Press
2018 Architizer: Residential – Private House
Popular Vote Winner “On the Edge of the Continent” in Sonoma, CA
2018 Gardenista: Best Hardscape Project
Finalist “Rose Lane” in Larkspur, CA
2018 Gardenist: Best Landscape – Professional
Finalist “On The Edge of The Continent” in Sonoma, CA
ASLA Northern Chapter 2017: Residential Single Family Home
Merit Award “On The Edge of The Continent” in Sonoma, CA
California Home+Design Award 2016: Landscape Design
“On the Horizon” Sonoma Coast, CA
ASLA Northern Chapter 2015: Residential Single Family Home
Merit Award for “Pacific Height Residence” in San Francisco, CA
ASLA Northern Chapter 2013: Residential Single Family Home
Merit Award for “Contemporary Living” in San Francisco, CA
ASLA Northern Chapter 2013: Residential Single Family Home
Merit Award for “Hilltop Hideaway” in Napa, CA
California Home+Design Award 2013: Landscape Design
Napa Valley Hilltop in Napa, CA
Outdoor Category
Sunset Dream Garden Award
Sunset April 2011
2010
Sunset Magazine Dream Garden Award
2008-2009
Magazines
San Francisco Chronicle Spring/Summer 2017
“Rooftops That Rise Above It All”
Landscape Architect November 2016
“Women in Landscape Architecture”
San Francisco Architecture 2016
“Small Firms, Great Projects”
Modern Luxury Magazine April 2016
“Zen and the art of architecture”
CA Home + Design Spring 2016
2016 Awards Landscape Design “On the Horizon”
Modern Luxury Interiors California Winter/Spring 2015
“Naturally Inspired”
Garden Design Early Spring 2015
“Picks of the Season”
Dwell April 2014
“Dwell Outdoor”
“Vierailulla”
L.A. Times June 2013
“Dwell on Design 2013: New ideas for home and garden”
CA Home + Design Spring 2013
“2013 CH+D Award Landscape Design”
Residential Architect November/December 2012
“Altitude Adjustment’”
Custom Home Magazine November/December 2012
“Altitude Adjustment’”
Home & Gardens March 2013
“Designers Secrets”
Modern American Luxury July/August/September 2012
“The Indoor-Outdoor Lifestyle of California?”
Alaska Airlines July 2012
Shades of Green Landscape Architecture Ad
San Francisco Magazine June 2012
“The trickle-up Effect”
CA Home + Design Feb/March 2012
“Dining by Design”
Landscaping Network Magazine 2012
“City Escape”
San Francisco Architecture 2012
“Small Firms, Great Projects”
CA Home + Design Sept/Oct 2011
“Above and Beyond”
Sunset Magazine April 2011
“Outdoor Entertaining – Front Yard Living” (French article)
Exterieurs Design Jan-Feb 2011
“Vegetated terraces” (French article)
Garden Design Nov/Dec 2010
“Suburban Revolution”
Sunset Magazine 2009
“Idea House”
CA Home + Design 2008/2009
“10 to Watch”
Small Firms Great Projects 2008/2009
Shades of Green Landscape Architecture Profile
CA Home + Design May 2008
“Designer Watch”
Innovative Home 2008
“Open Season”
Sunset Magazine 2008
“Idea House”
Sunset Magazine 2007
“Idea House”
Books
Succulents: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Designing, and Growing 200 Easy-Care Plants
2017 March 2015
Moderne Gartenkonzepte: Gartengestaltung passend zur Architektur March 2015
Garden Design: A Book of Ideas March 2015
Gardens in Detail: 100 Contemporary Designs September 2014
Shades of Green Landscape Architecture May 2013
A Matter of Style: Design Ideas for Personalizing Your Home (Volume 1) March 2013
Garden Lighting Design 2013
Look book with ideas for for adding light into gardens by Barbara P. Meister
Buy on iTunes
The New American Front Yard 2013
by Sarah C. Sutton
Garden within Walls 2012
Ideenbuch Grune Innenhofe / von Barbara P. Meister
Sunset Western Garden book of Landscaping 2012
Villa Garden Plan & Design 2012
1000 Tips for Landscape Architects 2011
An inevitable reference for lovers of landscape architecture by Daniela Santos Quartino
Residential Landscape 2011
Online Press
Houzz September 2015
“My Houzz: An Edible Backyard in an Eichler Home”
Modern Luxury Interiors California February 2015
“Naturally Inspired”
Land8 July 2013
Dwell on Design: The Top Ten Talks
“Landscaping The Classics”
Land8 July 2013
Top 10 Products from Dwell on Design
“Oak Barrel Seats by Shades of Green”
LA Times June 2013
“Dwell on Design 2013: New ideas for home and garden”
Mid-Century Modern Remodel June 2013
“#dwellondesign2013: outdoors, gardens and patios (oh my)”
Houzz June 2013
“Patio of the Week: Playtime for the Whole Family”
Architizer March 2013
“Starting Your Own Architecture Firm: Challenges for Women”
Northland Design Group Oct 2012
“Fire”
North Coast Gardening Aug 2012
“Wildlife Garden Design Tip Focus on Shape”
Terra Trellis July 2012
Terra Trellis Exhibits @ Dwell on Design 2012
Marin Magazine April 2012
Local Materials: “Modern Style Gone Platinum”
Tree Living 2012
Dwell on Design
Outdoor Living Rooms 2012
“Creating Outdoor Rooms”
Dining by Design November 2011
DIFFA
Urban Gardens June 2010
Modern Sustainable Living showcased Dwell on Design
Apartment Therapy July 2010
Highlights from Dwell on Design
Dwell Outdoor June 2010
Los Angeles
Take Sunset September 2010
“Off the Wall”
Apartment Therapy July 2010
“The IT Plant”
Media Bistro June 2010
“Dwell comes to life”
Dwell on Design 2010
“Shades of Green in Dwell Outdoor”
Buildapedia April 2010
“No Mow Lawn”
“Living Green in Outdoor Spaces”
Landscaping Network 2010
Shades of Green collaborated with LandscapingNetwork.com
to create a series of videos about garden design
Dwell Outdoor 2009
Los Angeles
Nesting Feb 2009
“Seattle Garden Show – 2009”
Ecolect LimeLight Jan 2009
Shades of Green was featured in the Ecolect LimeLight, a monthly series that features extraordinary sustainable designers.
Dwell on Design 2007
“Dwell on Design Day 2: Inside and Out”