Commercial / Lodging
Gaia Napa Valley Hotel, American Canyon, CA
The first LEED Gold certified hotel project in the U.S.
Sentient Landscape provided community and city council presentation, site planning, landscape design, landscape installation, and maintenance for this 4-acre hotel project including restaurant, and spa. Project features rain water harvesting and storm water management with ponds and bio-swales, recycled water and drip irrigation, native and climate appropriate planting, heat island reduction with trees, and organic soil building and maintenance.
Project Architect: Todd Jersey Architecture-
Gaia Anderson Hotel, Anderson, CA
LEED Silver certified
Sentient Landscape provided project presentation, site planning and landscape design, for this eleven-acre, 150 Room Hotel. Project includes passive heating and cooling with trees and water features, high water efficiency irrigation system, rain water harvesting and storm water management, native and climate appropriate planting plan, and organic soil building.
Architect: Todd Jersey Architecture
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA
Design and landscape construction to replace high maintenance resource- intensive lawn and entry landscape with low maintenance, native and drought tolerant plants and high efficiency irrigation system. Project funding through City of Santa Rosa’s Green Exchange rebate program Cash for Grass.
Wildcare San Rafael, CA
Site and Landscape Consultation for five acre wildlife rescue, demonstration and education facility in Marin County. Concepts including infrastructural layout for educational programming, public interface, animal housing, passive climate control, native gardens, storm water management, animal food production.
Burbank Heights and Orchards, Sebastopol, CA,
Ecological renovation, site planning, landscape installation and maintenance for eighteen-acre senior co-housing development project with the objective of replacing high maintenance resource- intensive landscapes, including lawns and hedges, with climate-adapted, native, low maintenance plantings. Project includes, rain gardens, high efficiency irrigation upgrades, sheet mulching and lawn replacement, bird and butterfly habitat gardens, and edible landscaping.
Avalon Springs, Middletown, CA
Site planning, ecological site analysis, and landscape design for renovation of historic hot springs resort, conference and education center. Twenty eight-acre development envelope within a 318-acre wilderness site. Project emphasis on public flow patterns and access, integration of building, hot springs, and resort infrastructure into landscape, integrated storm water design, food and resource production, drought tolerant and multifunctional plantings.
Merced Hotel, Merced, CA
Site Plan and Landscape Design for five story hotel and adjacent Merced College Plaza. Design features rainwater planters and pervious paving, drought tolerant, native and low maintenance planting, and high efficiency irrigation system.
Residential
Sonoma Farm and Residence, Sonoma, CA
LEED Platinum certified project
Green Building Home of the Year Award 2014
LEED certified site plan, landscape design, maintenance, farm and irrigation design for 37-acre family compound and certified organic market farm (featuring perennial poly-culture, specialty and heritage crops) including native habitat restoration and soil building, rain-water harvesting, graywater system, weather sensitive irrigation, living roof, and functional landscape plantings.
Project architect: Dan Smith and Associates
> Green Home of the Year Award
Berger Mullenix Residence Sebastopol, CA
Site planning, landscape design and construction for 7 acre rural residential estate. Permaculture project emphasis including extensive food production, low maintenance, functional plantings, children’s play and exploration areas, and decorative rainwater harvesting features.
Project architect: Arkin Tilt Architects
Barbed Oak Winery, Bennett Valley, CA
LEED Gold certified
Landscape design, high efficiency irrigation planning, and construction for vineyard estate, emphasizing productive Mediterranean planting palette, low maintenance, native grasslands, wildlife habitat, and fragrance.
Laird- Jacobsen Residence, Occidental, CA,
Site Planning, landscape design and installation for eight acre hillside residence in the Redwood forest. Extensive stone retaining walls, and terracing, decorative boulder work, slate walkways and stairways, permaculture planting including natives, a variety of edible and habitat plants, mushroom cultivation, selective tree thinning for views, solar access and fire safety, erosion control using logs and mulch produced on-site during tree work.
