Water In The Landscape
Water Feature & Pond SystemsDesign
Aquatic Life Systems Survey/Analysis
Water Quality Reviews for Plants and Invertebrates
Fountain Mechanical/System Design
Water Feature Design & Restoration
Systems Controls/Monitoring
Rainwater Catchment Systems
Construction
Aquatic Plantings and Water Gardens
Construction Supervision
Project Management
Prototype Development
Custom Fabrications
Stone Placement
Fountain Mechanical Plumbing
Waterproofing Systems Review/Detailing
Operations
Fish Health Management
Fire Protection Water Storage Systems
Aquatic Weed Control
Chemical Automation
Aeration Systems
Native & Ornamental Fish Collections
Aquatic Plant Collections
Waterfowl Management
Staff Training
O & M Documentation
Featured Project
Bishop Ranch Lakes
Renovation of corporate headquarters campus landscape and water features.
Client: Bishop Ranch a Sunset Development Project
Landscape Architect: Tom Leader Studio
Our Work
Completed Projects
Publications
Years of Experience
Our Clients Include:
The unique mix of our water feature work has taken us to over a thousand private homes and estates projects. Working with project owners, architects, landscape architects and builders, we have enjoyed our participation in the development and delivery of a diverse collection of private and public projects. Many of the projects have been highlighted in publications, television programs, design/construction and preservation awards programs.
Following is a partial list of public and commercial design/build and consulting assignments.
San Francisco Peninsula
Bay Meadows Town Square Fountain, San Mateo
Japanese Tea Garden, Central Park, San Mateo
Columbarium, San Francisco
Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco
de Young Museum, San Francisco
Guy Place Mini Park, San Francisco
Life Care Retirement Center, San Francisco
North Beach Leathers Headquarters, San Francisco
Poplar Creek Golf Course, San Mateo
Presidio HSH Adaptive Reuse, San Francisco
SF Botanical Garden, San Francisco
Telegraph Landing, San Francisco
THP Studios, San Francisco
East Bay
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery, Berkeley
Buchanan Field Golf Course, Concord
California First Bank, Oakland
Carmen Ave. Housing, AHA, Livermore
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill
East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley
Eastridge HOA Entry, Fairfield
Eden Essei Terrace Garden, Hayward
Frank Mar Housing, Oakland
Fremont Cultural Arts Center, Fremont
Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Oakland
Industrial Oasis Garden, Berkeley
Kojin-an Zendo Temple Garden, Oakland
Latham Memorial Fountain, Oakland
Marina Village HOA Lagoons, Alameda
George Mark Children’s House, San Leandro
Mills College, Oakland
International Bird Rescue & Research Center, Berkeley
MLK Jr. Plaza, Oakland
Montego Heights Lodge, Walnut Creek
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
Oakland Zoo, Oakland
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Livermore
Pan Ocean Aquarium, Hayward
Sensory Garden, Oakland
Sunol Watershed Center, SF PUC
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, Berkeley
UC Berkeley Mining Circle Pool, Berkeley
UC Berkeley, SS Chern Bosque, MSRI
Central & Southern California
Alan Hancock College, Santa Maria
Bataquitos Lagoon Regional Park MP, San Diego
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey
Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Watsonville
Dry Creek Park, Modesto
Freeman House, Pasadena
Icon Tower Courtyard, San Diego
Robles del Rio Lodge, Carmel Valley
North Bay
Auberge du Soleil, Sculpture Gallery Garden, Rutherford
Bardessono Inn & Spa, Yountville
Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega
California Center for Wildlife, San Rafael
Chalkhill Winery, Windsor
Domain Chandon, Yountville
Eastridge HOA, Fairfield
McAllister Water Gardens, Yountville
