We are nimble and we are intense. Founded in 2012, our complementary and cooperative internal structure is an extension of working with clients and other team members in a spirit of lively collaboration. Our current projects include private gardens, corporate campuses, and a large public park.

 
Sarah Kuehl FOUNDERSarah wrote her college thesis on graffiti writers. She remains passionate about cities, teenagers, and art. She is very interested in the overlap of conceptual ideas with both social and physical realities.

Sarah Kuehl
FOUNDER

Sarah wrote her college thesis on graffiti writers. She remains passionate about cities, teenagers, and art. She is very interested in the overlap of conceptual ideas with both social and physical realities.

Liz Einwiller FOUNDERLiz’s childhood was spent building structures in her mother’s garden. She loves plants, color, and popular culture. Her keen visual skills translate to an insatiable curiosity for exploring how to make things.

Liz Einwiller
FOUNDER

Liz’s childhood was spent building structures in her mother’s garden. She loves plants, color, and popular culture. Her keen visual skills translate to an insatiable curiosity for exploring how to make things.

 
 
Whitney Hannah DESIGNERWhitney is an ultimate frisbee player and former ecological restoration manager. Her studies in biological sciences and a passion for ceramic arts inspired her to create landscapes that integrate form and biodiversity.

Gisela Steber
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Gisela was trained as an architect in Germany. She now brings her wisdom and experience in structures to her landscape design work with both affection and enviable rigor. She's also an incredible but modest baker.

Whitney Stewart
SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Driven by a fascination with form, function, and processes that change them over time, Whitney found landscape architecture through a background in the biological sciences plus a passion for ceramic arts. She still occasionally throws pots and fires kilns.

Chelsea DeWitt
SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Chelsea is interested in design solutions that combine socio-ecological thinking with public space to improve the health and well-being of communities. Her love of landscapes isn't limited to terra firma, as you’ll likely find her diving or sea kayaking in her free time.

 

Lauren McClure
ASSOCIATE

Lauren is mindful of creating engaging inter-generational designs in public spaces and believes that the ability to play is an important component of urban life. She enjoys living in the Bay and taking advantage of the diversity of ecosystems and weather nearby.

Geo Mayne
ASSOCIATE

Geo is a creative innovator (and exuberant cyclist) with a fine arts background in printmaking and drawing. Their zest for new media and years of experience with arts-centered community building in Oakland informs the culturally sensitive, dynamic and sensorially rich landscapes they create.

Alex Broad
ASSOCIATE

Alex is an illustrator, wildlife enthusiast, and avid soccer fan. His background in conservation and years of nature interpretation work informs his drive to embed educational moments in his designs.

 
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Clare Al-Witri
DESIGNER

Clare worked as a gardener and studied ecology and sculpture before finding landscape architecture. Through design she aims to nurture more intimate and meaningful relationships between people and plants.

Junpei Asai
ASSOCIATE

Junpei is a hot spring hunter, passionate soccer player, and casual bonsaist. Having grown up in a hilly suburb in Japan, he is fascinated by landscapes that express a local way of living. His particular interest on unique communal water use/design led him travel across villages in Japan and the world. 

Claire Geneste
DESIGNER

Claire’s background is in art history, public art programming, and the restaurant industry. While working as a cook she nurtured a long-held love for creating thing with her hands and bringing people together around the shared experience of a meal. These threads have informed her passion for landscape architecture, cultural history, and learning about the personal connections we have to the world around us.

 

Sam Gebb
DESIGNER

Sam’s background in dance led her to a fascination with how humans move through space, and her love of public spaces brought her to landscape. With additional training in architecture, Sam brings a keen eye to how all elements of the built environment work in concert to shape our immediate worlds. Weekends she is likely out racing sailboats on the Bay, where a different physics of movement applies.

 

Leen Shamlati
DESIGNER

Leen believes in the power of design. She is most interested in public spaces and their impact on the communities they serve. Through landscape architecture she aims to bring nature and people together in hopeful and healing settings.

Fiwasewa Ogundipe
DESIGNER

Riley Jiang
DESIGNER

Amber Menzies
STUDIO DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS