Master Plan for Marin Art and Garden Center
For nearly 10 years Marin Art and Garden Center has been engaged in a comprehensive master planning process to plot a long-term strategy for preserving, rehabilitating and enhancing our historic 11-acre site and gardens. The mid-century modern buildings central to our National Register of Historic Places designation date from the Center’s founding nearly 80 years ago and many structures, specimen trees and landscape elements date from the estate era of the 1860s.
The Master Plan provides a road map for addressing both deferred maintenance and Center improvements over the coming decades, ensuring that Marin Art and Garden Center remains a place for the community to celebrate for the next 80 years and beyond.
Center staff and the board of trustees work with a team of architects, landscape architects, engineers, environmental scientists, horticulturalists, building experts, historians and community organizations and leaders to develop the long-term plan.
Major Areas of Study:
- The evolving role of the Center in the community—utilization of the place now and in the future
- Physical attributes of the site, including topography, water and native plants and animals
- Physical structures—rehabilitation of existing; planning for new facilities
- Adapting the landscape for a changing climate—tree canopy, native species, water-wise practices
- Improving the visitor experience, especially safety, access, interpretation and programming
A summary of the Marin Art and Garden Center Master Plan is available here.
With the Master Plan as a guide, Center staff and the board outlined the first phase of improvements, which is called the Sowing the Seeds Capital Campaign. This $7 million effort is seen as the first of several capital improvement projects needed over the coming years.
Documents
Master Plan Summary
View a presentation on the latest vision of the plan, from Autumn 2024.
Tree and Plant List
Download a copy of the tree and plant lists that were part of the Master Plan Phase 1 submission to the Town of Ross.