Peskin Residence, Sebastopol, CA
Site planning and landscape design for two-acre homestead renovation including site water flow design, re-use of demolition materials for retaining walls, creek restoration strategies, soil building, perennial poly-cultural food crops, native and Mediterranean plant palette. Plant selection and layout for living roof.
Sheehy Residence, Penngrove CA
Landscape design and installation for three-acre oak woodland hill top garden. Project focus on native restoration, soil building in extremely rocky conditions, food and herb production, drought tolerance, composting system, reworking of existing stone to create sculptural interest throughout, garden pond, drip irrigation system and grey water filtration.
O’Hara Residence, Sebastopol, CA
Landscape design and installation for two- acre rural residential landscape including interactive children’s garden using recycled cement culverts to create turrets and tunnels play structure, living room within bamboo grove, children’s fragrance and edible garden and stump hop. Substantial lawn reduction, earth sculpting for rainwater harvesting, soil building, native wildflower meadow, berry and fruit production, drip irrigation system, drought tolerant planting including many natives, brush pile planting and composting.
Peterson Residence, Graton, CA
Design and installation of two-acre woodland residence incorporating sheet mulching for soil building, rainwater storage and drainage creeks, edible and productive planting, terra pave non-toxic paving alternative to asphalt. Drought tolerant native planting palette.
Lewis-Treadway Residence, Penngrove, CA
Landscape design and plant installation for hillside bird and butterfly garden. Drought tolerant, native planting scheme, food production and composting system, orchard, pond, waterfall and bog garden.
Pressman-Cooper Residence, Santa Rosa, CA,
Landscape design and installation for arid East Santa Rosa residence. Earth sculpting and landscape features for rainwater harvesting, high efficiency drip irrigation system. Hillside erosion control plan using orchard trees for stabilization, perennial food forest, California native plants, and bird and butterfly habitat.
Hall Residence, Sebastopol, CA,
Landscape design and installation for whimsical two acre woodland residence. Perennial food forest, swimming pond with waterfall, outdoor shower and bathing grotto, decorative woven grape vine fencing, sheet mulching/ soil building, composting systems, rainwater harvesting, management of Oak woodland for fire safety,
Residential Community / Co Housing
Burbank Heights and Orchards, Sebastopol, CA,
Ecological renovation, site planning, landscape installation and maintenance for eighteen-acre senior co-housing development project with the objective of replacing high maintenance resource- intensive landscapes, including lawns and hedges, with climate-adapted, native, low maintenance plantings. Project includes, rain gardens, high efficiency irrigation upgrades, sheet mulching and lawn replacement, bird and butterfly habitat gardens, and edible landscaping.
Sequoiah Village Co-Housing, Sebastopol, CA
Storm Water and Landscape Consulting for four-acre, twenty home, co-housing development including bio-swales, synthetic chemical-free landscape installation and maintenance, functional, water-efficient plant selection and climate-sensitive irrigation system.
Seventh Street- Affordable Housing Development, Union City, CA
Bay Friendly certified project.
Model Bay-Friendly landscape planning and construction specifications for production home development. Planting, irrigation and soil Improvement, demonstrating substitution of front lawn with climate-adapted, native plants that provide habitat and require minimal maintenance.
Permaculture / Agricultural Projects
Sonoma Farm Estate, Sonoma, CA
LEED Platinum certified project
Green Building Home of the Year Award 2014
Site Plan Consulting, Landscape, Farm and Irrigation Design L.E.E.D. certification applicant for 37-acre family compound and certified organic market farm (featuring perennial poly-culture, specialty and heritage crops) including native habitat restoration and soil building, rain-water harvesting, water efficient irrigation, living roof, and functional landscape plantings.
Architect: Dan Smith and Associates
> Green Home of the Year Award
Davis Bynum Winery and Permaculture Garden, Healdsburg CA
Landscape design and management plan and design for certified organic winery. Emphasis on biological pest management, bio-remediation, soil building, poly-culture production and grape inter-planting.
