Helmina is a registered Architect with extensive experience in design, permitting and project management for residential, commercial, and institutional projects. Her main focus is on sustainable design for residential clients and community oriented projects incorporating urban farming and kitchen gardens. She believes that good design can improve our lives by improving the aesthetics, efficiency and comfort of the spaces we inhabit every day. At a broader scale, she feels that designers have a responsibility to go beyond aesthetics to play a regenerative role in our urban communities.
Website: citygardenstudio.com
Phone: (415) 638-7198
Cross Streets: Near the intersection of Oxford St and Virginia St
1680 Oxford St Berkeley, CA 94709 ·2335.30 mi
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yelpMy family came to Helmina with our hopes and dreams of creating a self-sustaining small farm and vacation property. We didn't know where to begin or how to navigate land use processes. Helmina...
MoreI hired City Garden Studio to help design and install a kitchen garden in our backyard in Oakland, CA. I knew of Helmina's work from the Berkeley Edible Schoolyard and the Berkeley New School...
MoreThrough the recommendation of our contractor, we hired Helmina to help us with design and landscape work, however, she ended up putting herself in the role of doing builds even though she knew we...
MoreI've worked with Helmina City Garden Studio on projects in Oakland and Berkeley. Helmina is organized, knowledgeable, creative and is a fast and adaptive thinker. Her insight and investigation...
MoreLocation: Palo Alto, CA (no idea why my profile puts me in Ontario, Canada) Helmina came highly recommended to me by my GC. They had worked well in the past together on several projects. I met...
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