{"id":755,"date":"2009-08-01T17:31:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T00:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/?p=755"},"modified":"2014-02-10T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T01:14:12","slug":"napa-backyard-entertaining-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/napa-backyard-entertaining-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Napa Backyard Entertaining Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This project in Napa took an older garden that hadn&#8217;t been updated since the home&#8217;s construction and integrated an outdoor kitchen, fireplace and redesigned swimming pool into a new outdoor entertaining space.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Thank you for the great work you did on our outdoor entertaining area. My\u00a0husband and I feel like we are in our own private resort\u00a0every time we step into the back yard, and our guests have raved about the transformation.\u00a0I especially appreciate the time and effort your firm\u00a0put into developing and managing all the details of a complicated project. We are delighted with the results.&#8221; -Susan, Napa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>As a designer who values working through a team approach, I had the pleasure of collaborating with O\u2019Connell Landscape recently on a project located on the Silverado Trail in Napa Valley, California.\u00a0 I found the company, including Michael O\u2019Connell and his team of workers, professional, responsive, and competent.\u00a0 The job, which required installing a hillside retaining wall, elevated deck, large patio, outdoor kitchen and fireplace; in addition to a drainage system, landscaping and irrigation, were completed in a thorough, timely manner.\u00a0 The O\u2019Connell team was always pleasant and cooperative to work with and all members genuinely seemed to care about the project and it\u2019s successful completion.\u00a0 Michael O\u2019Connell was well prepared and extremely organized at meetings and paid great attention to detail throughout the process.\u00a0 He was a respectful and enthusiastic team player which made my experience a very positive one in collaborating on this project.\u00a0 I highly recommend O\u2019Connell Landscape in terms of construction on exterior hardscape and landscape projects. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>-Linda Applewhite, <a href=\"http:\/\/lindaapplewhite.com\/\">Linda Applewhite &amp; Associates<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"CLCA09-2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/CLCA09-2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"CLCA09-1.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/CLCA09-1.JPG\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"CLCA09-3.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/CLCA09-3.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"CLCA09-4.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/CLCA09-4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"289\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project in Napa took an older garden that hadn&#8217;t been updated since the home&#8217;s construction and integrated an outdoor kitchen, fireplace and redesigned swimming pool into a new outdoor entertaining space. &#8220;Thank you for the great work you did on our outdoor entertaining area. My\u00a0husband and I feel like we are in our own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/napa-backyard-entertaining-space\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Napa Backyard Entertaining Space<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755"}],"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=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/1526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}