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Sunset Magazine Article October 2009 'Stealing Beauty', reflective pool, water feature with San Francisco city view, gravel patio and native plants right off of Dolores Park in San Francisco.
Vertical garden window display at the GAP flagship store on Market St and Powell Street in San Francisco using Woolly Pockets and succulents.
Hand drafting of a commercial space with tile patio and vertical concrete walls. The planter box cutouts bring green to the space
Birch trees with Carex tumicola berkeley sedge in the Castro- a nice native grass that is drought tolerant. Aqua cove pebbles mulch the rest of the garden space
Zen garden in Portola with a view of the San Francisco Hillside. The modern angles of the garden create visual lines to focus the viewer on the pond water feature.
Metal Welded Fire feature and modern concrete patio surrounded by grasses and green textured plants.
Hand Drafted and color rendering Plan view of a small residential garden. The patios are terraced and intersect with an organic berm.
Urban Labyrinth garden with decomposed (dg) granite and Texas cream stone stacked walls. This garden is featured in Stephen Orr's new book 'Tomorrow's Garden' and located in St Francis Wood San Francisco.
Succulent Garden with recycled tumbled glass mulch from Building Resources in San Francisco. This garden is featured in Stephen Orr's new book Tomorrow's Garden.
San Francisco Flower and Garden show exhibit called 'POD.' This garden is a modern garden with shade loving plants and touches of the future. The Lebello stools fit into the pod theme as do the lights.
Rope lights light the path of this garden at the San Francisco Flower and Garden show exhibit called POD.
Hand drafting of a plan view of a deck that was built to cover an existing pool. The IPE deck increased the usable space by 100%. We used plants of Asian influence since the client likes simple clean lines and Zen gardens.
Carex testacea in foreground and Medallion no mow fescue low water use lawn can handle shady times of day in this Berkeley garden. Billboards are used on the old fence and old light cans and letters are repurposed and upcycled to add personality to the space. The Oil barrel chair adds a fun element and modern touch to the space.
Container gardening is at its best with this speckled cream planter paired with the Oil barrel chair. The contrast in the textures makes each item stand out.
Vacuum tubes and tire flower planters have made it into this garden called 'Overgrowth' featured in the 2009 Cornerstone Gardens 'Late show' in Sonoma, CA.
Slate patio on a concrete slab with a dry river bed of snowball cobbles designed to display the homeowner's collection of garden sculpture. We used moss to make moss pillows and Staghorn ferns in this Noe Valley Garden.
Photo of Moon sculpture on moss pillow in this residential pocket garden in Noe Valley San Francisco.
Hand drafted color rendering of a residential patio garden with pond. It has interior concrete planter boxes that are filled with drought tolerant grasses and succulent rock gardens
Meadow garden in Glen Park San Francisco. Native grasses as well as drought tolerant grasses were used with Cannas, Abutilon and chocolate oxalis to create this lush planting area. The dry stacked Arizona Flagstone bench adds a warm color to the space.
Cable railings on the steps recall the metal round planters of cold steel in this garden in the Mission District of San Francisco. The metal planters are edible gardens with vegetables that change with the season. The clients prepare many meals from their garden. The gravel patio is interrupted by a curvilinear path of concrete pads. There is a bluestone retaining wall that acts as a bench in the background.
Modern angles in the hardscape of this garden contrast with the round origami shaped succulents and grasses.
Modern Corten steel metal planter with Carex testacea in a garden in Potrero Hill San Francisco.
Roof Garden in Nob Hill San Francisco. Container gardening makes this rooftop lush with plants. The lounge chairs provide a city view
Roof Top garden in the Haight off Golden Gate Park. This Roof top garden has the shells of old Neon letter lights, corten steel containers, vines and olive trees in containers. The use of textures with a neutral palette makes the containers interact harmoniously. The olive trees add instant height. The outdoor dining area creates a space to entertain.
Upcycled recycled metal tubing creates a metal hanging planter for these succulents. The letters from a movie Marquis add to the vertical garden wall.
This Modern Organic Garden in Potrero Hill in San Francisco has concrete steps, a wall fountain with metal spouts and lots of pygmy date palms to add a lush feel to the space in contrast to the concrete. Containers of succulents add texture and focal points. Step lighting makes the garden usable at night
Bluestone patio with gravel in between makes this garden in Potrero San Francisco modern and textured. The different levels in the space provide different areas to entertain and relax.
Lush ground cover and grasses spill over the rock retaining wall. A concrete sphere provides a visual break from all the green.
Gravel and metal in this garden give it a modern look with contrasting textures.
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