Stop by!
1552 Bancroft Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Wednesday | 9:30am – 12:30pm
Every first Wednesday* of the month, one of our Landscape Designers will be in the Nursery to help you with your quick design questions.
Please note, meetings are up to 10 minutes to accommodate all visitors. Customers needing more time should sign up for a consultation via our inquiry form. Designers will not be able to draw up plans or design garden beds during Designer in the Nursery meetings.
*Some Designer in the Nursery sessions may be canceled due to special events. Please look to our website and social media for announcements on cancelations.
Kate
Design Services Director
Garden making and growing professionally in the Bay Area for over fifteen years, Kate has learned, plants are powerful. As a designer, she believes that beauty and resilience go hand in hand, working with clients to realize their low water garden aspirations. Before coming to Ruth Bancroft Garden, Kate was the Horticulture Manager at Filoli gardens in Woodside. She studied Landscape Architecture at Merritt College, earned an MA in Museum Studies at the University of Washington and a BA in Biology at Boston College.
Gonzalo
Associate Designer
Gonzalo Mannucci is a CA licensed landscape architect. He has worked on designs for public spaces, wineries, large estates, and residences. Gonzalo has experience in the complete design process: Site analysis, to conceptual design with 3D modeling, to construction documents that are ready-to-build. He brings extensive design-build experience to his clients. Gonzalo is passionate about locally sourced materials, slow water, California native plants, and resilient landscapes. He has resided in the SF Bay Area for 27 years, becoming intimately familiar with the area's climate, unique topography, and plant palettes. Gonzalo is a life-long gardener, volunteered at the SF Botanical Garden’s nursery and completed a year-long internship at SFPUC’s native plant nursery in Sunol. His educational background includes a Certificate in Landscape Architecture from UC Berkeley Extension, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA from NYU. Gonzalo’s past career was as a marketer in the tech industry, where he honed a mix of creative and analytic skills he brings to every project.
Molly
Associate Designer
Since college, Molly has been interested in fostering connections between people and their natural environments. Molly's interest in horticulture blossomed when she was farming in Latin America for one year. Upon returning to the United States, she pursued a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning from UC Berkeley. Since receiving her degree, she has worked in residential and restoration landscape architecture firms in the Bay Area. When she is not designing, she enjoys spending time with her family, painting, hiking and gardening.
