Geoff Coffey is the founder of Madroño landscape design studio, a principal of Bay Natives nursery, and chairman of the non-profit Native Spaces.

Coffey writes for the San Francisco Chronicle, Planet magazine, Bay Nature magazine, SenorCafe.com, and other media.

He is the elder son of sculptor Mac Coffey, the lucky husband of designer Lotta Coffey, and the proud father of adorable Marlowe Coffey.


Recent and noteworthy:

January 1, 2008
Old Oaks for the New Year (Native Spaces)
Quercus agrifolia taught me to change my units of thinking about time.

September 25, 2007
Into the Inferno: the Science of Fire (KQED-TV)
Coffey appears on public television as a California native plant expert.

April 1 2007
Elements of Genius (senorcafe.com)
Emerging San Francisco artist Blair Bradshaw confronts irony at the elemental level.

Spring 2007
Whispers in the Water (Bay Nature magazine)
Landscape design and restoration at the Presidio's El Polin Springs.

May 17, 2006
Earth Stewards look beyond the street (S.F. Chronicle)
Native plants help keep troubled youth out of jail.

Winter 2006
Interview with designer Bruce Mau (Planet magazine)
Visionary thoughts on design in the modern world.




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