Abundant Beauty,
Integrated Design, Ecological Integrity
We design, build, and care for landscapes that nurture you and the earth.
Full-Service Ecological Landscaping in Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco and the East Bay, California
Earthly Sites is a full-service ecological landscaping firm serving The Bay Area since 2003. Through our signature EarthWise approach, we manage your project from concept through completion. Whether you need a full landscape transformation, restoration or targeted upgrades—like water-wise smart irrigation, LED lighting, or a planting refresh—we design resilient systems tailored to your unique site.
Our Approach is EarthWise
Our work prioritizes sustainability in the fullest sense: sustaining the land, the landscape, and the people who call it home. Guided by the principles of regenerative landscaping and permaculture, we design in response to your site’s unique conditions and your everyday needs:
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Climate-Adapted Botanicals: Prioritizing water-wise, drought-tolerant planting—especially California native and Mediterranean species—while creating landscapes that are beautiful, edible, high-performing, and deeply livable.
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Resilient Systems: Stewarding soil health, utilizing stormwater, optimizing landscape drainage & grading, creating passive cooling, and increasing fire-resistant landscaping to establish compliant defensible space.​
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Built to Last: Combining quality craftsmanship with long-term maintainability and the resourceful reuse of existing site materials wherever appropriate.
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​Ongoing Care: Delivering dedicated long-term care services that sustain the health, beauty, and performance of your landscape for years to come.
A Net-Positive Transformation For Your Property
​​Across all services, our signature EarthWise framework focuses on a net-positive transformation for your outdoor space. By reducing resource-heavy inputs in favor of self-renewing ecological systems, we improve your land's functional health and deliver a climate-ready space more resilient to extreme weather than traditional landscapes. Let’s create a beautiful, highly functional landscape together.
What Clients Say About Earthly Sites...
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​
ABOUT
Ingrid Martin, Founder + Principal Designer
Ingrid has been drawn to the garden for as long as she can remember. Ingrid founded Earthly Sites in 2003, bringing together technical precision, ecological understanding, and a design-forward sensibility. What began as a childhood attraction to the natural world grew into a lasting reverence for living systems and a commitment to supporting that connection within urban landscapes. Before turning her focus entirely to the earth, Ingrid earned a B.S. in Computer Science and spent over a decade working as an engineer. Realizing the garden was where she felt most at home, she pivoted her technical background toward a commitment to stewardship, continuing her studies in horticulture, landscape design, and architecture.Today, she approaches each project with the goal of shaping outdoor spaces that deepen the relationship between people and the environment—creating resilient landscapes that function beautifully and continue to evolve over time.
Our Team
At Earthly Sites, our team includes dedicated horticulturists, landscapers, and builders working together to bring each project to life.
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Like the landscapes we create, our team is diverse, dynamic, and balanced. We value collaboration, attention to detail, and a shared respect for the living systems we work with—bringing care, skill, and intention to every garden.
CONTACT EARTHLY SITES
Ready to begin your project?
Complete a short questionnaire to tell us about your space and goals. We review each inquiry carefully and will follow up by email within 2 business days.
Serving Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Francisco and the East Bay. Don't hesitate to contact us if you are located in a bordering area.​