Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour

Landscape Designers Specializing in California Native Plant Gardens

The following is contact information for native plant landscapers whose gardens have been showcased on previous tours, or are appearing on this year’s Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. An asterisk (*) denotes designers who are offering discount consultations to Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour participants. 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! 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. 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. Click on a garden to view photographs, read extensive garden descriptions, and download plant lists.

Rick Alatorre *

Alatorre Garden Design and Installation
3101 Roosevelt Avenue, Richmond CA 94804
510-234-8175; alatorregardens@sbcglobal.net
See:
Rick and Monica Alatorre’s garden, Richmond
Martha and Greg Alexander’s garden, Pleasant Hill On the 2009 Tour
Gabriele and Don Briggs’ garden, Richmond
Cheryl Chi and Brandon Young’s garden, San Leandro
Laurel Eber’s garden, Richmond
Keith Hamby’s garden, El Cerrito On the 2009 Tour
Pat and John Hierro’s garden, Castro Valley On the 2009 Tour
Sue and Julio Kaplan’s garden, El Cerrito
Catherine De Schepper’s garden, Berkeley
Heidi Goldstein and Richard Thomason’s garden, Berkeley
Lois Reynolds and Terry Mead's garden, Orinda On the 2009 Tour
Merry West’s garden, Martinez

James Day

Lake Avenue Gardens
Licensed Contractor #710624
510-528-5578; day7715@sbcglobal.net
See:
Schoolhouse Creek Common Garden, Berkeley

Rick Goodwin

Rick Goodwin Native Garden Design
510-499-0870; mariposa_rpg@yahoo.com
See:
Rick Goodwin's garden, Richmond
Jesse Merjil's garden, Richmond

Corinne Louise Greenberg, MA

Certified Horticulturist

Corinne Louise Design
P.O. Box 7627, Berkeley, CA 94707
www.thegardenisateacher.com
510-526-3593; corinnelouisedesign@yahoo.com
See:
St. John’s Episcopal Church Garden, Oakland

Luke Hass

Luke Hass Fine Gardens
510-299-4529
See:
Jenny and Scott Fleming’s garden (maintenance only), Berkeley On the 2009 Tour
Louise Miller’s garden, Oakland

Marla Lee

Gardens by Marla
912-3779
marla@alamedanet.net

Kelly Marshall *

Kelly@KMGardenDesign.com
(925) 914-0327 (Clayton)
See:
Roy and Rosadelia Detwiler’s garden,, Concord On the 2009 Tour
Kelly Marshall and Mike Weidner’s garden,, Clayton On the 2009 Tour
Miguel and Deborah Torres garden,, Castro Valley On the 2009 Tour

Alrie Middlebrook

Middlebrook Gardens
76 Race Street, San Jose CA 95126
408-292-9993; info@middlebrook-gardens.com
See:
Ward and Pat Belding’s garden, Pleasanton On the 2009 Tour
Granada Native Gardens, Livermore
Ann and Paul Kasameyer’s garden, Livermore On the 2009 Tour
Jeff and Jacquie Kixmiller’s garden, Livermore
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livermore
Iain Milnes’ garden, Fremont
Carol Moore's garden, Danville
Anne and Ed Severs’ garden, Livermore

Diana Montemayor

Full Circle Landscapes
2703 7th Street, Suite 139
Berkeley, CA 94710
office: (510) 705-8759
www.fullcirclelandscapes.com
diana@fullcirclelandscapes.com

Chantelise Pells *

(510) 421-0271
See:
Jonathon Lee’s garden , Oakland

Christine Schneider, RLA *

Native Sage Landscape Design
1651 Tyler Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
510-406-1889, Christine@nativesage.com
Landscape Architect, CA #3261
See:
Christine Schneider’s garden, Berkeley

Glen Schneider *

2325 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
510-644-1776
See:
Carol Arnold’s garden, Hercules
El Sobrante Library, El Sobrante On the 2009 Tour
Jeff Jerge's garden, Pinole
Glen Schneider’s garden, Berkeley On the 2009 Tour

