Path to the house, pass by the herbs, wash up, and drop your basket on the shelf for next time. Like our project in Sonoma, our latest designs are unpacking the beauty and experience of utility.
It's been a recent obsession with how the practical arts of growing food can be thoughtful and inspired.
Photos by @caitlinatkinson
Drawing: Towards a Vegan Permaculture, Graham Burnett
#Sonomalandscapearchitect #Sonomagardendesign
On a hillside in the Berkeley Hills, a family of creatives needed a place to exhale.
The two ideas on planting design:
1. The Story, with each space showcasing a different plant, like a series of scenes or discrete acts unfolding.
2. The Song, with more repetition in the plant layout, a chorus, and a similar beat throughout.
#landscapearchitecture #gardendesign #designprocess
Swipe through to see the careful process of cut + fill, ensuring no material goes to waste. Carving out only the flat spaces that will be needed, letting the slope resolve itself everywhere else.
Helenium puberulum, our star perennial at 'Serpentine', defines the mood and softens the stone. It reminds us that the most powerful material in any garden is alive.
This native perennial (commonly known as rosilla) has strappy green leaves and a spherical flower that bobs over other plants. She thrives on riverbanks and seeps, great for low spots in the gardens.
#landscapearchitecture #plantingdesign #californianatives
Reflecting on the legacy of Victory Gardens: propaganda and production. But also, agency, community, and opting out of abusive food systems. Food was (once again) grown for sustenance and hope.
#victorygarden #ediblegarden #growyourownfood
We designed Le Salon's garden bench as a side table, a bar counter, a conversation pit, and the garden nap spot.
Construction: @wooleylandscapes
Photography: @caitlinatkinson_photography
#Oaklandgarden #residentiallandscape #landscapearchitecture
