Rock & Rose Landscapes

06/11/2025

This 6-month after/before series of a client’s street side garden in Forest Hills: from grassy wasted space to native pollinator haven!

06/04/2025

A sweet June to June transformation, from mostly weeds to mostly natives, designed by Angela Tamblin and installed by us! Second photo is the garden when we met it.

11/22/2024

Before / After series: this mind blowing transformation in Portola, designed and built this year by our own Estimating and Installation team!

09/24/2024

Scenes from a brand new design/install project: a rooftop garden that manages to brighten up a foggy San Francisco day! Designed by for

05/30/2024

Working on some beautiful things in Brisbane! Design and photos by

04/18/2024

How we design our outdoor spaces now will affect our ability as a species to enjoy them in the future. Getting fundamentalist about maximizing trees, biodiversity, and recycled materials in the landscape is a survival strategy, folks!

“Decarbonization has design value. It’s part of the design process, not a separate thing,” said Marieke Lacasse, FASLA, principal at GGLO, during the second in a series of webinar…

03/22/2024

Recent studies confirm 4 best landscape design strategies to reduce climate warming:
-Plant as many trees as possible
-Create more shade
-Plants and water are better than hardscape
-Living groundcovers are better than artificial turf

“While we were developing our Climate Action Plan, landscape architects told us what they needed most was authoritative evidence that demonstrates all the great benefits of their work. We are thrilled Daniella brought the research together to make the strongest case to policymakers, community groups, allied professionals, and the public. We now have the best science on landscape architecture strategies for extreme heat on hand" -- ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Fund has released new peer-reviewed research on landscape architecture solutions to extreme heat, the deadliest climate impact.

The research was developed by Dr. Daniella Hirschfeld, ASLA, PhD, Assistant Professor of Climate Adaptation Planning, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department, Utah State University. Dr. Hirschfeld won a competitive national grant from the ASLA Fund in 2023 to conduct the research.

Read the executive summary, which includes case studies and project examples, and the full research study: https://bit.ly/3x2ECn5

Image Credit: ASLA 2023 Professional General Design Honor Award. University of Arizona Environment + Natural Resource II. Tucson, Arizona. Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture / Marion Brenner

02/27/2024

A few vignettes from the winter subtlety of a recently installed project in Hillsborough, designed by

12/19/2023

Looking back at the year; A few scenes from one of our bigger design-build projects of 2023.