Ferrari-Carano Vineyards, Healdsburg: The Site’s Own Logic
A formal ornamental garden in the middle of Sonoma vineyard country — two design languages on one property, each with its own rules.
Solage Calistoga: What It Suits and What It Does Not
Low modern buildings on open ground at the top of the Napa Valley. Clean, bright and hot — which suits some weddings and not others.
Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A canyon property in oak woodland at the top of the Napa Valley — dark, narrow, and running on the terrain's clock rather than the sun's.
Gardens of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco: Field Notes
A planted garden complex in a San Francisco park that was once sand dunes — and a climate that makes summer the grey season.
Bartholomew Estate, Sonoma: A Walk Through the Site
A Sonoma estate of vineyard, oak woodland and old stone — walked in the order a wedding day uses it.
Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford: The Light Through the Day
A hillside resort above the Napa Valley floor, read hour by hour — fog, olives, and a west-facing valley at the end of the day.
The Silverado Resort, Napa: A Walk Through the Property
A golf resort built around an 1870s mansion — a period house with several hundred acres of open ground behind it.
The Meadowood, Napa: Field Notes, Problem and Solution
A private resort in a wooded side valley — enclosed, shaded, and with the sun gone from the lawns early.
The Carneros Resort, Napa: The Light Through the Day
A cottage resort at the cool southern end of Napa — where the day starts under fog and almost never ends in rain.