Planting plans
Species, size, quantity, and spacing drawn to scale, with mature dimensions accounted for.
Planting design, soil, and irrigation
Planting composed for California light and climate.
Layered, climate-appropriate planting with a structure that reads well in year one and better in year five.
Planting is the part of a project that changes. We design for that: a permanent structure of trees and evergreen mass, a seasonal layer that shifts, and a groundplane that closes in rather than needing replacement.
Every palette is drawn for the specific microclimate — a coastal Palisades garden and a Valley south-facing slope are not the same project, and we do not treat them that way.
What’s included
Landscape, end to end.
Specimen sourcing
We tag mature olives, oaks, and palms at the grower so you know the exact tree arriving.
Soil & drainage
Amendment, decompaction, and subsurface drainage sized to the site — the work you never see but always feel.
Irrigation
Hydrozoned drip and rotary systems on smart controllers, with pressure-regulated valves.
Lighting
Low-voltage lighting designed as part of the planting, not added on top of it.
Maintenance transition
A written care calendar and a handover walk with whoever maintains the property.
Green is a material, not a garnish.
We specify planting the way we specify stone — for mass, texture, shadow, and how it holds a line. That is why these gardens still read as designed when they are fully grown in.
Materials & finishes
Specified with real samples.
Trees
Olive, coast live oak, western redbud, Italian cypress, and mature palms where the architecture calls for them.
Structure
Clipped and loose evergreens used as mass and shadow rather than as decoration.
Groundplane
Low-water carpets — dymondia, sedge, thyme — chosen for how they take foot traffic.
Seasonal
Restrained flowering layers so the garden changes without ever looking busy.
Common questions
Landscape questions, answered.
What does landscape design and installation include?
A scaled planting plan, soil preparation and drainage, irrigation, specimen sourcing, low-voltage lighting, and a written care calendar at handover. You see the species, sizes, and spacing before anything is ordered.
Will the garden look finished right away or take years?
We design a permanent structure of trees and evergreen mass so the garden reads well in its first season, then a seasonal layer that improves as it fills in. Where a project needs instant presence, we tag mature specimens at the grower.
Can you design a low-water garden that still feels lush?
Yes. Mediterranean and California-adapted palettes — olive, oak, citrus, agave, salvia, grasses — give density and texture on a fraction of the water a lawn needs, especially when paired with hydrozoned drip irrigation and healthy soil.
Do you take care of the garden after installation?
We hand over a written care calendar and walk the property with whoever maintains it. Establishment visits during the first season can be included; ongoing weekly maintenance is something we scope separately.
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