About
40 years of interior plants.
Rodolfo started in 1986 in San José, Costa Rica. His daughter Mariana opened the Florida flagship in 2014. Today the studio is a five-person family business: Rodolfo, Mariana, Luis Diego (operations), Aleja (day-to-day) and Lina (logistics).
In Rodolfo's words
I started in a Costa Rican nursery in 1986. My father was a botanist. By the time I was nine, I could name every plant in the Central Valley.
For years nobody talked about how spaces feel, only how they look. The science came later — Ulrich's hospital window study in 1984, Kaplan's attention restoration work, Terrapin's 14 Patterns in 2014. We were already doing it.
Now the studio runs from a flagship café in Boca Raton, with Mariana, Luis Diego, Aleja and Lina. Same methodology, two countries, forty years.
Timeline
Forty years in a list.
- 1986
Rodolfo opens the first nursery in San José, Costa Rica.
- 1998
Studio expands to hospitality clients across Central America.
- 2010
First preserved-moss commissions for boutique hotels.
- 2014
Mariana opens the Florida operation in Miami.
- 2019
First Studio Editions release: 24 hand-pressed Mosscape panels.
- 2024
Academy launches. First cohort: 32 designers across 11 countries.
- 2026
Forty years of living rooms.
Co-founder · 40 years
Rodolfo
Rodolfo started the first nursery in San José, Costa Rica, in 1986. He's the soul of the studio — the one who picks every plant, presses every Studio Editions panel, and brings forty years of tropical biophilic craft to every installation.
CEO · Digital & business
Mariana
Rodolfo's daughter. Mariana brought the studio into the digital era and opened the Florida operation in 2014. She runs the brand, the client briefs and the Academy.
The rest of the team
Five people. One family business.
Luis Diego
General direction · Business structure
Mariana's partner. Runs the operational backbone.
Aleja
Day-to-day operations
Primary client contact for active projects.
Lina
Logistics and project coordination
Coordinates installations and maintenance routes.