Find a Designer
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! Consider having one of these designers come over to your garden for a one-hour consultation.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 to view photographs, read extensive garden descriptions, and download plant lists. 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.
Alexandra Ashton
Urban Flora Landscape Design (510) 612-0639; urbanflorista@gmail.com C-27 License 1033017
Bill and Nancy English’s garden, Orinda
Tré Frane’s garden, Orinda
Pat Rudebusch’s garden, Orinda On the Tour this year!
Stephanie Brady *
Living Garden Design, Hello@LivingGardenDesign.com (508) 244-7615
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation – Stephanie refers to installers
Sallie Bryan *
4B Garden Design: Creating native gardens for California’s bees, birds, bugs & butterflies
(510) 859-4535; sallie@4bgardendesign.com
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
Susan Billings and Dennis Fortin’s garden, El Cerrito
Sallie Bryan’s garden, Berkeley On the Tour this year!
Pamela Fox’ garden, El Cerrito (front garden design) On the Tour this year!
Jenny Michael and Craig Valentine’s garden New this year!
Cyn Coulouthros *
YesPlease.Garden, (925) 895-1719. Serving Walnut Creek, Danville, Pleasanton, Livermore, and nearby areas.
Services provided
• Design
• Full-service management – meaning, Cyn sees the project through from start to finish by creating 3D plans, collaborating with licensed installers, and providing construction project management
Calvin Craig
Calvin Craig Landscaping (925) 935-5269, Pleasant Hill, CA Contractor C-27 #545003; calvin@craiglandscaping.com
Ryan Cummings
Cummings Landscape Architecture (510) 282-3521; Ryan@Cummingslandarch.com
Landscape Architecture license 6330: Contractor’s license, 1077977
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
• Maintenance
Reka Foss*
Foss Gardens (510) 847-0102 Reka@FossGardens.com, licensed C-27 Landscape Contractor’s Lic. # is 1134016
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
Leesa Evans and Steve Danziger’s garden, Orinda
Martha and Kerwin Lee’s garden, Lafayette
Nancy and Bryan Collins garden, Walnut Creek
June Watanabe’s garden, Walnut Creek New this year!
Four Dimensions Landscape Cooperative *
Four Dimensions Landscape Cooperative 2928 Poplar Street, Oakland CA 94608 (510) 893-1999 office@fourdimensionslandscape.com Landscape Contractor, #484907
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
• Maintenance
Melinda and Steve Ballard’s garden, Pleasanton
Jennifer Becker and Dean Mayer’s garden, Moraga
Betsy Brazy and John Cartan’s garden, Alameda
Castro Valley Sanitary District Garden, Castro Valley
Anne Chambers and Ed McAlpine’s garden, Moraga
Beverly Cheney and Avrum Gratch’s garden, Berkeley
Beth Clark’s garden, Pleasanton
Clytia and Joe Curley’s garden, Oakland
Peg Farrell’s garden, Oakland
Gail Giffen’s garden, Lafayette
Marilyn and Carl Hirsch’s garden, Walnut Creek
Joanne Holland and Scott MacPherson’s garden, Oakland
Tim and Michelle Inama’s garden, Oakland
Carrie Knapp’s garden, Oakland
BJ and Larry Ledgerwood’s garden, Walnut Creek
David Loeb’s garden, Berkeley
Joseph McClintock’s garden, Oakland
Meg McShannic and Dave Wallace’s garden, Walnut Creek
Catherine Millar’s garden, Oakland
Betty Nelson’s garden, Lafayette
Randal and Azalea Ong’s garden, Castro Valley
Martha Preble and John Hernandez’ garden, Oakland
Shary Rosenbaum’s garden, Moraga
Phyllis Rothman’s garden, Berkeley
Price and Bernice Russ’ garden, Walnut Creek
Nancy Salsig’s garden, Martinez On the Tour this year!
Gail Schino’s garden, San Leandro
Seibi Lee and Joel Schoolnik’s garden, Kensington
Cynthia and Richard Simons’ garden, Castro Valley
Susan and Bill Teefy’s garden, Castro Valley On the Tour this year!
