Bernard Trainor is the founding principal and design director of Ground Studio, a team of artists and designers working together to envision and craft contextual California landscapes, thoughtfully balancing the character of the land, the identity of the architecture, and the lifestyles of people who live there. Designing in a range of scales from compact urban gardens to expansive rural sites, our designs inspire a deep connection with the land.
Drawing on thirty-five years of passionate commitment to the study and practice of landscape design Trainor has completed four academic programs, practiced professionally in three countries, and continues to lecture extensively on the subject of Landscape Design throughout the world.
Ground Studio has two monographs that are published by Princeton Architectural Press : Landprints 2013 and Bernard Trainor: Ground Studio Landscapes 2019
Landscape Architecture is a wonderful and extremely challenging design discipline, it requires persistence and resilience, not only from the plants and materials we choose, but also from us, the designers - Time, growth, and an ongoing dialogue between people and land is where we have learned how to create landscapes that end up on these glossy pages.
