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Come visit the Rana Creek Nursery! Our featured plant of the week is our fresh LAVENDER!  Add some color to your summer! For detailed information, please contact Maggie Becher, Nursery Manager Email: maggie@ranacreekdesign.com

Recently, the California Native Grasslands Association asked Paul to write an article for their 20 year anniversary issue of Grasslands: I was first introduced to native grasses and grassland ecology in 1991 when I met David Amme, John Anderson, and others to start up what was then called the California Native Grass Association. I was [...]

Come learn how ecoroofs work, why they’re important, and what resources are available to help start your own projects at Ecoroof Portland 2011! Get information directly from ecoroof vendors including architects, consultants, contractors, landscape architects, manufacturers, nurseries, structural engineers, suppliers, researchers, and non-profit and community organizations. Featured speakers include Stephan Brenneisen, Wolfgang Ansel and Paul [...]

Saturday, February 19 · 9:00am – 6:00pm A symposium on native plant gardening & design featuring talks by California’s top horticulturists and designers: Bart O’Brien, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Bernard Trainor, Bernard Trainor + Associates Carol Bornstein, Carol Bornstein Design Dr. Glenn Keator, Merritt College Judith Lowry, Larner Seeds Nevin Smith, Suncrest Nurseries Paul [...]

Friends of the Carmel Valley Library host Raphael Garcia, Senior Project Manager of Rana Creek, to talk about recent advances in living architecture. Raphael Garcia is an expert in ecological design, specifically for green roofs, living walls, graywater, stormwater and watershed management systems. Rana Creek has developed world-renowned innovative approaches to ecological design. Seating first-come, [...]

Paul Kephart- Rana Creek Living Architecture It has become increasingly clear that the design and building of living roofs is making a transition from early adoption to mainstream application. Driven by environmental policy, economic necessity, and social responsibility, there is increasing emphasis on a “living systems” approach to building and vegetation design; designs that integrate [...]