About Stephen

A life in
landscapes & ideas.

Stephen Suzman is a landscape designer in San Francisco. His interests reach from gardens and architecture to public life, books, and the people behind the conversation.

Stephen Suzman
Stephen Suzman · Portrait from Zeterre

A sense of place

From the garden
to the gathering.

Stephen Suzman’s work spans intimate gardens, residential estates, and landscapes abroad. Zeterre lists him as a landscape designer and design principal, with projects across the United States and in Mexico, England, France, South Africa, and the Middle East.

His design practice combines planting with the objects and materials that give a garden its character: sculpture, fountains, ornamental metalwork, custom paving, heirloom roses, and specimen trees. His professional biography includes Suzman Design Associates and Suzman & Cole Design Associates.

An international education

Originally from South Africa, Stephen studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, earned a master’s degree at Oxford and an MBA at Stanford, and studied garden design at London’s Inchbald School of Design.

A wider circle

The same website that introduces his design work also opens a window onto his civic and cultural interests. Through the Inner Circle, Stephen shares invitations to conversations with candidates, alongside updates on landscape, books, ideas, and opera.

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In print · From the archive

A little further reading.

SFGATE · 2003

Garden-Design Ideas from Stephen Suzman

Sunset · 2004

Gentle touch

Zeterre

Stephen’s professional profile

LuxeSF · PDF

Career, education & selected projects

LinkedIn

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An open invitation

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Occasional updates on politics, landscape design, books, and the ideas on Stephen’s mind.

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