Design-build landscaping firm with focus on small outdoor spaces and promoting ecological relationships.

Services: garden design, garden installation, carpentry, stonework, garden maintenance, garden coaching

Website: smallspotgardens.com

Contact: Elisa Baier, elisa AT smallspotgardens.com

Areas of Expertise: historical California ecosystems, soil health, abundant plant design, California native plants

Small Spot Gardens is a San Francisco based outdoor design firm that imagines, creates and cares for intimate gardens in city-sized spaces.  We love working with clients that are excited about the natural world and want a richer outdoor space at their home or workplace, whether they’re relaxing, playing, entertaining or simply enjoying the view from inside.  We believe living alongside nature, even a tiny bit of it, can help our clients and their loved ones relax, re-prioritize, refocus and generally be healthier and happier*.  These small spots of nature are also part of a bigger picture so we design and care for gardens with an understanding that our actions affect, and can contribute to, our local environment.

Owner Elisa Baier has a degree in botany from Cornell University and over 14 years of experience in horticulture and agriculture. She founded Small Spot Gardens in 2009, guided by her fascination with how plants and animals continue to get by in the densest of cities and excited by the role each small green space can play to restore individuals and families.  She’s also intrigued by the potential that networked small gardens have to help mitigate some of the harmful environmental impacts of big cities. You can reach her at smallspotgardens.com and elisa AT smallspotgardens.com.