tomat kitchen

Location: Westchester, CA

Year: 2020-2023

Vegetative Community: Coastal Sage Scrub

TOMAT intends to reinvigorate a Westchester neighborhood through healthy food and ecologically rich planting. It’s a true farm to table experience,celebrating food, flavor, and community, while showcasing endemic species.

We supported the team, imagining the roof top garden as a reflection of one of the coastal channel islands - Anacapa. The concept informed both the arrangement of the rooftop space and also the planting palette.

Chilopsis linearis `Art's Seedless’, Citrus x limon `Improved Meyer’, Platanus racemosa, Washingtonia filifera, Arctostaphylos densiflora `Sentinel`, Berberis pinnata `Ken Hartman`, Ceanothus x `Blue Jeans`, Eriogonum arborescens, Eriogonum giganteum, Eriophyllum nevinii `Canyon Silver`, Myrica californica, Ribes viburnifolium, Bouteloua gracilis, Calamagrostis foliosa, Carex pansa, Elymus condensatus `Canyon Prince’, Juncus patens, Muhlenbergia dubia, Sporobolus airoides, Heuchera maxima, Iris x `Canyon Snow`, Salvia spathacea

We’re grateful to our collaborators for bringing this project to life. Architects: RADAR, Inc.,, Builder: Natural Earth, and the the two with the vision - Harry and Natalie.