Find a Designer 2022
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.
Rick Alatorre *
Alatorre Garden Design 3101 Roosevelt Avenue, Richmond CA 94804 (510) 932-9913; alatorregardens@sbcglobal.net
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
Joanie and Will Jump’s garden, Lafayette
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 *
EcoFolia Design (925) 323-5696, Livermore, Landscape Architect, #6021; EcoFoliaDesign@gmail.com
Cindy Angers’ garden, Livermore
Carol and Ted Crosly’s garden, Livermore
Teri Henson’s garden, Livermore
Alexandra Ashton
Urban Flora Landscape Design (510) 612-0639; urbanflorista@gmail.com C-27 License 1033017
Tré Frane’s garden, Orinda
Pat Rudebusch’s garden, Orinda
Donna Bodine
ReScape California Qualified Landscape Maintenance Professional
(510) 325-9727; dbodine@aquatus.com
Ethan Bodnar *
Plantkind (203) 808-8178; ethan@plantkind.co
Sallie Bryan
4B Garden Design: Creating native gardens for California’s bees, birds, bugs & butterflies
(510) 859-4535; sallie@4bgardendesign.com
Four Dimensions Landscape Company *
Four Dimensions Landscape Company 2928 Poplar Street, Oakland CA 94608 (510) 893-1999 office@fourdimensionslandscape.com Landscape Architect, #2906; Landscape Contractor, #484907 Certified Horticulturalist
See:
Melinda and Steve Ballard’s garden, Pleasanton
Jennifer Becker and Dean Mayer’s garden, Moraga
Castro Valley Sanitary District Garden, Castro Valley
Anne Chambers and Ed McAlpine’s garden, Moraga On the Tour this year!
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
Trina and Jeff Horner’s garden, Walnut Creek
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
Price and Bernice Russ’ garden, Walnut Creek
Nancy Salsig’s garden, Martinez
Gail Schino’s garden, San Leandro
Seibi Lee and Joel Schoolnik’s garden, Kensington
Cynthia and Richard Simons’ garden, Castro Valley
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
Lorraine Kalich’s garden, San Ramon
Nancy and Clark Vandell’s garden San Ramon
Todd Gilens *
Todd Gilens Design (415) 309-3584; todd@toddgilens.com
Jennifer and Dan Gaff’s garden, Alameda
Corinne Louise Greenberg, MA
Corinne Louise Design P.O. Box 7627, Berkeley, CA 94707 510-526-3593; corinnelouisedesign@yahoo.com Certified Horticulturist; Environmental Educator
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
Miri Malmquist *
Beauty and the Feast Landscaping (510) 866-3325; mirileore@yahoo.com
Mariposa Gardening & Design *
Mariposa Gardening & Design 1625 16th Street, Oakland, (510) 891-1835, info@MariposaGardening.com
Contracto’s License #1038752
Gary and Jamie Bramwell’s garden – New this year!
Carolyn Rashby and Scott Flicker’s garden – New this year!
Kelly Marshall **
Kelly Marshall Garden Design 617 W. Myrick Court, Clayton 94517 (925) 914-0327; Kelly@KMGardenDesign.com
Karen and Jeremy Amos’ garden, Clayton
Debby and John Butterworth’s garden, Concord
Roy and Rosadelia Detwiler’s garden, Concord
Erik and Shellie Jacobson’s garden, Walnut Creek
Kelly Marshall and Mike Weidner’s garden, Clayton
Sally Mathews’s garden Oakland
Sue Mellers’ garden, Albany On the Tour this year!
Nancie Ryan’s garden, Dublin
Miguel and Deborah Torres’ garden, Castro Valley
Peter Rohan *
LandSpaces Landscape Architect #6033, Landscape Contractor, C-27 #899334 Richmond CA (510) 672-1642; Peter@LandSpaces.com
Lois Simonds *
Gardening by Nature’s Design (510) 501-0243 lois@gardeningbynaturesdesign.com
Gretchen Pivonka’s garden, Alameda On the Tour this year!
Nancy Warfield and David Gray’s garden, El Cerrito
Wayne Whitney’s garden, Berkeley
Liz Simpson
Liz Simpson Garden Design (Liz has moved to Seattle! Her entries are just here for reference) simpson11235@gmail.com
Janette Bachman and Mary Pellerin’s garden, Oakland
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
Wen Hui Shen’s garden, Oakland
Pete Veilleux **
East Bay Wilds 1972-A 36th Avenue, Oakland CA 94601 (510) 409-5858; pete@eastbaywilds.com
Flicker photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjyZztPd
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
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
Kat Weiss
Kat Weiss Landscape Design Landscape Architect, CA #4804857 Livermore CA (925) 518-9083; kat@kwlanddesign.com
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
Dixie Finley’s garden, Livermore
Ed and Liz Folsom’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, Livermore
Nancy Wenninger’s garden, Walnut Creek On the Tour this year!
Kathy Crane and David Weise, Yerba Buena Nursery *
We’ve Gone Native (650) 851-1668. kathy@nativeplants.com Located in Half Moon Bay: Service area is the Peninsula to the South Bay
Anna Wendorf *
Anna Wendorf Design (925) 300-5786 anna.wendorf@gmail.com