Nappaland Winery, Pope Valley
Mt Zion Ranch, Nicasio
Burdell Garden @ Olompali State Historical Park, Novato
Olompali State Historical Park, Novato
Pahlmeyer Estate, Napa
Ratna Ling Retreat Center, Cazadero
Reeds Leap, Napa
Rio Lago Ranch, Healdsburg
Round Pond Estate, Rutherford
Smith Ranch Homes, San Rafael
Tiburon Library, Tiburon
Trefethen Vineyard, Napa
South Bay
Block Two Roof Garden, San Jose
California Ave. Transit Hub, Palo Alto
Coyote Creek Regional Park, San Jose
Eight Hundred High St., Palo Alto
FB East Campus/ The Grove, Menlo Park
Filoli Visitors Center, Woodside
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
John A. & Cynthia Fry Bldg, Stanford
Laguna Creek Ranch, Santa Cruz
Lodge at CordeValle , San Martin
Morgan Hill Community Center, Morgan Hill
Project Renaissance, Atherton
Rotary Children’s Park, San Jose
Seven Springs Ranch, Cupertino
Stanford Gunn Building Courtyard, Stanford
Stanford GSB/Schwab Center, Stanford
Summerton HOA, San Jose
Vicinity Corporation, Sunnyvale
Water Efficient Demonstration Garden, San Jose
Other Areas
Aspen Institute Doerr-Hosier Center, Aspen, CO
Bank of Bejing Science & Technology Campus, Bejing, PRC
BFS Yuentan Center Moon Garden, Bejing, PRC
Burj Dubai Water Garden, Dubai, UAE
Goldsun CBD Water Garden, Hangzhou, PRC
Hyatt Regency Roissy-CGD, Paris, France
Hotel Kempinski Airport, Munich, Germany
King Abdaullah Financial District Mall, Riyadh
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Roche AMF, Suzhou, PRC
Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
US Mission Compound, Dharan, SA
Windy Hill Farm, Grafton, VT
Project Locations
Aspen, CO
Aspen, CO
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX
Eastland, TX
Eastland, TX
Grafton, VT
Grafton, VT
Paris, FR
Paris, FR
Munich, GR
Munich, GR
Toyota City, Japan
Toyota City, Japan
Riyadh, SA
Riyadh, SA
Dubai, EA
Dubai, EA
Beijing, China
Beijing, China
Hanghou, China
Hanghou, China
Alameda, CA
Alameda, CA
Alamo, CA
Alamo, CA
Albany, CA
Albany, CA
Alhambra Valley, CA
Alhambra Valley, CA
Antioch, CA
Antioch
Atherton, CA
Atherton, CA
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
Belvedere, CA
Belvedere, CA
Benicia, CA
Benicia, CA
Blackhawk, CA
Blackhawk, CA
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Castro Valley, CA
Castro Valley, CA
Cazadero, CA
Cazadero, CA
Concord, CA
Concord, CA
Cotati, CA
Cotati, CA
Danville, CA
Danville, CA
Davis, CA
Davis, CA
El Cerrito, CA
El Cerrito, CA
El Granada, CA
El Granada, CA
El Sobrante, CA
El Sobrante, CA
Escondido, CA
Escondido, CA
Fairfield, CA
Fairfield, CA
Foster City, CA
Foster City, CA
Fremont, CA
Fremont, CA
Glen Ellen, CA
Glen Ellen, CA
Half Moon Bay, CA
Half Moon Bay, CA
Hayward, CA
Hayward, CA
Hercules, CA
Hercules, CA
Healdsburg, CA
Healdsburg, CA
Hillsborough, CA
Hillsborough, CA
Inverness, CA
Inverness, CA
Kensington, CA
Kensington, CA
Kentfield, CA
Kentfield, CA
Kenwood, CA
Kenwood, CA
Lafayette, CA
Lafayette, CA
Larkspur, CA
Larkspur, CA
Livermore, CA
Livermore, CA
Los Altos, CA
Los Altos, CA
Los Altos Hills, CA
Los Altos Hills, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Lucas Valley, CA
Lucas Valley, CA
Mendocino, CA
Mendocino, CA
Menlo Park, CA
Menlo Park, CA
Mill Valley, CA
Mill Valley, CA
Millbrae, CA
Millbrae, CA
Milpitas, CA
Milpitas, CA
Modesto, CA
Modesto, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Monte Sereno, CA
Monterey, CA
Monterey, CA
Moraga, CA
Moraga, CA
Morgan Hill, CA
Morgan Hill, CA
Napa, CA
Napa, CA
Newark, CA
Newark, CA
Nicasio, CA
Nicasio, CA
Novato, CA
Novato, CA
Oakland, CA
Oakland, CA
Oakville, CA
Oakville, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Pacifica, CA
Pacifica, CA
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA
Penngrove, CA
Penngrove, CA
Petaluma, CA
Petaluma, CA
Piedmont, CA
Piedmont, CA
Pinole, CA
Pinole, CA
Pittsburg, CA
Pittsburg, CA
Pleasant Hill, CA
Pleasant Hill, CA
Pleasanton, CA
Pleasanton, CA
