San Luis is now live on our website.
This coastal garden draws heavily from Old World traditions, inspired by the Italian countryside and rugged Australian coastal gardens, and reimagined through a California plant palette. Vibrant succulents emerge from cloud-pruned, textural shrubs with contrasting pops of flowering accents.
Explore this coastal garden through the link in bio!
DYNAMIC MINDS, BRILLIANT INSPIRATION MAY 29 at #DesignSiliconValley
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at JESS FIELD, FIELD ARCHITECTURE with very special guest Bernard Trainor from Ground Studio.
The full program starts with a presentation by architect Jess Field, showing images of the firm’s newest work, including newly completed residences that have not been published. Jess will discuss his philosophy of selection of a site, placement, materials, and the many considerations of healthy, appropriate and beautiful architecture. Jess will then be joined by landscape architect Bernard Trainor, who will present the newest projects, California wide, from Ground Studio.
The two collaborators, longtime friends, will discuss how they work togeher to create a harmonious and natural landscape that feels natural and inspiring. The afternoon includes a tour of the JESS FIELD, FIELD ARCHITECTURE Studio, and we will study models the firm creates to address all aspects of plans on the boards. We will view sketches Jess uses outline and plan sites, and to protect the natural world. The firm’s associates will also present the studio materials collection, and reveal work in progress in this immersive afternoon. Reception at the studio to follow. Photo: courtesy of Field Architecture.
🔗 Register to attend via link in bio. Only 30 tickets available!
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#Architecture #Landscape #Design #PaloAlto
We have a few new faces in Napa and Monterey! Please give a warm welcome to:
Travis Theobald, Technical Director, who has 24 years of experience learning the best in industry practices. He is leading the Ground Studio team to ensure that ideas are clearly translated, well-documented, and carefully implemented.
Wendy Huang, Project Manager in Monterey, has experience working across residential landscapes in California and the Pacific Northwest. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia and is a Master Gardener through Oregon State University.
Shannon O’Hehir, Project Manager in Napa, comes with a wealth of knowledge in native plants and soil microbiology, and advocates for land stewardship to ensure every project is functional and resilient.
Finally, Kinga Flansburg, our People + Culture Manager, joined our Business Administrative team with 15 years of experience in Human Resources. She coordinates Ground Studio’s employee relations and studio events with a people-first mindset.
We are so happy to have you all on the Ground Studio team!
Our Stone Villa project, with @feldmanarchitecture and photographed by @joefletcherphoto , is live on the website. A gently terraced ridgeline garden, the design restores over 90% of the site to native oak woodland and grassland, with every material locally sourced, and every grade considered.
We’re grateful for the attention this project has received, and for the chance it gives us to reflect on the meaningful client conversations, the first site visit, the collaborative design charrettes, the site-facing olive trees, and so much more.
Partner and Planting Director David LeRoy recently gave a studio talk on biodiversity metrics for planting design. He highlighted how to select species that maximize food sources for birds, insects, and pollinators using tools like the National Wildlife Federation’s Plant Finder and Calscape to measure species richness.
A few standout species:
Pinus radiata supports up to 80 moths and butterflies. It is one of the two trees native exclusively to coastal Monterey County, alongside Cupressus macrocarpa.
Arbutus menziesii feeds over a dozen bird and mammal species through its spring nectar and fall berries, and provides preferred nesting habitat for woodpeckers and cavity-nesting birds. It is a host plant for up to 40 moths and butterflies.
Ceanothus gloriosus is a nitrogen-fixing groundcover that enriches surrounding soil, feeds hummingbirds and bees, and serves as a larval host for the Ceanothus Silk Moth. It supports up to 77 moths and butterflies.
Salvia rosmarinus is a beloved Mediterranean companion plant that draws bees in abundance.
Architect Jonathan Feldman is renowned for his beautiful, environmentally sensitive projects. This is a self-sustaining house with geothermal heat, a net-zero solar electrical system, its own water and septic and earthen walls.
Architect @feldmanarchitecture
Landscape Architect @groundstudiolandscape
Rammed Earth @rammedearthworks
Photography @joefletcherphoto
#rammedearth #netzero #leedgold
Restoration of a home originally built in 1964. The property’s majestic beauty and ocean views are restored by reverting inappropriately placed walls back to glass in the main living area. Expanded use of wrap-around decks to blur the line between indoor and outdoor, making a stronger connection to the ocean.
Architect @robertson.fletcher.architects
Builder @grozaconstruction
Landscape Architect @groundstudiolandscape
Interior Design @the_wiseman_group
Photographer @aaronleitz
A sequence of smaller structures is distributed along the ridge to reduce visual impact, with a restrained palette of timber and stone allowing the buildings of Crestline Compound to settle into the terrain while collectively defining a cohesive arrangement around a shared courtyard.
Architecture by @arcanumarchitecture
Interior Design by Citron Home
Built by @mjkhomesinc
Landscape Design by @groundstudiolandscape
Visuals by @3dq.studio
#ArcanumArchitecture #Arcanum #architecture #interiordesign #design #architecturaldesign #residential #home #timeless #modern #contemporary #residentialarchitecture #modernhomes #homedesign #contemporaryarchitecture #luxuryhome #california #compound
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Garden Retreat is organized around a central pool terrace where the architecture dissolves the boundary between interior and exterior, allowing living spaces to extend softly into the landscape. The careful integration of water, planting, and shaded outdoor areas creates a continuous, inhabitable environment that encourages everyday life to unfold in close connection with the surrounding garden.
Architecture by @arcanumarchitecture
Built by @behrenscurry.homes
Landscape Design by @groundstudiolandscape
Visuals by @3dq.studio
#ArcanumArchitecture #Arcanum #architecture #interiordesign #design #architecturaldesign #residential #home #timeless #modern #contemporary #residentialarchitecture #modernhomes #homedesign #menlopark #contemporaryarchitecture #luxuryhome #timber #poolsidevibes #poolside #poolsideliving
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We’re honored to share that our project, Surf House, is featured in The Coastal Garden by @phaidonpress among many stunning projects by talented designers. The new book features a collection of gardens that exists in harmony with rugged coastal environments.
We’re continually grateful to be included in collections like this alongside so many of our respected peers. It is a privilege to be in such good company!
