About Susan

Author of the award-winning The Less is More Garden, Big Ideas for Your Small Yard, East Bay landscape designer Susan Morrison is passionate about gardens large and small. Her designs have been featured in various publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Times, Fine Gardening and Cottages and Bungalows.

Sunset Demonstration Garden.

Susan has written on design and plant selection for Fine Gardening since 2009. In addition to writing articles and presenting talks on design to garden enthusiasts all over the country, she has shared small-garden strategies on the ground-breaking PBS series Growing a Greener World and been featured on notable podcasts such as A Way to Garden and The Joe Gardener Show.   She also enjoys collaborating with the Sunset Western Garden Collection, testing their plants in her own garden and contributing plant insights on their website. In 2018 she helped design the Sunset Smart Cottage Garden in Sonoma’s Cornerstone. 

Susan received her certification training in garden design from UC Berkeley extension, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UC Riverside. Locally, Susan has maintained an active volunteer status as a Master Gardener since 2004.

Visit her media highlights page for links to articles, podcasts, television interviews and book reviews.