Meet the Team

Kathy Aalto brings nearly three decades of landscape architectural experience to her work as Principal Landscape Architect at Ceres+. Since 1996, she has helped shape the design legacy of the company through thoughtful client leadership, conceptual clarity, and a nuanced understanding of how landscape, architecture, and site can come into lasting balance. Kathy is especially drawn to the interplay of plants, grading, and built form—always studying how a landscape matures, reframes itself, and reveals new layers over time. With a background in landscape architecture and a career that has grown alongside the evolution of Ceres+, Kathy brings both artistry and experience to the work, along with a lasting curiosity about plants, hardscape, and the relational exploration of the built and natural environments. Outside of work, she’s often found trail running with her dogs, reading with a cup of coffee nearby, or drawn to the kinds of landscapes that surprise, delight, and stay with you.

BLA Landscape Architecture, Kansas State University

Cait Stone joined Ceres in 2016 and brings a special blend of artistic vision, design instinct, horticultural knowledge, and relational intelligence to her work. As Garden Design and Enhancement Manager, she designs high-end residential gardens and enhancements, leads planting and enhancement sales, and serves as a connective thread between Ceres+ and Ceres Landcare—helping translate big ideas into deeply personal, site-responsive landscapes. With a background in fine arts, Cait thinks like a painter and designs like a plantswoman, approaching each project as a layered, living composition rooted in beauty, feeling, and place. She was drawn to Ceres by the exceptional quality and artistry of the work, and remains inspired by the depth of care, creative possibility, and shared commitment to building landscapes that feel both beautiful and alive. Outside of work, she is most at home in her garden, on a bike, wandering a mountain meadow or wooded trail, or laughing with her friends, her husband and her kids in the midst of everyday life.

BFA Fine Arts, University of Colorado

Clint Granros has been part of Ceres since 2021, bringing thoughtful leadership, artistic depth, and a refined design sensibility to his work as a Landscape Designer. Trained in landscape architecture at the University of Georgia, he focuses on new-construction and mountain-residential work—developing concepts, refining spatial ideas, and collaborating closely with architects, builders, and clients so design intent stays clear from early sketches through documentation and into the field. Clint was drawn to Ceres for its rare balance of elegant design and grounded values, and he brings that same ethos to every project—shaping landscapes that dissolve the boundary between outdoor living and the native mountain environment. Deeply influenced by art, nature, and the dialogue between them, he sees landscape design as both a creative act and a form of stewardship. He aspires to continually create what nature does intuitively—which, for Clint, is both inspiring and humbling at every turn. Outside of work, Clint finds grounding in painting, drawing, writing, and time on the basketball court—all practices that continue to inform his eye, his process, and his sense of beauty.

BLA Honors, Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia

Grace Holder has been part of Ceres since 2023, bringing design rigor, artistic sensitivity, and a strong ecological perspective to her role as Landscape Designer. Trained in landscape architecture at the University of Georgia, she works across garden renovations, planting design, design-build projects, and review board submittals, helping translate client vision into outdoor spaces that feel beautiful, functional, and lasting. Grace was drawn to Ceres by its craftsmanship, attention to detail, strong planting design, and the chance to work alongside talented, down-to-earth people. Inspired by the complexity of mountain microclimates and the evolving possibilities of water-wise design, she approaches each project with both artistry and care. Outside of work, she finds inspiration on hiking trails, through landscape photography, and in painting and drawing the wild places she loves most.

BLA Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia