EarthwormStudio is a San Diego-based company that specializes in designing and installing drought-tolerant, Mediterranean-style, low-maintenance landscapes. We live in a Mediterranean climate where dry summers and mild winters require plants that will survive. We use trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers native to California and other regions of the world with a similar climate, including: South Africa, Southwestern Australia, Central Chile and the Mediterranean Basin.

Olivia earned both her Horticulture and Landscape Design degrees at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Italian language from the University of Wroclaw, Poland, and studied Spanish language and culture at the University of Seville, Spain. Through her extensive travels, her focus of study has been the Mediterranean gardens of Italy and Spain – both historic and contemporary.

Olivia’s design philosophy has taken shape through a variety of influences over a period of many years, always maintaining a focus on listening to the client and designing a custom, personalized oasis.

Olivia began her career as a landscape designer at Fullerton Landscape Architects where she worked for four years. She specialized in the design and implementation of residential landscapes. She further expanded on her plant knowledge of Southern California flora while working at Sunshine Gardens nursery in Encinitas, CA, and volunteering at the San Diego Botanical Gardens.