer hold those state licenses). My day job as a hospice chaplain has me pretty busy with the other end of the life cycle but my day is flexible. Call me.
I look forward to speaking with you to see if we are a fit for a fun and ease-full project, together.
Specializing in creative solutions in your landscapes for living:
I look forward to speaking with you to see if we are a fit for a fun and ease-full project, together.
Specializing in creative solutions in your landscapes for living:
- Pacific Northwest native plants
- Mediterranean low water plants
- Spectacular seasonal beauty
- No-mow solutions
- Meditation gardens
- Word garden and unusual statuary
- Water features & fire elements
Collaborative atmosphere - the co-creative process of residential design and construction...
I will meet with you to create a design that will suit and delight you, your needs and those of your family, We will work together on preliminaries, iterate scenarios, and finalize garden, structures, and ornament to suit. I will then create construction drawings, with which you will be able to get competitive bids from reputable contractors. I will also be there to support you and the construction process for the usual on-site issues that will always come up when we build.
Personalized and Seasonalized. It is not your mother's landscape. (Probably.)
We specialize in Pacific Northwest native plants and Mediterranean low water plants that easily adapt well to our Northern California environments. We actually use natives in a design color palette for the celebration of the seasons. We don't just plunk them down but integrate them into a whole, which will function to remind us...even here...even now...that the seasons are alive and something to celebrate.
In the San Francisco area, we have choices. We have a lot of choice and those choices define us. Let's choose better, together. What we allow into our gardens is as important as what we weed out. (No I am not talking metaphysics...but that too.)
Your garden will not look like your neighbor's, because where's the fun in that? And you are not your neighbor (but, of course, you love them as yourself...if not, don't worry, we do great fences, too)
I work with people on their residences or selected NFP organizations. I charge for initial meetings, which will credit to contract when we proceed with the design. My fees are generally 10 to 15% of construction costs but will vary.
Personalized and Seasonalized. It is not your mother's landscape. (Probably.)
We specialize in Pacific Northwest native plants and Mediterranean low water plants that easily adapt well to our Northern California environments. We actually use natives in a design color palette for the celebration of the seasons. We don't just plunk them down but integrate them into a whole, which will function to remind us...even here...even now...that the seasons are alive and something to celebrate.
In the San Francisco area, we have choices. We have a lot of choice and those choices define us. Let's choose better, together. What we allow into our gardens is as important as what we weed out. (No I am not talking metaphysics...but that too.)
Your garden will not look like your neighbor's, because where's the fun in that? And you are not your neighbor (but, of course, you love them as yourself...if not, don't worry, we do great fences, too)
I work with people on their residences or selected NFP organizations. I charge for initial meetings, which will credit to contract when we proceed with the design. My fees are generally 10 to 15% of construction costs but will vary.