History
Satori Garden Design was born in 2008, at the same time as the city of Santa Monica was offering generous rebates for homeowners who were transitioning away from lawns to sustainable landscapes. Designing many of the city's rebated gardens helped inform Arleen's practice of using low water plants, native flora, re-purposed materials, efficient drip irrigation and water harvesting techniques. The healing power of working with plants and in the soil has always been evident to Arleen and so she eventually became registered in Horticultural Therapy. Since 2013, she has successfully nurtured a therapeutic gardening program at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services. At Vista, she's designed, and now maintain, two large school gardens totaling over 13,000 sq. ft.
Specialties
Landscape Design & Coaching | Horticultural Therapy | Garden Education At Satori Garden Design we strongly believe a beautiful landscape is in rhythm with the climate it is in, designed and maintained in a way that supports and improves the soil and our native flora and fauna. A garden designed in this manner gives years of delight to its owner as they watch it mature and become a resilient ecosystem ripe with changing textures and colors. Landscape Design... Satori Garden Design offers full landscape design services including planting, irrigation and lighting plans and conceptual hardscape plans. Satori sources and procures the plant material, lighting and other landscape features (i.e. fire or water features, outdoor furniture, etc.) and remains involved all the way through the bidding and installation process in cooperation with a landscape contractor. Horticultural Therapy... As a registered Horticultural Therapist, Arleen Ferrara can help design a horticultural therapy program and the therapeutic garden spaces for a wide variety of needs. Garden Education... Because sometimes you just need a little advice, Satori Garden Design offers coaching to those homeowners interested in understanding their landscape better.