Sarah Barnard’s approach to designing for botanists, horticulturists, and gardeners is rooted in her lifetime of personal gardening experience. As a Certified California Naturalist with a deep-seated love for horticulture, Sarah understands that for a plant lover, the home and garden are one interconnected ecosystem. She holds the USGBC Wildfire Landscaping Defense Certificate and the Theodore Payne Foundation’s California Native Plant Landscaper Certificate. This unique background enables the studio to design interior environments that support plant cultivation while maintaining the high aesthetic standards of a luxury sanctuary.

Custom Botanical Textiles & Furnishings

Bespoke Specimen Wallcoverings: The studio’s capacity for custom wallcoverings enables the creation of immersive environments inspired by specific plant species, botanical illustrations, or the client’s own horticultural photography.

Nature-Inspired Custom Textiles: Design of upholstery and drapery fabrics that celebrate specific leaf structures, branching patterns, or floral anatomy, printed on plant-based fibers like linen and hemp.

Horticultural Furniture Design: Custom furniture that accommodates the presence of plants, such as tables with integrated planters or moisture-resistant surfaces for display.

Immersive Biophilic Connection

Micro-Climate Observation Nooks: Seating areas specifically positioned to overlook mini-ecosystems or prized garden specimens, facilitating the daily ritual of plant observation.

Seasonal Rotation Strategies: Design frameworks for rotating indoor plants and floral displays to reflect the outdoor garden’s peak seasons, keeping the interior feeling fresh and seasonally aligned.

Sensory Botanical Layers: Natural materials that carry subtle, earthy scents or tactile textures that mirror the experience of being in the field.

Specialized Botanical Spaces

Propagation & Cultivation Suites: Dedicated indoor propagation rooms equipped with moisture-resistant surfaces, integrated drainage, and specialized ventilation to support seed starting and cutting success.

Living Galleries & Herbariums: Custom-lit display systems for personal plant collections or preserved botanical specimens, treating flora as the primary fine art of the home.

Integrated Potting Rooms: Beautiful, high-functioning transition spaces that allow for year-round gardening activities, featuring ergonomic workstations and organized storage for seed libraries, soils, amendments, and tools.

Atriums, Greenhouses & Conservatories: Multi-functional environments designed to serve as both high-performance growing spaces for delicate specimens and refined settings for social connection. Elegant layouts that accommodate garden-side dining and hosting, helping the beauty of a curated botanical collection serve as a restorative backdrop for shared meals and daily life.

Specialized Light Fixtures: High-end light fixtures that discreetly incorporate PAR-spectrum (Photosynthetically Active Radiation) technology.

Technical Interior Performance

Humidity & Climate Synchronization: Collaborating on HVAC solutions that balance the high humidity required by many tropical specimens with the need to protect the home’s building envelope and fine finishes.

Precision Lighting Networks: Layered lighting plans that offer high-focus task lighting for botanical study and programmable spectrums to mimic natural light cycles for both plants and people.

High-Durability Flooring & Finishes: Beautiful, non-porous materials—such as natural stone and tile that withstand the occasional spill or soil transfer.

Water Management Integration: Elegant, high-capacity utility sinks and foot-pedal operated faucets to facilitate easy watering and plant care.

Advocacy and Professional Collaboration

Ecological Liaison: The studio serves as an intermediary with landscape architects, irrigation specialists, and arborists to coordinate the home’s design with the exterior horticultural vision.

Material Evaluation: Clients are invited to review material samples that balance functionality with beauty, from durable hard surfaces to bespoke textile proofs inspired by native flora.

Project Timeline Sensitivity: Aligning project milestones and installations with optimal planting seasons or specific blooming cycles to support the overall rhythm of the property’s lifecycle.