 As a landscape designer, Porter created the gardens at the Filoli estate (1917) in Woodside, California, designed the landscape of the Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley (1923), and was the garden designer for several private residences.Porter also wrote art criticism columns for local newspapers.For two years, 1895 to 1897, Porter, along with Gelett Burgess and William Doxey, published the literary magazine "The Lark".