We focus on designing timeless landscapes that are inviting, innovative, and sustainable.
Our approach features sensitively edited designs that reflect a modernity informed by classical principles, meticulous eye to detail, and a keen focus on elevating our clients’ experience with nature. We care deeply about natural materials and craftsmanship. We are known for our warm and inviting gardens that envision the future while giving the feeling they’ve always been there.
STUDIO MEMBERS
Patricia Benner
Principal
Principal and founder Patricia Benner is a graduate of Smith College (BA, Bachelor of Arts), Boston University (MBA, Masters of Business Administration) and University of Southern California (MLA, Masters in Landscape Architecture).
Through her education and experience, Patricia is highly knowledgeable about residential architecture from classical design and vernacular tradition to modern and contemporary styles. She prizes the elegance of clean lines and simplicity and, at the same time, has a keen eye for materiality in details that bring a warmth and textural quality to her projects. With her background in business administration, Patricia brings to her landscape projects a high degree of professionalism and a strong commitment to successful project management and results. She is sensitive to site appropriate design and applies a deep knowledge and understanding of sustainable landscape practices to her designs.
Patricia’s residential designs have been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Luxe, California Homes, Interiors California and Veranda. She is a member of the Design Leadership Network, Ad Pro (Architectural Digest’s exclusive designer directory), The Garden Club of America, the Garden Conservancy, the American Society of Landscape Architects. Patricia is a member of the Board of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, Southern California Chapter.
Catherine Reibel
Senior Designer
Catherine leads the design direction and client development of projects in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. Catherine’s design ethic is rooted in her study of history, art, and ecology. She began to understand the value of a site’s “spirit of place” as an undergraduate history major at Yale. She approaches her designs much like her historical pursuits – understanding a site through persistent curious inquiry. This, paired with her clear, legible simplicity of design has led her to strive always to create landscapes with meaning, experiential quality, and beauty.
Catherine studied landscape architecture at UC Berkeley, where she reinforced her belief that functional landscapes with ecologically robust value should be the foundation of design. She was formerly an associate and project manager at Pamela Burton and Company, as well as Stephen Billings Landscape Architecture in Los Angeles, working on large scale public developments and residential estates. As a Pacific Palisades native, she is particularly interested in the post-fire rebuilding process.
Molly Funk
Landscape Architect
Molly brings 10 years of experience working locally and internationally to the firm where she leads residential and commercial projects in LA and Santa Barbara. As a licensed Landscape Architect, Molly approaches projects with both her technical expertise and a refined design sensibility.
Molly deeply believes in landscape architecture’s ability to not only nurture the land, but enhance the wellbeing of an individual and family. This ethos was strengthened during her time living in Copenhagen, Denmark where her work focused on improving daily lives with elegant and timeless design solutions. Molly brings this experience to each of her projects with a considerate approach to site design as well as plant and material selection.
Molly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography & Environmental Studies from UCLA and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Southern California. Before joining the firm, Molly worked on large-scale residential, commercial, and public projects for Pamela Burton & Company and Studio-MLA in Los Angeles and Ojai.
Karina Garcia
Project Designer
Bio coming soon.
Miles Zacagalini
Designer
Bio coming soon.
Amelia Schimmel
Operations
Bio coming soon.
MEMBERSHIPS
ICAA – Institute of Classical Art and Architecture
Design Leadership Network
American Society of Landscape Architects
Member and past Board Member of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, Southern California Chapter
The Garden Club of America;
The Architectural Guild
University of Southern California
Fellow of The Garden Conservancy
Tree People, Los Angeles, California