About Us
Sustainable Landscape Design & Residential Architecture
Bay Area Landscape Architect
Cara Nelson is a San Francisco based landscape architect specializing in residential landscape design. Cara’s mission is to combine clients’ objectives with unique site-specific designs. Designs draw on disciplines ranging from horticulture to fine art, architecture, and ecology. Using best landscape architecture sustainability practices, projects incorporate green building materials and reclaimed elements to create beautiful outdoor living spaces.
Cara McAdam Nelson
Cara brings more than two decades of residential landscape design and construction experience to each project. Her passion for art in the landscape has kept her designs fresh throughout her career.
Drawing on her dual design and construction experience, she enjoys working with clients to apply their aesthetic and functional goals to your unique landscape design. Cara’s use of native plants is a signature trademark of her work. Her extensive construction background trained Cara to meet clients’ target budgets. Cara’s trademark landscape designs, located throughout northern and central California, artistically create spaces that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Her accomplishments and talents include: