diff --git a/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/HostApp/RhinoLayerBaker.cs b/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/HostApp/RhinoLayerBaker.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d30a48fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/HostApp/RhinoLayerBaker.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+using Rhino;
+using Rhino.DocObjects;
+using Speckle.Connectors.Common.Operations.Receive;
+using Speckle.Sdk;
+using Speckle.Sdk.Models.Collections;
+using Layer = Rhino.DocObjects.Layer;
+
+namespace Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8.HostApp;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Utility class managing layer creation. Expects to be a scoped dependency per receive operation.
+/// </summary>
+public class RhinoLayerBaker : TraversalContextUnpacker
+{
+  //private readonly RhinoMaterialBaker _materialBaker;
+  //private readonly RhinoColorBaker _colorBaker;
+  private readonly Dictionary<string, int> _hostLayerCache = new();
+
+  private static readonly string s_pathSeparator =
+#if RHINO8_OR_GREATER
+  ModelComponent.NamePathSeparator;
+#else
+  Layer.PathSeparator;
+#endif
+
+  public RhinoLayerBaker() { }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Creates the base layer and adds it to the cache.
+  /// </summary>
+  /// <param name="baseLayerName"></param>
+  private void CreateBaseLayer(string baseLayerName)
+  {
+    var index = RhinoDoc.ActiveDoc.Layers.Add(new Layer { Name = baseLayerName }); // POC: too much effort right now to wrap around the interfaced layers and doc
+    _hostLayerCache[baseLayerName] = index;
+  }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Creates all layers needed for receiving data.
+  /// </summary>
+  /// <param name="paths">Collections of paths</param>
+  /// <param name="baseLayerName">Name of the base layer</param>
+  /// <remarks>Make sure this is executing on the main thread, using e.g RhinoApp.InvokeAndWait.</remarks>
+  public void CreateAllLayersForReceive(IEnumerable<Collection[]> paths, string baseLayerName)
+  {
+    CreateBaseLayer(baseLayerName);
+    var uniquePaths = new Dictionary<string, Collection[]>();
+    foreach (var path in paths)
+    {
+      var names = path.Select(o => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(o.name) ? "unnamed" : o.name);
+      var key = string.Join(",", names!);
+      uniquePaths[key] = path;
+    }
+
+    foreach (var uniquePath in uniquePaths)
+    {
+      var layerIndex = CreateLayerFromPath(uniquePath.Value, baseLayerName);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Retrieves the index of a layer based on the given collection path and base layer name.
+  /// </summary>
+  /// <param name="collectionPath">The array containing the collection path to the layer.</param>
+  /// <param name="baseLayerName">The name of the base layer.</param>
+  /// <returns>The index of the layer in the cache.</returns>
+  /// <exception cref="SpeckleException">Thrown when the layer is not found in the cache. This can happen if you didn't call previously <see cref="CreateAllLayersForReceive"/></exception>
+  public int GetLayerIndex(Collection[] collectionPath, string baseLayerName)
+  {
+    var layerPath = collectionPath
+      .Select(o => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(o.name) ? "unnamed" : o.name)
+      .Prepend(baseLayerName);
+
+    var layerFullName = string.Join(s_pathSeparator, layerPath);
+
+    if (_hostLayerCache.TryGetValue(layerFullName, out int existingLayerIndex))
+    {
+      return existingLayerIndex;
+    }
+
+    throw new SpeckleException($"Did not find a layer in the cache with the name {layerFullName}");
+  }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Creates a layer based on the given collection path and adds it to the Rhino document.
