Understanding Before Designing
Every garden begins with understanding its site, the people who will use it, and the plants that will thrive there.
The best designs begin with the right questions. Every project has opportunities waiting to be discovered. By understanding a site's opportunities and constraints, its relationship to the architecture, how the space will be used, and the conditions that shape it, the design begins to reveal itself.
No two landscapes are the same, and no two designs should be either.
Alison is a garden and planting designer working throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and remotely with clients elsewhere.
RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025
Selected Exhibitor
The Hummingbird Haven: A Symphony of Movement and Colour was selected for the 2025 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Inspired by the remarkable relationship between hummingbirds and nectar-rich planting, the border celebrated bold colour, movement, and biodiversity.
