Grounds of Care leverages product and participatory design to develop tools for social and ecological regeneration. Our practice revolves around nature based solutions as well as community engagement. We work closely with ecologists and policy makers in turning society needs into tangible circular interventions. Our work aims to demonstrate that urban communities can become more resilient as they learn how to play active roles in ecological regeneration. Our services range from workshop facilitation, experiential design to site-specific spatial and landscape design.
Most of our practices were developed through research, and the process shared via publications. We support public and private research by delivering strategic planning, product development and design research services.
Core team
Alicia is a circular product designer. She has experience in research, design and development of circular systems as well as nature-based solutions.
Crystal is a visual artist and social designer working at the intersection of urban belonging and collective care. Her practice is driven by creative resilience, the notion that, as citizens of a globalized urban ecosystem, we can sustain economies of care through activating existing skills and traditions within our collective identities.
Collaborators
Riel Bessai
David Quijada
Paula Hueso Espinosa
Dimitra Tolsi
Charli Herrington
Gordon H. Williams
Previous work
Reciprocity Talks | Solidarity Rotterdam Group | 2025, Netherlands
Potential Natural Vegetation | HefPark. | 2025, Netherlands
Setting the table, collective storytelling about the future | Verhalenhuis Belvedere | 2025, Netherlands
Becoming Worm, collective soil regeneration | La Trappe | 2024, France
Bodies of Care | Family Dinner Residency | 2024, Netherlands
Back to Nature Narratives | Verhalenhuis Belvedere | 2024, Netherlands