Valerie and Harry Thurston’s garden, Antioch
Mike and Mardi Veiluva’s garden, Walnut Creek
Kathy and David Welch’s garden, Piedmont
Matthew White’s garden, Berkeley
Susan Friedman *
Susan Friedman Landscape Architecture (925) 806-0643, San Ramon, Landscape Architect, #3893; info@SusanFriedmanLandscape.com
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
Lorraine Kalich’s garden, San Ramon
Nancy and Clark Vandell’s garden San Ramon
Todd Gilens
Todd Gilens Design (415) 309-3584; Landscape Contractor 1132756
todd@toddgilens.com
Services provided
• Consultation (can be a consultation about how to maintain your garden)
• Design
• Installation
Jennifer Hurley and Dan Gaff’s garden, Alameda
Jennifer Hurley and Dan Gaff’s garden, Livermore On the Tour this year!
Carol Thornton’s garden On the Tour this year!
Luke Hass
Luke Hass Fine Gardens 510-299-4529; luke@lukehassfinegardens.com
Landscape Contractor License # 933460
Jenny and Scott Fleming’s garden (maint. only), Berkeley
Louise Miller’s garden, Oakland
Elizabeth Pierson and William Rainey’s garden, Berkeley
Jason Lachick
Butterfly Effect Gardens (347) 729-8304
jason.lachick@gmail.com
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
• Maintenance
Miri Malmquist *
Beauty and the Feast Landscaping (510) 866-3325;
mirileore@yahoo.com
Pamela Fox’ garden, El Cerrito (back garden design and install) On the Tour this year!
Beatrice and Bjorn Hori’s garden, Albany
Gonzalo Mannucci
Planetscaper (925) 236-0705
Gonzalo@planetscaper.com Landscape Architect #7004
Kelly Marshall *
Kelly Marshall Garden Design 617 W. Myrick Court, Clayton 94517 (925) 914-0327; Kelly@KMGardenDesign.com
Services provided
• Consultation (can be a consultation about how to maintain your garden)
• Design
• Installation – Kelly refers to installers
Karen and Jeremy Amos’ garden, Clayton
Debby and John Butterworth’s garden, Concord
Roy and Rosadelia Detwiler’s garden, Concord
Juan Pablo Galván Martínez’ garden,
Laura Kindsvater’s garden, Antioch
Kelly Marshall and Mike Weidner’s garden, Clayton
Sally Mathews’s garden Oakland
Patricia Ramsay and Shawn O’Leary’s garden, Alamo
Nancie Ryan’s garden, Dublin
Miguel and Deborah Torres’ garden, Castro Valley
Sandra Nevala-Lee*
Green Thumb Works (510) 502-0992 greenthumbworks@hey.com Lawn conversion consultant; approved designer for EBMUD’s and the Contra Costa Water District’s Design Assistance Programs.
Services provided
• Consultation (can be a consultation about how to maintain your garden)
• Design
• Installation – Sandra refers to installers
Cecelia Fusich’s garden, Castro Valley
Plantkind *
Specializing in native plant landscape design, working throughout the Bay Area and northern California
Plantkind
e-mail: hi@plantkind.earth
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Full-service management – meaning, Plantkind sees the project through from start to finish, by partnering with their contractors, providing construction project management, plant procurement, and sourcing of furniture/lighting.
Mat and Anita Byczkowski’s garden, El Cerrito New this year!
Hannah and Mike’s garden, Oakland New this year!
Amelia Petrovic’s garden, Oakland
Peter Rohan
LandSpaces Landscape Architect #6033, Landscape Contractor, C-27 #899334 Richmond CA (510) 672-1642; Peter@LandSpaces.com
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
• Maintenance
Lindsay Ferlin’s garden, Oakland New this year!
Paul Glodis and Mary Jo Sanders’ garden
Richmond History Museum’s Native Plant Garden, Richmond
Peter and Jocelyn Rohan’s garden, Richmond
Lois Simonds *
Gardening by Nature’s Design (510) 501-0243 lois@gardeningbynaturesdesign.com Landscape Contractor, # 893957
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
• Maintenance
Trina and Jeff Horner’s garden, Walnut Creek (front garden makeover!) New this year!
Gretchen Pivonka’s garden, Alameda
Kathy Simon and Susan Lubeck’s garden, Oakland
Mary Ann Walsh and Richard Carter’s garden, Oakland
Nancy Warfield and David Gray’s garden, El Cerrito
Lauren Webster’s garden, Oakland
Wayne Whitney’s garden, Berkeley
Wayne Whitney’s new garden (yes, different from the one above!) New this year!
Pete Veilleux *
East Bay Wilds 2777 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601 (510) 409-5858; pete@eastbaywilds.com
Photos of East Bay Wilds’ work can be seen here.
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
• Maintenance
Karen Anderson’s garden, El Sobrante
Mary Ashby and Bob Beggs’ garden, Castro Valley
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
Natalie and Armand’s garden, Alameda
Janet Parks’ garden, Kensington On the Tour this year!