+  /// </summary>
+  /// <param name="collectionPath">An array of Collection objects representing the path to create the layer.</param>
+  /// <param name="baseLayerName">The base layer name to start creating the new layer.</param>
+  /// <returns>The index of the last created layer.</returns>
+  private int CreateLayerFromPath(Collection[] collectionPath, string baseLayerName)
+  {
+    var currentLayerName = baseLayerName;
+    var currentDocument = RhinoDoc.ActiveDoc; // POC: too much effort right now to wrap around the interfaced layers
+    Layer? previousLayer = currentDocument.Layers.FindName(currentLayerName);
+    foreach (Collection collection in collectionPath)
+    {
+      currentLayerName += s_pathSeparator + (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(collection.name) ? "unnamed" : collection.name);
+
+      currentLayerName = currentLayerName.Replace("{", "").Replace("}", ""); // Rhino specific cleanup for gh (see RemoveInvalidRhinoChars)
+      if (_hostLayerCache.TryGetValue(currentLayerName, out int value))
+      {
+        previousLayer = currentDocument.Layers.FindIndex(value);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      var cleanNewLayerName = collection.name.Replace("{", "").Replace("}", "");
+      Layer newLayer = new() { Name = cleanNewLayerName, ParentLayerId = previousLayer?.Id ?? Guid.Empty };
+
+      /*
+      // set material
+      if (
+        _materialBaker.ObjectIdAndMaterialIndexMap.TryGetValue(
+          collection.applicationId ?? collection.id.NotNull(),
+          out int mIndex
+        )
+      )
+      {
+        newLayer.RenderMaterialIndex = mIndex;
+      }
+
+      // set color
+      if (
+        _colorBaker.ObjectColorsIdMap.TryGetValue(
+          collection.applicationId ?? collection.id.NotNull(),
+          out (Color, ObjectColorSource) color
+        )
+      )
+      {
+        newLayer.Color = color.Item1;
+      }
+      */
+
+      int index = currentDocument.Layers.Add(newLayer);
+      if (index == -1)
+      {
+        throw new SpeckleException($"Could not create layer {currentLayerName}.");
+      }
+      _hostLayerCache.Add(currentLayerName, index);
+      previousLayer = currentDocument.Layers.FindIndex(index); // note we need to get the correct id out, hence why we're double calling this
+    }
+
+    return previousLayer.Index;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Operations/Receive/GrasshopperReceiveOperation.cs b/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Operations/Receive/GrasshopperReceiveOperation.cs
index 9a4bfcc04..c0dd8c156 100644
--- a/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Operations/Receive/GrasshopperReceiveOperation.cs
+++ b/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Operations/Receive/GrasshopperReceiveOperation.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Speckle.Connectors.Common.Operations;
+using Speckle.Connectors.Common.Operations;
 using Speckle.Connectors.Logging;
 using Speckle.Sdk.Api;
 using Speckle.Sdk.Credentials;
diff --git a/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Parameters/SpeckleGrasshopperObject.cs b/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Parameters/SpeckleGrasshopperObject.cs
index c9960d74d..30b6adc9b 100644
--- a/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Parameters/SpeckleGrasshopperObject.cs
+++ b/Connectors/Rhino/Speckle.Connectors.Grasshopper8/Parameters/SpeckleGrasshopperObject.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,39 @@ public class SpeckleObjectGoo : GH_Goo<SpeckleObject>, IGH_PreviewData, ISpeckle
     Value.DrawPreviewRaw(args.Pipeline, args.Material);
   }
 
-  public void BakeGeometry(RhinoDoc doc, List<Guid> obj_ids) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+  public void BakeGeometry(RhinoDoc doc, List<Guid> obj_ids)
+  {
+    // get or make layers
+    int bakeLayerIndex = 0;
+    if (Value.Path.Count > 0)
+    {
+      var layerBaker = new RhinoLayerBaker();
+
+      var firstCollectionName = Value.Path.First().name;
+      Collection[] childCollections = Value.Path.Skip(1).ToArray();
+      layerBaker.CreateAllLayersForReceive(new List<Collection[]> { childCollections }, firstCollectionName);
+      bakeLayerIndex = layerBaker.GetLayerIndex(childCollections, firstCollectionName);
+    }
+
+    // create attributes
+    using ObjectAttributes att = new() { Name = Value.Name };
+
+    if (Value.Color is int argb)
+    {
+      att.ObjectColor = Color.FromArgb(argb);
+      att.ColorSource = ObjectColorSource.ColorFromObject;
+      att.LayerIndex = bakeLayerIndex;
+    }
+
+    foreach (var kvp in Value.UserStrings)
+    {
+      att.SetUserString(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
+    }
+
+    // add to doc
+    Guid guid = doc.Objects.Add(Value.GeometryBase, att);
+    obj_ids.Add(guid);
+  }
 
   public void BakeGeometry(RhinoDoc doc, ObjectAttributes att, List<Guid> obj_ids)
   {