Portola Valley, CA
Portola Valley, CA
Redding, CA
Redding, CA
Redwood City, CA
Redwood City, CA
Richmond, CA
Richmond, CA
Rossmoor, CA
Rossmoor, CA
Rutherford, CA
Rutherford, CA
San Anselmo, CA
San Anselmo, CA
San Bernardino, CA
San Bernardino, CA
San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
San Jose, CA
San Leandro, CA
San Leandro, CA
San Mateo, CA
San Mateo, CA
San Rafael, CA
San Rafael, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Santa Rosa, CA
Santa Rosa, CA
Saratoga, CA
Saratoga, CA
Sausalito, CA
Sausalito, CA
Sonoma, Ca
Sonoma, CA
St Helena, CA
Saint Helena, CA
Sunnyvale, CA
Sunnyvale, CA
Tiburon, CA
Tiburon, CA
Topanga, CA
Topanga, CA
Union City, CA
Union City, CA
Ukiah, CA
Ukiah, CA
Vacaville, CA
Vacaville, CA
Vallejo, CA
Vallejo, CA
Walnut Creek, CA
Walnut Creek, CA
Yountville, CA
Yountville, CA
Angwin, CA
Angwin, CA
Atascadero, CA
Atascadero, CA
Green Valley, CA
Green Valley, CA
Malibu, CA
Malibu, CA
Martinez, CA
Martinez,CA
Olompali SP
Olompali SP, CA
Orinda, CA
Orinda, CA
Pope Valley, CA
Pope Valley, CA
Redwood Shores, CA
Redwood Shores, CA
San Ramon, CA
San Ramon, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Sebastopol, CA
Sebastopol, CA
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA
Woodside, CA
Woodside, CA
Camp Hill Borough Park, PA
Camp Hill Borough Park, PA
Batiquitos Lagoon (San Diego Co)
Batiquitos Lagoon (San Diego Co), CA
Beardbrook Park (Modesto)
Beardbrook Park (Modesto), CA
Coyote Creek Parkway (San Jose)
Coyote Creek Parkway (San Jose), CA
Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College
Foothill College
Foothill College
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, CA
Lakeside Park (Oakland)
Lakeside Park (Oakland), CA
Mills College
Oakland Zoo
Ohlone College
Ohlone College
Poplar Creek Golf Course (San Mateo)
Poplar Creek Golf Course (San Mateo)
Stanford University
Stanford University
Tilden Regional Park
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
UC Botanical Garden
UC Botanical Garden
Lehigh Gorge State Park, PA
Lehigh Gorge State Park, PA
Oil Creek State Park, PA
Oil Creek State Park, PA
Ratna Ling Retreat Center (Sonoma County)
Ratna Ling Retreat Center (Sonoma County)
As seen in:
Publications & Articles
California Water Gardens & Koi Ponds, Oakland Museum,
1984-89, Technical Consultant/Editor
Garden Pools, Fountains & Waterfalls, Sunset Books, 1989,
Technical Consultant/Editorial Review
Water Gardens, Sunset Books, 1997,
Technical Consultant/Editorial Review
Best of Fine Gardening, Garden Rooms, Taunton Press, 1996,
A Marriage of Garden Styles, Bill Gorgas, [Oakland] pg. 64-67
Breaking Ground, P. Dickey, Artisan, 1997,
Ron Lutsko, [Greene] pgs. 134, 137
Designed Landscape Forum, 1996, Spacemaker Press, 1998,
Ron Lutsko, [LEEF] pgs. 23; Ron Herman, [Ellison] pgs. 41, 143
The Campus Guide: University of California, Berkeley, H. Helfand, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002, Mining Circle Pool, cover, pgs 106-107 [PGA Design].
Pocket Gardens, J. G. Truelove, Morrow/HBI, 2000,
Ron Herman [Ellison ] pgs. 60-67
The California Landscape Garden, M. Francis & A. Reimann, UC Press, 1999, Ron Lutsko,[ Adler] pg. 54; [Greene] pg. 104
The New American Garden, J.G. Truelove, Editor Whitney Library,
1998, Ron Herman [Ellison] pgs. 88-93; Ron Lutsko,[ Greene]
pgs. 128-131
Interiorscapes, Gardens Within Buildings, P. Cooper, Mitchell Beazley, Publisher, 2003, Ellison
[R. Herman], pgs. 30-33
The Gardens of Ron Herman, Bradford McGee, Grayson Publishing, 2012,
A MultiUse Garden; Pebble Beach Garden; A Sculpted Garden; Garden Rooms; Order Within Nature; Island Retreat; Cottage on Michelangelo Park. Cover,
The New Garden Paradise, Great Private Gardens of the World, D. Brown, W.W. Norton, 2005,
Ellison Project [R. Herman], pgs. 434-441
The Landscape Lighting Book, J. L. Moyer, J. Wiley, 2005
Mill Valley Project [R. Murase], cover, color plates 2 & 3.
