For this project in Kentfield we are redeveloping a full front and back yard. At the front of the property a new driveway gate and pedestrian access gate is being installed to buffer a busy main thoroughfare. Details show the detail of drive gate, fence, and smaller gate- a custom cedar gate from Pacific Gate Works.

Here are some construction and permit document details from a project in design in San Anselmo. The new work will totally open up and formalize a cobbled together entryway. Show here are section-elevation views and details of the proposed stairs and deck.

We are working on a two stage master plan for a residence near Annadel State Park in Santa Rosa. The back yard development that will be installed as phase 1 focuses on improving flow and usable areas throughout the space. The front yard plan, which is still in development, removes a large lawn and replaces it will a natural dry stream bed and low water use plantings.

This half acre residence in San Rafael has good fundamentals, but the landscape has suffered from neglect and lackluster design. We are working on a redesign that would incorporate a stronger more coherent plant palate, bolder masses and visual lines, and improved focal points for the front yard. In the back yard, the lower pool deck is undersized, so we are developing a plan for an expanded seating area, combined with a fountain for interested and improved plantings.

This new home in Petaluma features a Mediterranean influenced design with a Travertine patio, curved seatwall and fountain. A smaller yard like this affords opportunities to focus on developing discrete areas and details.

The design for this project in Mill Valley stemmed from storm damage that wiped out an existing entry way and fence. The design solution was a distinctive entry arbor that the owner wanted to highlight the entryway and replace the existing elements.

We are working design development for this back yard project in Tiburon. The clients had an existing landscape plan that needed to simplified and improved for usability for two small children.

The solution was to regrade the site to make more unified spaces, removing some of the existing walls and grading from the existing plans. The result is a clean design with finished concrete and connecting walkways and a rear lawn play space with perimeter plantings and privacy fencing and screening.

We are working on design development for this corner home in West Petaluma. It is prominently situated on a corner lot, meaning the design incorporates a lot of new fencing. At one side we have detailed large shrubs that would create a green fence and expand the size of the back yard. In the back yard a new patio, lawn and connecting walkways have been detailed for new living spaces.

We are working on an interesting project with Bradanini Associates, developing an interior pool house planting scheme. The planting seeks to make the area a tropical oasis, as half the interior is devoted to the pool and the other half to a patio with palms and other tropical plantings. The plant selection provides an added chanllenge of selecting plantings that will give the desired look while doing well in a lower light environment.

This project near the main square in Sonoma focuses on transitioning a back yard from a lawn and small deck to a larger more open layout with no lawn. A deck/porch with wrap around steps, central patio, garden paths and vegetable boxes highlight the design in the back yard. In the front yard a new driveway and entry walkway feature new materials and bluestone accents.

For this project just outside of town in East Petaluma, the challenge was creating a large scale entertaining and play space. Working around an existing playstructure, a new series of spaces including a patio and BBQ area, pergola and firepit with integrated seating were purposed.

Here are some conceptual drawings from a project we are working on in Petaluma. The design focuses on an overhaul of the front and rear yard, creating new usable rear patio and synthetic lawn spaces. In the front a new picket fence provides definition, while a revised entry path and porch will change the whole look of the front yard.

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This design for a project in Tiburon took an small existing patio an underutilized hillside and transforms it into a large usable patio space with numerous amenities. There is a sequence of spaces from dining, cooking and entertainment space at the main patio, to a bocce court and seating deck at the upper hillside to take advantage of views of San Pablo Bay.

Here is an entry railing for a project in Mill Valley with a craftsman feel. The existing entry is being redeveloped to create a more striking and usable entrance to the front door from the street.

This layout for this fence was design to compliment a mid-century modern house with clean lines and a more contemporary design aesthetic. An integrated kicker board allows for stepped topography, while a sandwiched profile gives a good neighbor fence design on both sides.

This project in Novato uses the concept of borrowed landscapes with native California and Japanese influences. A zig zag boardwalk with ripples of grasses accent a planted water feature area in a twist on the traditional Japanese karesansui.

This entry gate in Tiburon combines a modern horizontally clad gate a side panels with a privet hedge to create a private entry. The new gate will be equipped with a call box and lock for remote entry access.

The design for the project in Mill Valley focuses on create more usable spaces in the front and back yards, while integrating a natural feel to the project. Features include:

-New entry arbor and deck
-Dry Laid Stone Walls
-New Front Entrance
-Stone Patio
-Terraced Seating Area
-California and Mediterranean plantings

This conceptual design for a back yard project in Novato focused on removing an existing pool and redeveloping deck and patio space. Of main concern was providing shade from hot sun and winds on this westward facing property, so fencing, screening trees and arbors were incorporated into the patio and deck to make the yard more usable year round.

This conceptual design for a back yard project in Corte Madera took a boring and underdeveloped existing yard and created new living and entertaining areas. Focal points are a new composite deck, patio seating area with arbor centered around a firepit, and large lawn play space with sustainable sub-surface irrigation.

This project in San Rafael is a small backyard patio that had the unfortunate distinction of being completely covered in concrete. This concept devises a solution that leaves much of that concrete in place, surfacing a portion of it with new flagstone and building a new Trex deck to better transition from a set a sliding glass door. The rear perimeter of the yard will be saw cut and demolished to create a new planting bed.

For this Mill Valley project under construction the owner wanted plantings that would provide showy color in a vibrant palette of reds, pinks and purples. We integrated a number of hardy blooming perennials such as Rose Campion, Lavender, Blue Bacopa, Blue Salvia, White Campanula, and Geranium Johnsons Blue, to compliment the installation of a dark gray concrete patio with flagstone accents.

This project in Novato needed a serious front yard overhaul. Weeds had overtaken the yard and a school across the street meant there was lots of foot and vehicle traffic that needed screening. We developed a design concept that included a larger usable lawn play space, with efficient subsurface irrigation. Border plantings around the lawn are low maintenance and provide a buffer and screening in critical areas. A side yard retaining wall expanded usable space for both the side and back yards.