Landscape Designers Specializing in California Native Plant Gardens
The following is contact information for native plant landscape designers whose gardens have been showcased on previous tours, or whose gardens are appearing on this year’s Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. Having a designer spend a couple of hours talking with you at your garden is a wonderful—and inexpensive—way to get started gardening with natives!
An asterisk (*) denotes designers who are offering discount consultations to Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour participants. Just mention the Tour to receive your discount.
Beneath each designer’s name is a list of the gardens that s/he has designed. If you would like to see samples of a landscaper’s work, just click on any of the gardens below. Some of these gardens were featured on prior Tours; gardens that will be participating in this year’s Tour have been marked for your convenience. Click on a garden to view photographs, read extensive garden descriptions, and download plant lists.
Rick Alatorre *
Alatorre Garden Design
3101 Roosevelt Avenue, Richmond CA 94804
(510) 234-8175; alatorregardens@sbcglobal.net
Rick and Monica Alatorre’s garden, Richmond
Martha and Greg Alexander’s garden, Pleasant Hill
Gabriele and Don Briggs’ garden, Richmond
Cheryl Chi and Brandon Young’s garden, San Leandro
Catherine De Schepper’s garden, Berkeley
Laurel Eber’s garden, Richmond
Keith Hamby’s garden, El Cerrito
Pat and John Hierro’s garden, Castro Valley
Sue and Julio Kaplan’s garden, El Cerrito
Heidi Goldstein and Richard Thomason’s garden, Berkeley
Ann Keri and Richard Leaf’s garden, Berkeley – New this year!
Lois Reynolds and Terry Mead’s garden, Orinda
Merry West’s garden, Martinez
Rick Goodwin*
Rick Goodwin Native Garden Design
(510) 499-0870; mariposa_rpg@yahoo.com
Corinne Louise Greenberg, MA
Corinne Louise Design
P.O. Box 7627, Berkeley, CA 94707
www.thegardenisateacher.com
510-526-3593; corinne@thegardenisateacher.com
Certified Horticulturist
St. John’s Episcopal Church Garden, Oakland
Luke Hass
Luke Hass Fine Gardens
510-299-4529; Luke@LukeHassFineGardens.com
Landscape Contractor License # 933460
Marla Lee
Gardens by Marla
16 Nakayana Court, Alameda, 94502
(510) 912-3779: GardensbyMarla@gmail.com
Kelly Marshall *
Kelly Marshall Garden Design
www.KMGardenDesign.com
617 W. Myrick Court, Clayton 94517
(925) 914-0327; Kelly@KMGardenDesign.com
Roy and Rosadelia Detwiler’s garden, Concord
Kelly Marshall and Mike Weidner’s garden, Clayton
Miguel and Deborah Torres garden, Castro Valley
Alrie Middlebrook
Middlebrook Gardens
www.middlebrook-gardens.com
76 Race Street, San Jose CA 95126
(408) 292-9993; info@middlebrook-gardens.com
Ward and Pat Belding’s garden, Pleasanton
Granada Native Gardens, Livermore
Ann and Paul Kasameyer’s garden, Livermore
Jeff and Jacquie Kixmiller’s garden, Livermore
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livermore
Iain Milnes’ garden, Fremont
Carol Moore’s garden, Danville
Anne and Ed Severs’ garden, Livermore
Christine Schneider, RLA *
Native Sage Landscape Design
1651 Tyler Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 406-1889, Christine@nativesage.com
Landscape Architect, CA #3261
Christine Schneider’s garden, Berkeley
Shelterbelt Builders
1207 10th Street, Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 841-0911, rolland@shelterbeltbuilders.com
www.shelterbeltbuilders.com
Carol Baird and Alan Harper’s garden, Oakland
Rolland Mathers and Jennifer Adler’s garden, Oakland
Liz Simpson*
(510) 318-0244, Oakland
simpson11235@gmail.com
LizSimpsonGardenDesign.blogspot.com
Janette Bachman and Mary Pellerin’s garden, Oakland
Wen Hui Shen’s garden, Oakland – New this year!