Maria Sargent’s garden, Danville
Natalie Forrest and Douglas Sprague‘s garden, Hayward
Clara Lai and Howard Torf’s garden, Walnut Creek
Nita Stull’s garden, El Sobrante
Roy West’s garden, (maintenance only), Berkeley
The Williams’ Family garden, Alameda
David Weise *
David Weise Landscaping LLC, (925) 989-1625; petra@weiselandscaping.com, Landscape Contractor’s License 1128917. Lawn conversion consultant; approved designer for the Contra Costa Water District’s Landscape Design Assistance Program. Serving Contra Costa and Solano Counties
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
Wildcat Canyon Community School, El Sobrante On the Tour this year!
Kat Weiss
Kat Weiss Landscape Design Landscape Architect, CA #4804 Livermore CA (925) 518-9083; Please note that Kat is only working in the Tri-Valley area (Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, and San Ramon), and she is only designing California native plant gardens. kat@kwlanddesign.com
Services provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation – Kat refers to installers
John and Fran Alcorn’s garden, Brentwood
Ann Brown and Steve Ketzler’s garden, Livermore
Tim and Chris Boczanowski’s garden, Livermore
Kathy and Don Brancheau’s garden, San Ramon
Carol Bruton’s garden, Livermore
Hannah and George Farquar’s garden, Livermore
Maria and David Dawson’s garden, Livermore On the Tour this year!
Dianne Griffiths’ garden, San Ramon
Dixie Finley’s garden, Livermore
Ed and Liz Folsom’s garden, Livermore
Carol and Don Hardesty’s garden, Livermore
Darcy Horne’s garden, Livermore
Stephanie Jones and John Kundert’s garden, Livermore
Kate and Andy Mackinnon’s garden, Livermore
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livermore
Pat and Lisa Sotelo’s garden, Livermore
Louann Tung’s garden, Livermore
Janis Turner’s garden, Livermore
Bryan Weber and Donna Edwards’ garden, Livermore
Kat and Eric Weiss’ garden, LivermoreKat and Eric Weiss’ new garden (they moved!), Livermore
Kathy Crane and David Weise, Yerba Buena Nursery
We’ve Gone Native kathy@nativeplants.com Located in Half Moon Bay: Service area is the Peninsula to the South Bay.
Services Provided
• Consultation
• Design
• Installation
These designers are no longer active with the Tour but their portfolio is below, so that you can see more photos of professionally designed gardens
Alatorre Garden Design
Rick and Monica Alatorre’s garden, Richmond
Martha and Greg Alexander’s garden, Pleasant Hill
Gabriele and Don Briggs’ garden, Richmond
Rollin and Pam Coville’s garden, Richmond
Cheryl Chi and Brandon Young’s garden, San Leandro
Catherine De Schepper’s garden, Berkeley
Bill and Linda Dick’s garden, Moraga
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
David Matthews and Liz Guthridge’s garden, Kensington
Noel Plummer’s garden, Albany
Lois Reynolds and Terry Mead’s garden, Orinda
Merry West’s garden, Martinez
Cindy Angers
(Cindy has moved to Colorado; her entries are just here for reference)
Cindy Angers’ garden, Livermore
Carol and Ted Crosly’s garden, Livermore
Teri Henson’s garden, Livermore
Donna Bodine
Donna is no longer designing gardens: her entries are here just for reference
Corinne Louise Greenberg
Kelly McGuinness
Kelly McGuinness Neighborhood Gardening
Diana Marshall Mei’s garden, El Sobrante
Christopher Reynolds
Reynolds-Sebastiani Design Services, info@reynolds-sebastiani.com
Sherene Arjani’s garden, Oakland
Liz Simpson
Liz Simpson Garden Design (Liz has moved to Seattle! Her entries are just here for reference) simpson11235@gmail.com
Gaston and Ariane Habets’ garden, Pleasant Hill
Robin and Neil Heydon’s garden, Alameda
Rita Hurault’s garden, Oakland
Joanna and Andrew Katz’ garden, Oakland
Joan Lohman and Jenn Biehn’s garden, Oakland
Tai Moses and Michael Kerner’s garden, Oakland
Mary Pellerin’s garden, Oakland
Wen Hui Shen’s garden, Oakland
Susan Weber’s garden, Oakland
Anna Wendorf *
Anna Wendorf Design
Lauren Kindorf’s garden, Clayton