Meadow Song Farm, Sebastopol, CA
Farm and Landscape Planning for five-acre Waldorf family operated food production and permaculture farm. Project required wetland restoration, extensive water flow planning including ephemeral ponds, creeks and swales. Other project features include integrated pest management, perennial polycultural food cropping, soil building, animal tractoring, and children’s experiential garden, outdoor classroom, composting.
Quailbrook, Penngrove CA
Site Planning, Landscape Design and Farm Plan for 80 acre ecological farm demonstration and residence adjacent to newly established wildlife and regional park trail corridor in Sonoma County. Project featuring extensive spring, rainwater and watershed development, habitat restoration, integrated, ecological/sustainable perennial agriculture demonstration and environmental art/ stone sculptures.
Public Projects
The Richmond Plunge, Richmond, CA
Landscape design and planting plan, plan review and recommendations for site design and irrigation. Historic public indoor pool and landscape restoration project. Project objectives including outdoor play space and fountain with bio-swale. Mostly native plant scheme to provide wildlife habitat and reduce irrigation requirement.
Architecture: Todd Jersey Architecture
Albany Civic Center, Albany, CA
Bay Friendly certified
Landscape and irrigation design for public benefit landscape renovation project. Landscape emphasis on native plants for habitat and integrated pest management value and heat island reduction. Chemical pesticide prohibition during construction and maintenance activities Sheet mulching as pre-emergent weed suppression and soil building.
Albany Street Medians, Albany, CA,
Bay Friendly certified project.
Design, construction drawings, maintenance plan, cost estimates, installation observation for 10 street medians at the entry to the City of Albany. Native drought tolerant “hedge free” planting, IPM chemical free maintenance plan, drip and bubbler irrigation system, organic compost soil amendment and 4” of locally generated arbor chip sheet mulch with recycled cardboard, 12” of soil aeration.
Bay-Friendly Landscape Program, Stopwaste.org, CA
Sentient Landscape was an original consultant and presenter for Stopwaste.org’s Bay-Friendly Landscape program, developing the ecological principles, sustainable practices and specification language defined in the Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines. This whole system ecological landscape approach strives to enhance the quality of Bay Area watersheds, create model ecological urban landscapes, and reduce waste. We are ongoing presenters for the Bay-Friendly Landscape coalition.
Sentient Landscape offered technical assistance and design review for model Bay-Friendly projects designed and installed throughout Alameda County from 2003 -2009:
- Sarah Conner Court, Hayward CA
- Shasta Hills Fire Station, Berkeley CA
- Union City Fire Station #3, Union City, CA
- Studio One Community Art, Oakland CA
- Iron Horse 14th Street Apartments, Oakland CA
- 81st Street Oakland Library, Oakland, CA
- Buchannan Street Medians, Albany CA
- Albany Civic Center, Albany CA
- 7th Street Housing Development, Union City, CA
Link to StopWaste.org Bay –Friendly Landscape Program
http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=8
Bay Friendly Rater and Technical Assistance
Sentient Landscape is a certified Bay-Friendly Landscape Rater and Advisor. Model Bay Friendly rated projects include:
VF Outdoors, Alameda, CA
Temescal Creek Park, Emeryville, CA
For more information on becoming a Bay-Friendly rated project please see the below link:
http://www.bayfriendlycoalition.org/BFRatedlands.shtml
Russian River Friendly Guidelines
Contributor to regionally specific ecological landscape guideline and practices.
Link to Russian River Watershed Association
http://www.rrwatershed.org/programs/RRFLG
Educational Projects
Twin Hills School District, Sebastopol CA
Landscape renovation planning for Twin Hills, Apple Blossom and Orchard View Schools. Planning scope including expansion and improvement of landscape areas, rain water harvesting and irrigation systems upgrades. Consultation for Twin Hills School infrastructural expansion including landscape programming for educational opportunities (incorporating outdoor classrooms, garden and orchard, amphitheater etc.)
