{"id":1509,"date":"2014-02-10T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T01:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2014-02-10T18:02:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T01:02:21","slug":"san-rafael-back-yard-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"San Rafael Back Yard Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As is common with many older landscapings, this project had been completely landscaped years ago, but had declined with age and lack of maintenance. For this back yard in San Rafael, the client was looking for something that would feature more usable space, entertaining areas, and updated plantings.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><em>Great experience working with O&#8217;Connell Landscape! They did a great job from beginning to end in dramatically changing our backyard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Michael was great through all phases of our major backyard project &#8211; planning, budgeting, execution and follow up. It was really helpful working with the same company through all phases &#8211; no opportunity for surprises or blame games between design and build.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Michael gave us good guidance on budgeting, showing us how to get the best bang for the buck in materials, and executed well on that plan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are very happy with the results and would recommend them highly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>-Bridget &amp; Scott Ryan, San Rafael<\/strong> <\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1509 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1010559-large\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010559-Large-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1510\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1510'>\n\t\t\t\tFirepit with curved seat wall\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1010568-large\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010568-Large-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1511\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1511'>\n\t\t\t\tNew lawn, patio, firepit, and plank bridge over streambed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1010571-large\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010571-Large-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1512\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1512'>\n\t\t\t\tBluestone stepping stones and concrete patio\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1010574\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010574-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1513\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1513'>\n\t\t\t\tNew dwarf fescue lawn\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1010586-large\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010586-Large-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1514'>\n\t\t\t\tBroom finish colored concrete with decorative joints\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1010589-large\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010589-Large-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1515\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1515'>\n\t\t\t\tCompacted gravel seating area and concrete firepit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/p1040887-large\/'><img width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1040887-Large-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1516\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1516'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore- existing 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For this back yard in San Rafael, the client was looking for something that would feature more usable space, entertaining areas, and updated plantings. Great experience working with O&#8217;Connell Landscape! They &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/san-rafael-back-yard-transformation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">San Rafael Back Yard Transformation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}