Projects

Selected work.

Resilient landscapes across the Bay Area — hillside family gardens, a downtown pocket park and a community farm, with senior living and mixed-use communities on the boards. Architects and builders can see what I bring to a collaborative team here.

All projects

Orinda Residence — the rebuilt pool reflecting a cloud-streaked sky, with the open-air pavilion at its far end and a pergola beside the house

Orinda Residence

At David Thorne Landscape Architect
Tracy Lakes Agrihood at dusk — the raised planters and farm barn on one side, the lake and lakeside path on the other, the community beyond

Tracy Lakes Agrihood

With Farmscape
Palo Alto Craftsman front garden — red Japanese maples and birches over a flagstone path through native planting

Palo Alto Craftsman Garden
Stanford Residence — the mid-century wood house seen from the street behind a no-mow fescue meadow, deer grass, and a full-range bluestone entry walk

Stanford Residence
SoFA Pocket Park, San Jose — a parent and child on the low wooden deck among marigolds, raised planters, and a flower mural

SoFA Pocket Park, San Jose

With Farmscape
Carmel Contemporary Hacienda — ornamental grasses and lavender opening to the canyon view in morning fog

Carmel Contemporary Hacienda

At Arterra Landscape Architects
San Mateo Residence — design rendering of the no-mow lawn, two chairs under an umbrella, framed by Japanese maples and layered native beds

San Mateo Residence

Design rendering
Woodside Woodland Garden — a dry-stacked stone wall curving with the drive beneath tall redwoods

Woodside Woodland Garden
Los Altos Residence — the children’s garden with a basalt-column fountain over river pebbles, rushes, and a small garden shed

Los Altos Residence
San Leandro Residence — the backyard grown in: the owners’ dog on the lawn, pollinator beds and the trellis screen along the fences, at evening

San Leandro Residence
Mountain View Residence — a flagstone path through the no-mow meadow to the pergola dining terrace, blue oat grass and yellow phlomis in the beds

Mountain View Residence
Lafayette Residence — the outdoor living room at dusk, a lit stone fireplace under a timber pergola

Lafayette Residence

At David Thorne Landscape Architect
San Francisco rooftop edible garden at dusk — raised planters of kale, broccoli, and herbs behind perforated bubble screens, city rooftops and a sunset sky beyond

San Francisco Rooftop Edible Garden

With Farmscape
Lafayette edible garden — redwood raised beds full of tomatoes along a cobblestone path with a rosemary hedge and oak woodland in warm afternoon light

Lafayette Edible Garden

With Farmscape
Los Gatos edible garden — timber raised beds inside the deer fence, string lights overhead, the green-roofed barn beyond

Los Gatos Edible Garden

With Farmscape
Palo Alto Eichler — the edible garden’s raised beds in full production, the house behind

Palo Alto Eichler Garden

With Farmscape
Piedmont Residence at dusk — the lit villa seen across the level lawn, with a moon above the trees

Piedmont Residence

At David Thorne Landscape Architect
Sausalito Residence — the house from below at dusk, lit glazing above a planted bank, the terrace running the length of the living room

Sausalito Residence

At Arterra Landscape Architects
Burlingame Residence — a stacked-stone fire pit and lounge chairs on decomposed granite, ringed by raised vegetable beds under a red umbrella

Burlingame Residence

At David Thorne Landscape Architect
Belmont

Hillside View Garden

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Orinda

Hillside Family Garden

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Hayward

Mixed-Use Residences

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Orinda

Fire-Wise Deck & Outdoor Kitchen

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Oakland

Senior Living Courtyard

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Richmond

Live/Work Condominiums

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West End, Atlanta

Edible Community Greenway

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Some of these projects were designed during my years at other firms — Arterra Landscape Architects, David Thorne Landscape Architect, and Farmscape, one of California's leading edible-landscape firms — and each project page credits the people I worked with.