Homestead Design Collective
Homestead Design Collective is a Bay Area edible landscaping company. We design, create, and organically maintain beautiful gardens that provide harvest.

Books

Stefani Bittner co-wrote The Beautiful Edible Garden, deemed one of Amazon's Best Garden Books of 2013 (Ten Speed Press, 2013). The Beautiful Edible Garden shares how to not only grow organic fruits and vegetables, but also make the garden a place of year-round beauty that is appealing, enjoyable, and fits one's personal style. Featuring a fresh approach to garden design, glorious photographs, and ideas for a range of spaces - from large yards to patios - this guide is perfect for anyone who wants a gorgeous and productive garden. 

In her second book, Stefani teamed up with Studio Choo's Alethea Harampolis to co-write Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants (Ten Speed Press, 2017). Harvest is a beautifully photographed, gift-worthy guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, and more. Stefani and Alethea demonstrate how to turn turmeric root into a natural dye, oregano flowers to infuse vinegar, anise hyssop into a refreshing iced tea, and so much more. The book is both an informative garden guide and a source of inspiration for aspirational yet achievable projects. 

Most recently, Stefani cowrote The Fragrant Flower Garden (Ten Speed Press, 2024). The Fragrant Flower Garden is another beautifully photographed garden book that deserves a place on the shelf, near the potting table, or at home on the coffee table all year round. Within Stefani engagingly highlights the value of scent inside and out, and provides a seasonal growing and craft guide for how to integrate the olfactory and enhance your life. The Fragrant Flower Garden is a delightful and fun read while providing insight and instruction on both how to grow fragrant flowers outdoors and then bring these natural scents indoors in floral arrangements, scented beauty products, and more!

Stefani regularly speaks on the themes of The Beautiful Edible Garden, Harvest, and The Fragrant Flower Garden at events throughout the country. She's available to talk and lead workshops on these subjects at private events, garden clubs, and garden shows throughout the Bay Area. If you're interested in learning more about having Stefani speak or lead a workshop at your event, please leave a message here.