VanderToolen Associates, Inc

04/22/2026

Every great park starts with an idea — what if nature could be the heart of a neighborhood? 🌿 This Earth Day, we’re celebrating Lake District, a 21-acre public park nestled in the One Lake neighborhood of Fairfield, CA. Designed to draw the community outdoors, the park’s interconnecting trails, playgrounds, and lakeside café invite residents to slow down, explore, and connect — with each other and with nature. Happy Earth Day from our team to yours. 🌍
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04/09/2026

Happy World Landscape Architecture Month!
This year, alongside American Society of Landscape Architects , we are celebrating Landscape Architecture in Action and the ideas that become places supporting health, resilience, and community. In honor of this week’s prompt, Action Through Practice, we are highlighting a field trip we took to Everde Growers nursery to learn more about the plants that get installed in our projects. Learning about Everde’s operations, new plant introductions, and sharing plant pairings was a valuable experience for us as a team. Investing in our knowledge and sources of inspiration is a tool of high value to our company, and we believe it is what ultimately turns our ideas into action.
Thank you Everde Growers for the wonderful tour of your facilities and introducing us to your new favorite plants!

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from vTA! We had our annual pumpkin carving this year, with all our offices joining in the fun! 🎃 Comment below your favorite one!

10/27/2025

It was an absolute honor to have attended and sponsored the 8th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference! It is always inspiring to be in a room full of other women in the industry and hear from amazing speakers. Shout out to for bringing the energy!

08/21/2025

We are proud to present our latest additions to the award wall:
· 48th MAME Detached Community of the Year Award - Sky House at the Dunes, Shea Homes

· Gold Nugget Award of Merit for Best Landscape Design - Heritage House / Val Verde, Gasser

It is an honor to have been a part of both these amazing projects. Congratulations to all involved!

07/02/2025

We are proud to announce that Sky House at the Dunes on Monterey Bay won a number of awards at this year’s 48th MAME awards, hosted by . We want to especially congratulate for winning ‘Community of the Year Detached’ for Sky House at the Dunes.
The Sky house at The Dunes on Monterey Bay is part of a master planned community that blends coastal elegance with contemporary living.   Featuring expansive windows, and seamless indoor-outdoor transitions, vanderToolen & Associates has complemented the plan type with designed landscaping that embraces native and drought-tolerant plant palettes.  Outdoor living spaces include private patios, ornamental grasses, and site features that echo the surrounding coastal environment, while sustainable irrigation and low-maintenance design add lasting value.
It is our pleasure to be part of this project with our fellow teammates!

05/22/2025

04/22/2025

Happy World Landscape Architecture Month and Earth Day! We wanted to highlight an exciting project in the works called Oxbow South. Situated along the Napa River, this project will not only create much needed housing in Downtown Napa, but will also provide significant open space for the community. The proposed landscape improvements provide more access and connectivity to previously inaccessible stretches of the river and the new river trail allows for a more walkable and bikeable experience of the Oxbow District. Native trees and natural riparian vegetation will be protected while the proposed planting design complements the existing plant palette. Building and landscape massing preserves view corridors to the Napa River and surrounding hillsides. We look forward to seeing how this project continues to develop!

02/07/2025

This past Friday, our very own Jackie Smyth won Associate of the Year at the annual Installation of Officers event! Congratulations Jackie and a big thank you to BIA for the award and fantastic evening.