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Jan 10, 2023

Field Collective selected as a designer for East Bay Municipal Utility District’s pilot low-water use landscape rebate program

East Bay Municipal Utility District’s (EBMUD) Pilot Landscape Design Assistance Program provides water bill rebates for a two-hour visit with a landscape designer that specializes in low-water use planting design. Field Collective has been selected as part of the inaugural […]

Eco-Patch

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Oct 25, 2022

Field Collective presents at the California Native Plant Society conference

Last week Alex and Nicki spent Thursday – Saturday in San Jose, sharing a wonderful experience with fellow native plant researchers, practitioners and enthusiasts. The focus of this year’s California Native Plant Society (CNPS) conference was ‘Rooting Together – Restoring […]

Ecological planting

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Sep 25, 2022

Alex speaks to Merritt College’s Landscape Horticulture students about the meadow-making process

Alex spoke to Terri McFarland’s planting design class at Merritt College about the meadow making process. The lecture included a discussion of different approaches to working on grasslands and meadows at Ashes & Diamonds Winery, the Potrero Eco-Patch, and the […]

Ecological planting

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Jul 25, 2022

UC Berkeley [IN]LAND guest lecture and tour

Alex gave the UC Berkeley [IN]LAND students a lecture on meadow-making followed by a tour of the Lewis/ Rudraraju garden’s meadow. She discussed the process of experimentation in creation of the meadow and some lessons learned. InLAND is a career […]

Eco-Patch

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Apr 21, 2022

Garden Dialogues event allows Field Collective to share lessons learned from the Eco-Patch with a national audience of landscape designers

Last Saturday we joined Jennifer Cooper and Solange Guillaume from San Francisco Public Works along with representatives from the CNPS Yerba Buena Chapter to co-host a ‘Garden Dialogue’ tour organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Sharing our learnings from the […]

Eco-Patch

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Mar 29, 2022

The Cultural Landscape Foundation selects the Eco-Patch for their Garden Dialogues series

We are thrilled to share that the Eco-Patch will be included in TCLF‘s garden dialogues program this year! Thanks TCLF! We are truly honored to be included amongst such beautiful gardens and talented designers. We’re stoked to share our experiences […]

Eco-Patch

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Nov 22, 2021

2021 Infill planting day at the Eco-Patch

A big thanks to the volunteers who came out yesterday to help with the infill planting yesterday at the Eco-Patch! A month ago or so, Alex and Nicki assessed each plot of the Eco-Patch to determine which plants should be […]

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Oct 5, 2021

Part 2 of Eco-Patch article published

Part 2 of our article on the Eco-Patch is now available on Pacific Horticulture. Check it out! We are also excited to announce there will be a mini-documentary about the Eco-Patch as the first installment of Pacific Horticulture’s new ‘Landscapes […]

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Sep 14, 2021

Article published with Pacific Horticulture

Excited to share a two-part article in Pacific Horticulture written by Field Collective co-founders Alexandra Harker and Nicki Copley, titled The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch: Part 1 of 2. An experimental framework for designing and gardening with native plants Part one talks about the importance of […]