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Studio Team

Looking for guidance on your landscaping project? Our expert designers can help make your dream garden a reality.

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John Greenlee

Founder, Horticulture Expert, and Principle Garden Designer

Known as "The Grass Man" in horticultural circles, John Greenlee is a trailblazing landscape designer, horticultural expert, and author with over four decades of experience in creating sustainable grass ecologies. John founded the renowned landscape design and consulting firm Greenlee & Associates in 2009 where he has worked on projects across the U.S. and globally. His work spans public spaces, private residences, and prestigious institutions, including Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Houston Zoo, and the Getty Center.

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Pat Peavey

Office Manager, Sales Representative

Favorite Greenlee Meadow Collection Plant: Angel Eyelash.

Tall purple brushes of Muhlenbergia Emersleyi stick out of a grass meadow.

Nicola Levy

Associate Landscape Designer

Favorite Greenlee Meadow Collection Plant: Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'Madrone.'

Texas Bluegrass Seedheads gently rest in the air.

Roberto Gradilla

Junior Landscape Designer

Favorite Greenlee Meadow Collection Plant: Poa Arachnifera 'Texas Bluegass.'

Sesleria grass seedheads catching the afternoon light.

Madeira BooydeGraaff

Associate

Favorite Greenlee Meadow Collection Plant: Sesleria 'Greenlee Hybrid.'

Leymus Triticoides 'Lagunita' arches over the edge of a stone wall.

Marianne Amaya

Bookkeeper

Favorite Greenlee Meadow Collection Plant: Leymus Triticoides 'Lagunita.'

Waves of Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails' adorn a hillside meadow.

Sedge Greenlee

Digital Content Manager

Favorite Greenlee Meadow Collection Plant: Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails.'

Our Experience

From plant expeditions across 5 continents to hundreds of past design projects, there's more to us than just our good looks. To learn more about our studio's previous work and activity, visit our complete resume using the button bellow.

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Our Work in Action

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Backyard Shangri-La

South Bay, CA

 Pink, blue, and yellow flowers gently speckle a wispy grass meadow.

Mixed Meadow Garden

San Francisco Peninsula, CA

 Palm trees and tall grasses decorate a small residential meadowette.

Eclectic Meadowette

San Francisco Peninsula, CA
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