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Landscape Architecture
Master plans, planting schemes, and site grading developed in close collaboration with architects and owners.
- Site Analysis
- Master Planning
- Planting Design
- Lighting Design
Est. MMXXVLandscape Architecture · Build · StewardshipSeattle · N 47° · W 122°
⟡ Salterra LLC — Bespoke Landscapes
Of the salt
and the earth.
We design and steward considered outdoor environments — gardens, grounds, and ground-touching architecture for the quiet pursuit of a life well-lived.
Founded
2025
Discipline
Land · Stone · Water
Service Area
Greater Seattle
Approach
By Invitation
⟡ I — Philosophy
A landscape is not decorated — it is revealed.
Salterra is a studio of landscape architects, horticulturists, and master craftsmen working in deliberate counterpoint to the hurried. We believe the finest gardens are uncovered slowly — by listening to the site before drawing a single line.
From the salt-laden coasts to the inland clay, every property speaks its own dialect of soil, light, and weather. Our work is to translate — through specimen selection, stonework, water, and time — what a place is already trying to become.
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Provenance
Native species, regional stone, locally fired clay.
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Patience
Schemes designed to mature over decades, not seasons.
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Craft
In-house masons, arborists, and irrigation specialists.
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Stewardship
Lifetime care plans for every garden we plant.
“The land remembers what is done to it. We choose, always, to be remembered kindly.”
— Salterra Studio Notes
⟡ II — Disciplines
Four disciplines.
One continuous craft.
We work end-to-end — from the first walk of the property to the tenth winter of pruning — so the vision never passes through a stranger's hands.
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Hardscape & Masonry
Natural stone terraces, drystone walls, bespoke pools, and architectural water features built by our in-house masonry team.
- Stone Terraces
- Drystone Walls
- Pools & Spas
- Outdoor Kitchens
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Horticulture & Arboriculture
Specimen sourcing, tree relocation, soil restoration, and ecological planting that thrives on its own terms.
- Specimen Trees
- Meadow Restoration
- Soil Biology
- Pruning & Care
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Estate Stewardship
Year-round, white-glove maintenance for the gardens we plant — and for legacy landscapes that deserve renewal.
- Seasonal Care
- Irrigation
- Lighting Service
- Annual Editing
⟡ III — Selected Work
A young studio,
an old discipline.
A selection of recent and in-progress works. Full project dossiers are shared by request, in keeping with our clients' privacy.
⟡ IV — The Method
Four movements,
made deliberately.
IMovement 1
Walk the Land
A slow first visit. We listen for the genius of the place — light, water, prevailing wind, the trees already in residence — before any pencil meets paper.
IIMovement 2
Concept & Counsel
Hand-drawn schemes, mood, and material studies presented in person. We refine until the vision is shared, then commit it to scaled drawings.
IIIMovement 3
Build & Plant
Our own masons, arborists, and gardeners execute the work. No sub-contracted vision. Specimens are sourced and tagged at the nursery, often years in advance.
IVMovement 4
Steward & Edit
A garden is never finished — only edited. Our stewardship team returns season after season to prune, replant, and let the design mature.
⟡ V — In Confidence
What our clients,
in their words.
“Salterra approached our shoreline with a reverence we hadn't seen before. Two seasons in, it feels as though the garden was always there.”
M. & A. Whitfield
Private Residence, East Hampton
“They are landscape architects in the truest sense — as concerned with the soil biology as with the silhouette of a hedge against the sky.”
Catherine Lowell, AIA
Lowell + Pratt Architects
“What I value most is restraint. Salterra had the discipline to leave the meadow alone — and to convince me to do the same.”
R. Hadley
Equestrian Estate, Litchfield
⟡ VI — Correspondence
Begin a
quiet conversation.
We work with a small number of households each year. If your property is calling for a thoughtful hand, write to us — we reply to every letter personally within five working days.
- Studio
- 1200 Western Avenue, Suite 04
Seattle, WA 98101 - Letters
- hello@salterra.com
- Telephone
- +1 (206) 555 · 0125