The Landscape Architects were inspired by the existing qualities of the site, including mature Redwood trees, rammed earth walls forming a terraced descent towards the valley, and the striking views across the site. From this point, the design team was motivated to not only preserve these elements, but to celebrate and highlight them while incorporating new features.

Arriving on site, visitors are greeted by towering mature Redwood trees, with a surrounding planting scheme to augment the scale of the Redwoods – a native understory shrub layer and woodland groundcover. From there, visitors approach the Upper Terrace, anchored by the pavilion and movable seating area under the shade of three large Valley oak trees. The planting of the Upper Terrace references the surrounding Oak grassland habitat, with two dozen mixed oak species providing structure and shade over a ground cover of mixed grasses. Beyond, the cultivated garden is designed as a tapestry of flowering perennials, intended to be viewed from the Upper Terrace above and explored on paths of crushed stone paths. Throughout these distinct experiences on site, regional shrubs reenforce the structure provided by a series of rammed earth and concrete walls.

This approach creates a series of intimate tasting rooms throughout the site, that allow for diverse range of experiences related to the adjacent plant communities, framed by vineyards and the distant ridges of the Mayacamas Mountains on the horizon. A series of water features and rills runs throughout the rooms, guiding the visitor’s journey and providing a dynamic element to the otherwise serene environment.

From each terrace, a view of the agrarian valley beyond reenforces the productive narrative underpinning the winery. Sustainable agricultural practices are carried through the landscape design through a strategic plant palette that supports pollinator species and the utilization of low-impact maintenance strategies.