Water Garden Idea Book, Lee Anne White, Taunton Home, 2008,
Featured Garden [PWW], pgs. 11,13,45,80, 81,113,120,142,165
New Garden Design, Inspiring Private Paradises, Z. Sardar, Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2008,
LEF Foundation [R. Lutsko], pgs. 72-77
Zen Architecture, The Building Process as Practice, P. Discoe, A. Quinn, Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2008,
Woodside Project [R. Herman], pgs. 144-193
California Home & Design Magazine, Feature Articles/Covers,
March, 2001, Vol. 7, #3, Through the Garden Gate [Los Gatos] pg. 86.
August, 2001, Vol. 7, #8, California Living [Woodside] pg. 72.
May 2002, Vol. 8, #5, All Nature Seems @ Work, [Ross] pg. 120
Contemporary Stone & Tile Design Magazine, Featured Article,
Fall 2002, Vol. 8, #4, Olle Lundberg, [Ellison] pg. 47
Landscape Architecture, Residential Awards Program: April, 1995, Vol. 85, #4, Greene Garden, [St. Helena] pg. 84; Scott Residence, [Los Altos Hills] pg. 91-93
___________________, May 2000, Vol. 90, #5
Boomtown.com, Ron Herman, [Ellison], pg. 2,74,80,81
Northern California Home & Garden Magazine, Feature Articles/Cover,
July, 1989, Fluid Design [SF] pg. 59-61.
July 1992, Splendor in the Glass, [Napa] pg 67-68
Pacific Horticulture, An Ecologist’s Garden, J. Adler, pgs. 43-48
______________, Harland Hand: Artist as Designer, Spring, 1999, Vol. 60 #1, pg. 34-36
Process: Architecture, 118, Peter Walker William Johnson and Partners, Art & Nature, [Toyota] pg. 110, [Fremont] pg. 120,
[Munich] pg. 127
Garden Walks, Alice Joyce, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/27/05, “House & garden growing up together” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/27/HOG42DTMJ21.DTL
Conference & Seminar Programs
California Water Gardens & Koi Ponds, The Oakland Museum, Natural Sciences Dept., Program Coordinator/Editor/Speaker,
5/84, 5/87, 5/89
Water Gardens & Fish Pond Systems, Program Speaker
Pennsylvania Nurserymen & Affiliated Industries Conference,
University Park, 2/88
California Landscape Contractors Assoc.,
CLCA Chapter Programs, 10/88, 9/93, 4/00
Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association,
Grand Rapids EXPO, 1/94
San Francisco Landscape Garden Show,
4/87, 4/88, 4/90, 4/92, 4/94, 4/97
Santa Clara Valley Koi & Water Garden Club,
9/94, 5/99
Associated Koi Clubs of America, Annual Meeting,
San Jose, 6/95
Water in the Garden: Program Speaker
The SF Botanical Garden, 2/95
Technical Workshops, 3/95, 8/96
In Search of the Ecological Home Garden, Design Workshop Participant, SF Botanical Garden/UC Davis – Slosson Project, 4/93
[The California Landscape Garden, 1999]
Gardens as an Art Form/Water Feature Notes
UC Berkeley Extension, SF, Guest Instructor, 10/98, 6/07
Association of Landscape Design Professionals,
Palo Alto/Lafayette/Oakland, Guest Speaker, 9/99, 1/13, 4/13
Video
Alternative Materials & Techniques for Pond Systems, AKCA 1995 Conference, Featured Speaker, 6/95
Water in the Garden, Grow It! A Gardeners Guide, HGTV,
Program #104, Featured Garden, 7/97
The Poet and the Fish, Emiko Omori, Documentary Film maker,
Featured Garden, 12/97
Rabbit in the Moon, Emiko Omori, Documentary Film maker,
KQED/POV, 6/99; Emmy Award, 9/00
Garden Tours: Featured Gardens
Fire & Water Tour of East Bay Gardens,
SF Botanical Garden, 4/95
Color & Water, PRO ARTS Open Studios,
6/95; 6/96; 6/97, 6/99, 6/01, 6/05, 6/08
East & North Bay Gardens Tours,
SF Botanical Garden, 7/96, 10/97, 10/00, 10/01
Secret Gardens of the East Bay, Park Day School,
4/93, 4/97, 4/98, 4/99, 4/00, 4/01, 4/02, 4/03, 4/07
Associated Koi Clubs of America, Annual Meeting Pond Tour, 6/02
East Bay Fall Gardens Tour, Bay Area Plant Society, 9/03
Pacific Horticulture Foundation, 10/06
Hillside Garden Tour, 4/09
Garden Conservancy Open Gardens, 4/04, 7/05, 7/12, 5/14