Joshua Burman Thayer
Native Sun Gardens
2209 Ward St. Berkeley, 94705
(510) 332-2809
www.nativesungardens.com
nativesungardens@yahoo.com
Michael Thilgen *
Four Dimensions Landscape Development
2928 Poplar Street, Oakland CA 94608
(510) 893-1999; office@fourdimensionslandscape.com
Landscape Architect, #2906; Landscape Contractor, #484907
Certified Horticulturalist
Castro Valley Sanitary District Garden, Castro Valley
Beverly Cheney and Avrum Gratch’s garden, Berkeley
Gail Giffen’s garden, Lafayette
David Loeb’s garden, Berkeley
Martha Preble and John Hernandez’ garden, Oakland
Tim and Michelle Inama’s garden, Oakland
BJ and Larry Ledgerwood’s garden, Walnut Creek
Catherine Millar’s garden, Oakland
Marilyn and Carl Hirsch’s garden, Walnut Creek
Joseph McClintock’s garden, Oakland
Meg McShannic and Dave Wallace’s garden, Walnut Creek
Martha Preble and John Hernandez’ garden, Oakland
Shary Rosenbaum’s garden, Moraga
Price and Bernice Russ’ garden, Walnut Creek – New this year!
Nancy Salsig’s garden, Martinez
Gail Schino’s garden, San Leandro
Cynthia and Richard Simons’ garden, Castro Valley – New this year!
Kathy and David Welch’s garden, Piedmont
Matthew White’s garden, Berkeley
Pete Veilleux*
East Bay Wilds
http://eastbaywilds.com/
1972-A 36th Avenue, Oakland CA 94601
(510) 409-5858; vllx@sbcglobal.net
Karen Anderson Hayes’ garden, El Sobrante
Castro Valley Center for the Arts Garden, Castro Valley
Steven and Linda Cochrane’s garden, Oakland
Mary Cooper’s garden, Castro Valley
Diane Fagan’s garden, Oakland
Lessly Field’s garden, Berkeley – New this year!
Natalie Forrest and Douglas Sprague, Hayward – New this year!
Clara Lai and Howard Torf’s garden, Walnut Creek – New this year!
Roy West’s garden (maintenance only), Berkeley
Kat Weiss*
Kat Weiss Landscape Design
Landscape Architect, CA #4804857
857 Placenza Street, Livermore CA 94551
(925) 518-9083; kat@kwlanddesign.com
John and Fran Alcorn’s garden, Brentwood
Tim and Chris Boczanowski’s garden, Livermore
Kate and Andy Mackinnon’s garden, Livermore – New this year!
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livemore
Pat and Lisa Sotelo’s garden, Livermore
Kat and Eric Weiss’ garden, Livermore
Greg Wolford*
Californica Landscaping
CalifornicaLandscapes.com
(510) 848-6489; californica@mac.com
Tracy D’Ambrosi’s garden, Piedmont
Kate and Harry Dobbins’ garden, Oakland
Ben and Pat Dresser’s garden, Piedmont
Ed Gaible and Sandra Woodall’s garden, Oakland
Chistopher Kroll’s garden, Berkeley
Louise Miller’s garden, Oakland
John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez
Sobrante Estates Gardens, El Sobrante
Rosemary Zappulla*
Vera Rose Gardens
Permaculture Certified
Licensed Contractor # 915174
2728 Santa Clara Street, Richmond CA 94804
www.verarosegardens.com
(510) 681-9520; verarosegardens@gmail.com
Mary Ford and Rob Lewis’ garden, Berkeley
Irene Kiebert and Michael Fischer’s garden, El Cerrito
Ruth Lafler’s garden, Alameda
Dan Rademacher and Tamara Schwarz’ garden, Oakland