Professional Services

Landscape Architecture | Site Planning | Historic Landscape Preservation

I'm a California licensed landscape architect with 20+ years of experience.

My portfolio of built work includes; schools, parks, civic spaces, commercial developments, and religious environments.

I am deeply interested in mid-century California gardens - preserving originals and creating authentic new gardens.

I've worked in various roles on many historically significant properties. Here is a partial list:

· The Eichler X100

· Koerner Garden, Palm Springs

· Hoover House , Stanford University

· Kaufmann Desert House

· The Eichler Homes Office Building

· King’s Point, Palm Springs

· Ocotillo Lodge, Palm Springs

· Baldwin Hills Village, Los Angeles

· Fay Park, San Francisco

Instagram: millerstudiola

BOOKS

Modern Public Gardens: Robert Royston and the Suburban Park

Modern Public Gardens is a detailed look at the remarkable and innovative park designs created by Robert Royston between 1949 and 1965. It was published in 2006 by William Stout Books in San Francisco. It is out of print, but we have a supply and would be happy to provide you with a new wrapped copy. Used copies can be had (cheap) on Amazon.

William Krisel's Palm Springs: The Language of Modernism

A monograph on the work of archietct William Krisel, a prominent southern California modernist. Krisel was also a landscape architect with a unique approach to site design. JC Miller wrote the chapter exploring his landscape design philosophy and the built work in Palm Springs.

Robert Royston

The is the first full biography of the landscape architect Robert Royston. It documents the life and work of a designer and teacher who shaped the postwar Bay Area landscape with visionary designs for public spaces.