Achitect: Persinger Architects
Twin Hills School, Sebastopol CA
Landscape design and project construction for Twin Hills School frontage and entry drive. Integration of native, drought tolerant and habitat plantings, organic soil improvement and irrigation system upgrades.
Project Architect: Persinger Architects
Sustainable Fairfax, Fairfax, CA
Landscape design and construction, curriculum development and instruction for model Permaculture and sustainability education and demonstration site illustrating ecological landscape. Project includes outdoor learning spaces, rain-water harvesting including tank pond and bio swale, compost systems, food production, soil building, natural-building, solar energy etc. Student constructed permaculture garden through hands-on workshops.
Permaculture Institute of Northern California, Point Reyes Station, CA
Associate Directors, instructors and site developers for permaculture demonstration and educational institute. Project focus to model intensive strategies for sustainability: use of on-site and recycled materials, natural building, living water systems, medicinal herbs, food resource production, living structures (i.e. willow furniture) and animal tractoring.
Sebastopol Independent Charter School, 3rd Grade Garden
Design and construction of 3rd grade garden and outdoor classroom, curriculum development and class instruction.
With hands-on student participation, the garden program is transforming an undeveloped lot into a multi dimensional permaculture garden, including rain water harvesting, herb spiral, grey water filtration, the development of rich living soils, and the beginnings of a diverse, multi-functional food forest.
Mighty Oak Preschool , Sebastopol, CA
Landscape design and project management for Waldorf preschool playgarden. Creation of inspiring and intimate play and learning environment for children 18 months to five years old. Project involved design for child safety while traversing significant topography, decorative and structural retainment using recycled materials, edible, habitat and otherwise functional gardens for interactive learning, play spaces and play structures using organic materials.
Living Laboratories, East Bay Schools, CA
Consultation for service project to benefit children in East Bay Area Schools. Donation of ecological design services for the development of educational landscapes, gardens and constructed wetlands for education.
Service Project through Todd Jersey Architecture
Bay-Friendly Landscape Program, Stopwaste.org, CA
Sentient Landscape was one of the original consultants and educators with Stopwaste.org’s Bay-Friendly Landscape program from 2003 and 2009. This whole system ecological landscape approach strives to enhance the quality of Bay Area watersheds, create model ecological urban landscapes, and reduce waste. Our firm is currently certified as a Bay Friendly Landscape advisor and rater and we are ongoing presenters for the Bay-Friendly Landscape coalition.
Sonoma State University
Geoff Hall was the director for Sonoma State University’s professional certificate program for Sustainable Landscaping in 2009. This Sonoma State Extended Education program presents classes in ecological principles, site analysis, water, soil, planting, and maintenance/ operations. Sentient Landscape developed the curriculum for the ecological principles, site assessment, and soil building courses and Geoff was the program presenter for these ecological principles, site analysis, and soil building from 2009- 2013.
Bay-Friendly Advisor/Rater
Bay Friendly Rater and Technical Assistance
Sentient Landscape is a certified Bay-Friendly Landscape Rater and Advisor. Model Bay Friendly rated projects include:
VF Outdoors, Alameda, CA
Temescal Creek Park, Emeryville, CA
For more information on becoming a Bay-Friendly rated project please see the below link:
Bay Friendly Coalition Rated Projects:
LEED
Sentient Landscape is LEED Certified. Our project standards meet or exceed the ecological building recommendations outlined in outlined in the LEED green building rating system. Our firm continues to be an innovator in this exciting and timely field, and offer consultation design and landscape construction services that will support your LEED accredidation.
> See our green building award
Select LEED projects:
- Sonoma Ram and Residence
- Barbed Oak Winery, Bennett Valley, CA
- Gaia Anderson Hotel
- Gaia Napa Valley Hotel
USGBC LEED Rating Program: