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 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) 234-8175; alatorregardens@sbcglobal.net
Rick and Monica Alatorre’s garden, Richmond On the Tour this year!
Martha and Greg Alexander’s garden, Pleasant Hill
Gabriele and Don Briggs’ garden, Richmond
Rollin and Pam Coville’s garden, Richmond On the Tour this year!
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
Joanie and Will Jump’s garden, Lafayette On the Tour this year!
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 On the Tour 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
510-526-3593; corinne@thegardenisateacher.com
Certified Horticulturist
Naomi Janowitz’ garden, Berkeley On the Tour this year!
St. John’s Episcopal Church Garden, Oakland
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
Michael Jennings*
Native Habitat Gardens
877 Solana Dr., Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 286-4671, mykj80@yahoo.com
Mary and Michael Jennings’ garden, Berkeley
Kelly Marshall*
Kelly Marshall Garden Design
617 W. Myrick Court, Clayton 94517
(925) 914-0327; Kelly@KMGardenDesign.com
Roy and Rosadelia Detwiler’s garden, Concord
Erik and Shellie Jacobson’s garden, Walnut Creek New this year!
Kelly Marshall and Mike Weidner’s garden, Clayton
Luis-Felipe and Gracie Torres’ garden, Pittsburg
Miguel and Deborah Torres’ garden, Castro Valley
Liz Simpson*
Liz Simpson Garden Design
Oakland
(510) 318-0244; simpson11235@gmail.com
Janette Bachman and Mary Pellerin’s garden, Oakland On the Tour this year!
Rita Hurault’s garden, Oakland New this year!
Joanna and Andrew Katz’ garden, Oakland New this year!
Wen Hui Shen’s garden, Oakland
Jillian Steinberger
The Garden Artisan
4437 Carson St. Oakland, 94619
(415) 359-3938; jillian@garden-artisan.com
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livermore (front, maintenance only; back, design) On the Tour this year!
Natalya Nicoloff’s garden, Oakland New this year!
Brian Swope
Tierra Seca Landscape Design
175 Bluxome St. # 311
San Francisco CA 94107
(415) 947-0228
Brian@TierraSeca.com
Paul Weaver’s garden, Oakland New this year!
Joshua Burman Thayer
Native Sun Gardens
2209 Ward St. Berkeley, 94705
(510) 332-2809; nativesungardens@yahoo.com
www.nativesungardens.dphoto.com
Ann Lage’s garden
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
Melinda and Steve Ballard’s garden, Pleasanton
Castro Valley Sanitary District Garden, Castro Valley
Beverly Cheney and Avrum Gratch’s garden, Berkeley
Gail Giffen’s garden, Lafayette
Marilyn and Carl Hirsch’s garden, Walnut Creek
Tim and Michelle Inama’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
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
Cynthia and Richard Simons’ garden, Castro Valley On the Tour this year!
Valerie and Harry Thurston’s garden, Antioch On the Tour this year!
Kathy and David Welch’s garden, Piedmont
Matthew White’s garden, Berkeley
Pete Veilleux*
East Bay Wilds
1972-A 36th Avenue, Oakland CA 94601
(510) 409-5858; vllx@sbcglobal.net
Karen Anderson Hayes’ garden, El Sobrante On the Tour this year!
Mary Ashby and Bob Beggs’ garden, Castro Valley New this year!
Castro Valley Center for the Arts Garden, Castro Valley
Steven and Linda Cochrane’s garden, Oakland
Mary Cooper’s garden, Castro Valley On the Tour this year!
Diane Fagan’s garden, Oakland
Lessly Field’s garden, Berkeley
Natalie Forrest and Douglas Sprague’s garden, Hayward
Clara Lai and Howard Torf’s garden, Walnut Creek
Roy West’s garden (maintenance only), Berkeley
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
Tim and Chris Boczanowski’s garden, Livermore On the Tour this year!
Kathy and Don Brancheau’s garden, San Ramon On the Tour this year!
Kate and Andy Mackinnon’s garden, Livermore
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livermore On the Tour this year!
Pat and Lisa Sotelo’s garden, Livermore
Louann Tung’s garden, Livermore New this year!
Bryan Weber and Donna Edwards’ garden, Livermore
Kat and Eric Weiss’ garden, Livermore
Christine Wiseman*
Inspired by Nature
Hayward CA
(510) 406-2466; Christine@InspiredByNature.com
Rosemary Zappulla*
Wild Rose Gardens Sustainable Landscaping
El Cerrito, CA
(510) 558-0648; wildrosegardenslandscaping@gmail.com
CA State Landscape Contractors Lic. # 915174
Certified Green Business
Certified Rainwater Installer
Certified Greywater Installer
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 On the Tour this year!