Shelterbelt Builders

1207 10th Street, Berkeley, CA 94705
510-841-0911, rolland@shelterbeltbuilders.com
www.shelterbeltbuilders.com
See:
Carol Baird and Alan Harper's garden, Oakland
Rolland Mathers and Jennifer Adler's garden, Oakland

Liz Simpson

(510) 318-0244, Oakland
simpson11235@gmail.com
LizSimpsonGardenDesign.blogspot.com
See:
Janette Bachman and Mary Pellerin’s garden, Oakland On the 2009 Tour

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
See:
Castro Valley Sanitary District Garden, Castro Valley
Beverly Cheney and Avrum Gratch's garden, Berkeley
Gail Giffen’s garden, Lafayette
David Loeb’s garden, Berkeley On the 2009 Tour
Martha Preble and John Hernandez' garden, Oakland
Tim and Michelle Inama’s garden, Oakland On the 2009 Tour
BJ and Larry Ledgerwood’s garden, Walnut Creek On the 2009 Tour
Catherine Millar’s garden, Oakland
Marilyn and Carl Hirsch’s garden, Walnut Creek
Joseph McClintock’s garden, Oakland
Meg McShannic and Dave Wallace’s garden, Walnut Creek On the 2009 Tour
Martha Preble and John Hernandez' garden, Oakland
Shary Rosenbaum’s garden, Moraga On the 2009 Tour
Nancy Salsig’s garden, Martinez On the 2009 Tour
Gail Schino's garden, San Leandro
Kathy and David Welch’s garden, Piedmont
Matthew White’s garden, Berkeley On the 2009 Tour

Pete Veilleux

East Bay Wilds
1972-A 36th Avenue, Oakland CA 94601
510-409-5858; vllx@sbcglobal.net
See:
Karen Anderson Hayes’ garden, El Sobrante On the 2009 Tour
Castro Valley Center for the Arts Garden, Castro Valley
Steven and Linda Cochrane’s garden, Oakland
Mary Cooper's garden, Castro Valley On the 2009 Tour
Diane Fagan’s garden, Oakland
Roy West’s garden (maintenance only), Berkeley On the 2009 Tour

Kat Weiss, RLA

Kat Weiss Landscape Design
Landscape Architect, CA #4804857
857 Placenza Street, Livermore CA 94551
925-518-9083; kat@kwlanddesign.com
See:
John and Fran Alcorn’s garden, Brentwood
Tim and Chris Boczanowski’s garden, Livermore On the 2009 Tour
Elise and Mike McFarland’s garden, Livemore
Pat and Lisa Sotelo's garden, Livermore
Kat and Eric Weiss’ garden, Livermore

Greg Wolford

Californica Landscaping
510-848-6489; californica@mac.com
See:
Tracy D’Ambrosi’s garden, Piedmont
Kate and Harry Dobbins’ garden, Oakland On the 2009 Tour
Ben and Pat Dresser’s garden, Piedmont
Ed Gaible and Sandra Woodall’s Garden
Chistopher Kroll’s garden, Berkeley
Louise Miller’s garden, Oakland
John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez On the 2009 Tour
Sobrante Estates Gardens, El Sobrante

Rosemary Zappulla *

Wildrose Gardens
Permaculture Certified
Licensed Contractor # 915174

2728 Santa Clara Street, Richmond CA 94804
510-681-9520; wildrosegardens@earthlink.net
Wildrose Gardens is a sustainable design and build company creating native and drought-tolerant landscapes for homes and businesses in the Bay Area.
See:
Mary Ford and Rob Lewis’ garden, Berkeley
Irene Kiebert and Michael Fischer’s garden, El Cerrito
Ruth Lafler’s garden, Alameda On the 2009 Tour
Dan Rademacher and Tamara Schwarz’ garden, Oakland


An asterisk (*) denotes designers who are offering discount consultations to Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour participants.