Levels of ingenuity
IN BRIEF
What Modernist courts meet meadow garden.
Where Woodside, California.
Size Three acres.
Soil Loamy clay.
Climate Mediterranean, with heavy rainfall in winter.
Hardiness zone USDA 9a.
Northern California remains one of the world’s most exciting regions for landscape design, not least because it is possessed of numerous clients who want to experiment with naturalistic plantings on a large scale, usually set in a modernist architectural milieu. Surfacedesign is one of a number of San Francisco practices currently riding high on this wave of confidence.
