Landscape Design in the East Bay

Naturalistic front yard in Berkeley planted entirely with California natives, with a stepping stone path set through dense low-water groundcover

The East Bay offers warmer, drier summers than the coast, with a range of microclimates from the bay flatlands up into the hills. Fyrn Landscapes offers landscape design for homeowners in the East Bay who want gardens built for those conditions. Designs focus on lower water use, healthy soil, and plants that belong here.

Rachael Fyrn is a certified California native plant landscaper and horticulturist with training in permaculture, soil health, and water-efficient irrigation.

Landscape Design

Good design starts with your site and your goals. That means assessing soil, light, drainage, and exposure before selecting a single plant. We specialize in gardens that improve with age, gardens that are more resilient, more ecologically alive, and less dependent on inputs over time.

Fyrn Landscapes does not offer garden maintenance in the East Bay. Design services include planting plans, irrigation design, and edible garden installation.

Specialties

California natives
Edible gardens
Drip irrigation
Soil health
Ecological design

A dense planting of golden lupine with a single pink clarkia in a Berkeley California native garden. Lush native shrubs are in the background and a path of wooden stepping stones curves along the bed.

Serving: Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Piedmont, Alameda, and surrounding areas.