studio pappaterra is a firm founded by Elisa Read, an internationally recognized award-winning landscape designer, fire ecologist, and horticultural specialist with a focus on sustainable landscapes.

Our firm’s vision is to explore symbiotic connection’s within the Wild-Urban Interface (WUI), and create uniquely artistic yet appropriate rich botanical gardens in southern California and beyond.

Our holistic approach to design focuses on all components of a site from natural to cultural heritage, best summed up as from soil to soul.

some of our gardens