bayareagardendesign

Portola Valley. On this project these CA native plants will provide a subtle natural addition for this mix of Oak and Redwoods woodland. Our intention was to create a landscape where it's hard to distinguish what vegetation has been introduced by us, and what has always been there. Still, with a modern twist.
̇gn

🏡This Portola Valley project comes to an end.
I couldn't have wished for better clients and the amazing team that built it!
I'm going to miss this gem of a garden, modern, simple yet captivating. Tranquil to the eye, with mostly natives and low water use plants. Sustainability is possible even on the most moderns landscapes possible.
One of my favorite designs.💞
̇gn

🌿When the vision starts taking shape...
Garden revisited after about 6 months and we couldn't be happier, especially when the clients are so ecstatic with their new space!
This front lawn has been transformed into a butterfly, insect and wildlife paradise. The dry creek will serve as a water reservoir for the drier months. Swipe ⬅️ to see the 'Before' pictures!

'Before and After'
🌿Garden revisit. A year has passed and the garden is being lived, loved and growing strong! 💓

A year later, in a Morgan Hill garden.
The hill is now covered with drought tolerant plants which not only protects the soil from the wind and sun but helps the water remain in place for the plants to thrive. Birds, 🦋 butterflies and 🐝 bees were visiting too this new garden!
Swipe ⬅️ to see the 'Before' photos of this garden



📷 3rd photo from
👷🏼‍♂️
✍🏼.gardendesign

Edible gardens nourish our bodies and souls.
̇gn

Edible landscaping made beautiful 😍
Can you guess the fruit tree in the picture?
̇gn

One favorite spot at our show garden...
Come visit just 4-7th April

People are loving the garden and we couldn't feel prouder to be able to achieve what the garden was intended to: connect people with nature and to creating moments of social gathering to reconnect with each other!🥰

The Self Discovery Garden awaits you!
You still have time to visit us, we will be here for 3 more days.
Our show garden is full of details to be discovered.
Come, visit us at the in Pleasanton and bring back with you, ideas and inspiration for your next garden project.

4-7 the April 10-6 pm at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
We can't wait to see you!
🙏🏼Thank you to our sponsors!!



And garden creator and collaborator

After 6 days of hard work, our show garden is finished!
We've prepared a lot of little details for you to enjoy and discover in it! Here is a sneak peek.
Come, visit us at the in Pleasanton and maybe bring back with you ideas and inspiration for your next garden project. There are wonderful gardens to discover from great designers too!
4-7 the April 10-6 pm at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
We can't wait to see you!
🙏🏼Thank you to our sponsors!!



And garden creator and collaborator

The Self Discovery Garden awaits you!
After 6 days of hard work, our show garden is finished!
Here is a sneak peek.
Our show garden is full of details to be discovered.
Come, visit us at the in Pleasanton and maybe bring back with you, ideas and inspiration for your next garden project.
4-7 the April 10-6 pm at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
We can't wait to see you!
🙏🏼Thank you to our sponsors!!



And garden creator and collaborator

The Self Discovery Garden awaits you!
After 6 days of hard work, our show garden is finished!
Here is a sneak peek.
Our show garden is full of details to be discovered.
Come, visit us at the in Pleasanton and maybe bring back with you, ideas and inspiration for your next garden project.
4-7 the April 10-6 pm at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
We can't wait to see you!
🙏🏼Thank you to our sponsors!!



And garden creator and collaborator

Can you believe this transformation?!!
Swipe ⬅️ to see this 'Before- After' garden rehab!

Our coients wanted to enjoy their patio observing the colorful plants, growing herbs and harvesting their fruit trees.
We replaced the grass with low water requirements plants. Permeable surfaces will harvest winter water for the plants to use in summer.
Planters and trellises were built reusing wood from the big deck area the garden had before our installation, reducing the waste on site and to the landfill.
̇gn

Yesterday's late evening photo session. The planters are looking great made with repurposed wood from the original yard. Will be sharing updates soon.

📣New project update! Los Gatos.
Couldn't be happier with how all the amazing little details make this garden stand out.
Privacy fence with seating area next to the house to enjoy the sunset.
The dry creek will slow down the water on this sloped front yard and retain it on site to be available for the plants during the warmer months.
Tons of natives and low water adapted plants to replace the old lifeless lawn.
New lighting to highlight the new trees, dry Creek and new flagstones pathway.
The owners applied for the Valley Water lawn rebate and passed effortlessly with our help. Find out more details by contacting us or book a residential design appointment to discuss your options. [email protected]
Designed by .gardendesign
Installation by

📣New project update! Los Gatos.
Privacy fence is up and looking👌🏻
Conserving water! 💧We created a dry creek to slow down the water on this front yard slope and retain it on site and be available for the plants during the warmer months!
Planting was going great.
Still some details to add but we are wrapping this one up by the end of this week!
More updates to come up soon! Stay tuned!
The owners applied for the Valley Water lawn rebate and passed effortlessly with our help. Find out more details by contacting us or book a residential design appointment to discuss your options. [email protected]

Sharing this recent project finished in San Jose.
We renovated the back and front yards on this property looking for a calm, effortless, romantic theme with lots of flow, to sit and enjoy, observing nature during the evenings after a hard day at work.
Plants are still very small but will cover up the space with different hights and widths. A California native hedge will be covering the backyardnand groundcover edible herbs will grow between the flagstones (reused from the existing property = less waste to the landfill!)
The owners also wanted to explore growing food in their back yard so we incorporated these beautiful raised beds for them.
Swipe left to see the "before" pictures of this garden and notice the transformation!

Installed by
Photos 📷 by
̇gn

Flower garden with corten steel raised beds, transitioning into winter time.

Harvest time...
̇gn

🍂Fall showing all its magic.

Always nice to be back...

👷‍♀️After install visit update.
3 months have passed for this project in Morgan Hill.

No more lawn on site. Our clients applied for the Valley Water lawn conversion rebate.

The plants are growing well despite having gone through their first summer and filling the space with color and texture.
We used low water use plants and especially those well adapted to slopes and for their good reputation on helping the soil stay on site on hills.

👷‍♀️3 months after installation visit update!
These clients applied for the lawn rebate, but still needed their green space area for their kids.
🌿We did replace a very big area of traditional fescue lawn for this beautiful CA native grass. Couldn't be happier with the results!
🪻We also added some ground cover manzanitas and CA lilacs to cover the mulch and help compete with weeds.
̇gn

Secondary pathways cruising among the Redwoods.
This project gets more and more exciting as new details are being built.
̇gn

Disneyland adopting a new landscaping vision to reduce water use was a very pleasant surprise!
Here you can see how the lawn and annual planters are being transformed into colorful water efficient designs.

Pleased to see how slowly some difference is made at
Through the years I've noticed how they are slowly changing their planters to showcase low water perennials instead of colorful annuals and lawn, which has been Disney's traditional landscaping signature.

You might wonder what we do while we are not at our desks drawing and turning ideas into plans.
For those curious minds, here is a sneak peak of a fun photoshoot this past weekend at one of our recent installs.
working her magic!

👷‍♀️Amazing progress.
Every visit uncovers new details being added to our Portola Valley project.
🙏Couldn't' be happier with how the concrete work has turned out. The color to match the existing one is perfect and the finished smooth texture are from another level!