Creating sanctuaries for life and beauty...
We create beautiful gardens to nurture you and the earth
Earthly Sites Landscape is a full service firm providing design, installation and care services for residential landscapes and gardens. We'd love to help you from start to finish but we're also available for smaller projects. We can restore your existing landscape, update your irrigation to a water-wise smart system, design and install LED lighting, or just consult with you about your particular needs. We also provide ongoing care for your landscape.
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Our practices are rooted in theories of regenerative landcaping and permaculture. This means we're considering every aspect of the design and installation in relation to your site's unique qualities, and what's healthy for the earth and your family. We design for beauty AND functionality: optimal water usage, diverse habitat and appropriate plants, but we also nurture your soil, manage & utilize storm runoff, improve passive cooling and maximize fire-resistance.
All of our services are designed to create the greatest impact with the least effort: larger outputs from smaller inputs. This means a beautiful landscape with healthy habitat, more edibles and flowers, and useful living spaces from the most ideal resources including sustainable materials, well-sourced plants and cost-efficiency at every step. ​
Ingrid Martin, principal and founder
Ingrid always loved playing in the mud and growing things. Her mother brought her into the garden at a young age, turning over care for the houseplants to her as a teen.
She graduated BS Comp Sci and worked as an engineer / web designer for 10+ years but realized that being in the garden fed her soul like nothing else. With minors in Botany and Natural Sciences (electives!), she continued studies in Horticulture, Design, and Landscape Architecture. She recognized her calling, integrating her love of the Earth with her daily life, passion with career, and Earthly Sites opened in 2003.
Ingrid brings a melange of perspectives and skills to Earthly Sites, with her focus on connecting people with Nature.
The Team
At Earthly Sites, our team includes dedicated horticulturalists, landscapers and builders.
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We're much like the gardens we create: diverse, dynamic and balanced. We believe a garden's essence is defined by the vibrant life it supports, and the essence of our organization is defined by our relationships and love of nature.​​
We love our clients,
and here's what they have to say about us ....
We are so glad we found Ingrid and Earthly Sites. Ingrid is meticulous, patient and pragmatic. She was able to translate my vague ideas, often with conflicting requirements, into a great & sensible design. She offered so many good ideas. Ingrid is very detail oriented -- whether picking the lighting for the deck or planning for stormwater drainage; she thought of everything. Her care and knowledge of native plants and trees (e.g. redwood, live oak) was topnotch. The crew is also A1 -- hardworking, respectful, very punctual. It was a pleasure working with them. Our large and difficult site was truly transformed over just a few months! We're really happy with Earthly Sites and recommend them wholeheartedly. (I write this review while I sit in my backyard watching a hummingbird hover on a summer bloom.) Bhavna, Berkeley​
Let's Transform Your Landscape
Are you ready to transform your outdoor space?
Request a quote by completing a short questionnaire (linked). The information requested will help us get started right away. We'll respond by email within 2 business days.
Our service area includes Oakland, Berkeley, Albany / El Cerrito, Alameda, San Francisco and San Leandro. Check in with us if you are located in a bordering area and ready to start a design / build project.
