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Pool remodel and garden project (finished earlier this year) #latesummerdays #thomaschurchgarden

Pool remodel and garden project (finished earlier this year) #latesummerdays #thomaschurchgarden

Just finished this garden build in Rockridge - another sunny day in the garden 😊

Just finished this garden build in Rockridge - another sunny day in the garden 😊

A sunken fire pit on black basalt pavers with a bespoke Ipe bench leads to the outdoor dining space. Standard form Laurus nobilis along the fence line will be pleached to create screening from neighbors with a ‘hedge in the sky’.

A sunken fire pit on black basalt pavers with a bespoke Ipe bench leads to the outdoor dining space. Standard form Laurus nobilis along the fence line will be pleached to create screening from neighbors with a ‘hedge in the sky’.

Looking forward to long summer days hanging out in our custom-made playhouses.

Looking forward to long summer days hanging out in our custom-made playhouses.

Rocking chair by the fire pit? Yes please. Recently finished garden in Albany, CA.

Rocking chair by the fire pit? Yes please. Recently finished garden in Albany, CA.

A snippet of a recently finished garden on Bayo Vista Avenue in Oakland: rectilinear entertaining area created with black limestone pavers edged with elfin thyme and California gold gravel.

A snippet of a recently finished garden on Bayo Vista Avenue in Oakland: rectilinear entertaining area created with black limestone pavers edged with elfin thyme and California gold gravel.

Fireside in the Berkeley Hills. It gets cold up there even on summer evenings! #lumacast #naturalstonepatio #podocarpusmonmal #landscapedesign #brownandjordan #berkeleyhills

Fireside in the Berkeley Hills. It gets cold up there even on summer evenings! #lumacast #naturalstonepatio #podocarpusmonmal #landscapedesign #brownandjordan #berkeleyhills

This water feature in a recently completed garden in Kensington is a hummingbird magnet. #landscapedesign #hummingbirdgarden #eastbaygardens #waterfeaturedesign

This water feature in a recently completed garden in Kensington is a hummingbird magnet. #landscapedesign #hummingbirdgarden #eastbaygardens #waterfeaturedesign

Squeezing this 2021 (mostly) garden reel in just before we hit Feb ‘22! #gardenistagram #bayareagardening #landscapedesigner #landscapedesign #donkeyoftheday #norwichterrier

Squeezing this 2021 (mostly) garden reel in just before we hit Feb ‘22! #gardenistagram #bayareagardening #landscapedesigner #landscapedesign #donkeyoftheday #norwichterrier

Black basalt water feature with Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' keeping it company in a hillside garden in Piedmont. The birds love the shallow water. #waterfeature #birdbath #landscapedesign #piedmontgarden

Black basalt water feature with Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' keeping it company in a hillside garden in Piedmont. The birds love the shallow water. #waterfeature #birdbath #landscapedesign #piedmontgarden

Checked in on this new garden today, the corten steel retaining walls will be magic when they weather, and when the furniture finally arrives, #supplychainissues , the patio will be the perfect place to watch the kids ride their bikes and hang out with the neighbors! #retainingwallsteel #beforeandafter #frontgardendesign

Checked in on this new garden today, the corten steel retaining walls will be magic when they weather, and when the furniture finally arrives, #supplychainissues , the patio will be the perfect place to watch the kids ride their bikes and hang out with the neighbors! #retainingwallsteel #beforeandafter #frontgardendesign

Before and after in Piedmont, hopefully you’ll know which one is which! @devilmountainnursery #entrances #littlegardenstories #offsetpath

Before and after in Piedmont, hopefully you’ll know which one is which! @devilmountainnursery #entrances #littlegardenstories #offsetpath

To add a little brightness to this gloomy Berkeley day one of my lovely clients sent me this image of her #cortensteel vegetable beds overflowing with goodness #vegetablegarden #berkeley #homegrownveggies #landscapedesign

To add a little brightness to this gloomy Berkeley day one of my lovely clients sent me this image of her #cortensteel vegetable beds overflowing with goodness #vegetablegarden #berkeley #homegrownveggies #landscapedesign

My office buddy hard at work #norwichterrier #terrier #officedogsofinstagram #landscapedesignerdog

My office buddy hard at work #norwichterrier #terrier #officedogsofinstagram #landscapedesignerdog

A quick before and after that I couldn’t be more pleased with: this Mandana Blvd design includes a stylish tile alternative to a concrete patio. This handmade @granadatile is sublime. #landscapedesign #familylandscape #entertainingoutside

A quick before and after that I couldn’t be more pleased with: this Mandana Blvd design includes a stylish tile alternative to a concrete patio. This handmade @granadatile is sublime. #landscapedesign #familylandscape #entertainingoutside

I love plants but these guys are pretty great too😉

I love plants but these guys are pretty great too😉

Roses aren’t my go to but when I started maintaining this small garden a year ago there were no blooms and a lot of black spot. Now this.

Roses aren’t my go to but when I started maintaining this small garden a year ago there were no blooms and a lot of black spot. Now this.

Ubiquitous but none the less gorgeous, right? #echeveria #sunnysundaygardening

Ubiquitous but none the less gorgeous, right? #echeveria #sunnysundaygardening

When the inside is as happy as the outside, thanks #mertieoliver

When the inside is as happy as the outside, thanks #mertieoliver

Hey, deer, leave my agave alone! #berkeleydeer #agaveattenuata

Hey, deer, leave my agave alone! #berkeleydeer #agaveattenuata

even grey clouds cannot stop spring, well, springing in my north Berkeley garden #northberkeley #terracedgarden #rosemaryandmint

even grey clouds cannot stop spring, well, springing in my north Berkeley garden #northberkeley #terracedgarden #rosemaryandmint

Doesn’t it seem like a lifetime ago when a trip to devil mountain meant sunburn....#devilmountainwholesalenursery #happydays #gardendesign

Doesn’t it seem like a lifetime ago when a trip to devil mountain meant sunburn....#devilmountainwholesalenursery #happydays #gardendesign

Framing in the Berkeley hills

Framing in the Berkeley hills

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