Meet Our Team
We are a small team of talented professionals with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do, and we do it with passion. We look forward to working with you.
Owner Brandon Schmiedeberg is a California-based Landscape Designer with over 14 years of experience doing professional landscape design and installation. Both he and his wife Kelsey fell in love with the Central Coast while earning their Bachelor’s Degrees in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly SLO.
Growing up in Los Angeles and San Diego, they have always loved southern California landscapes, and exploring the local outdoors. They now live in Los Osos, raise their daughters, and both enjoy working in the landscape industry.
Brandon graduated with a Degree in Landscape Architecture and a Minor in Sustainable Environments from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He has over 14 years of industry experience ranging from Lead Designer at a design/build company in San Diego to Regional Branch Manager for the Central Coast landscape construction division of a nationally recognized landscape construction/maintenance firm. Brandon has a passion for modern and minimalistic design with an extensive background in hardscape, planting, irrigation, and lighting design & installation.
California Landscape Contractors Association
(CLCA - San Luis Obispo Chapter)
SECRETARY
Landscape Architecture Department
Advisory Council
(LADAC - Cal Poly SLO University)
CHAIR ELECT
Cal Poly University
PAST PRESIDENT
CURRENT BOARD MEMBER
Non-Profit Dedicated to
Cleaning the Waters of the Central Coast
SECRETARY
Kelsey also graduated with a degree in Landscape Architecture and a Minor in Horticulture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She began her career in the landscape maintenance field working for the globally recognized design/build/maintenance company Bright View, in San Diego. She also worked as a Horticulturist at the Disneyland Theme Park in Anaheim, CA.
A shift from landscape maintenance to landscape design brought her and Brandon to the Central Coast. She was Lead Designer for Sage Ecological Landscapes before starting her own landscape design consulting company. Her green thumb leads to a passion for plants, and she has an extensive background in drought tolerant landscape design and nature-driven free-form design.
GARDEN MEMBER
Schmiedeberg Designs is built on the foundational experience gathered over years of professional practice.
