Services
Landscape Design & Support for Professionals
We work alongside landscape contractors, design-build teams, designers, and other professionals, contributing design and site expertise while you lead the project and client relationship.
How We Help
Site Evaluation
We assess grade, drainage patterns, microclimate, and plant health to help resolve questions affecting your design or scope of work.
ExploreDesign & Planning
Planting and hardscape design support within your project scope, with deliverables and attribution agreed at the outset.
ExploreImplementation & Oversight
We review plans and check work on site, bringing discrepancies and design questions to your team for discussion.
ExploreWater Management
We review drainage, runoff, and irrigation conditions to help your team assess options and refine recommendations.
ExploreNative Planting
Plant selection and planting-plan development to complement your design and address site-specific growing conditions.
ExploreRestoration
We support your team with site assessment and planning for invasive plant management, native planting, and habitat recovery.
ExploreLong-Term Care
Plant-health reviews, irrigation diagnostics, and care recommendations to support your team’s project follow-up.
Explore20+ Years in the Field
Experience across design, installation oversight, and ongoing care helps us review plans with implementation and maintenance in mind.
ExploreDirect Access to Your Consultant
Discuss site findings, design questions, and recommendations directly with the consultant carrying out the review.
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Our Landscape Services
Landscape advice and planning, with support through implementation and ongoing care. Choose the help you need now, with room to continue as your landscape develops.
Site Evaluation & Horticultural Assessment
Understand what’s affecting your landscape. We assess soil, drainage, microclimate, and plant health before recommending changes.
Explore Site EvaluationDesign & Planning
Planting and hardscape designs built around your site, goals, and budget, phased if you’d like to build over time.
Explore Design & PlanningWater Management
Practical drainage solutions, rainwater capture, and irrigation guidance to address pooling, manage runoff, and reduce water waste.
Explore Water ManagementNative & Climate-Appropriate Planting
Plants matched to your climate, soil, and light, and to the upkeep you can realistically give them.
Explore Native PlantingRestoration
Strategies for invasive plant management, native planting, and habitat recovery, with follow-up as the site changes.
Explore RestorationImplementation & Oversight
Contractor coordination and site checks to keep the build true to the design and up to standard. You stay informed on progress, schedules, and decisions.
Explore Implementation & OversightLong-Term Care
Plant-health reviews, irrigation adjustments, and seasonal care guidance as your landscape matures.
Explore Long-Term CareLandscape Review
Regular check-ins on planting, water use, and use of space, adjusting as your landscape and priorities evolve.
Discuss a Landscape ReviewLandscapes We Work On
Residential
Gardens and outdoor spaces designed around your home, how you use your yard, and the care you want to give it.
Commercial & Community
Welcoming landscapes for customers, staff, and visitors, with durable planting, efficient water use, and practical upkeep.
Restoration
Restore native habitat, address erosion, and manage invasive plants with a plan for lasting recovery.
Landscape Professionals
Design and support for landscape professionals, with extra expertise and capacity while you keep the client relationship.
Where We Work
Based in Humboldt County, we work locally and across Northern and Southern California.
Humboldt County
We plan for wet winters, coastal fog, and woodland conditions, with careful attention to drainage, stable slopes, invasive plants, and wildfire risk.
Northern California
We plan for dry summers and winter rains, balancing water-wise planting with drainage, soil health, and wildfire-conscious design.
Southern California
We design for hot, dry summers, choosing water-wise plants and planning for efficient irrigation, wildfire risk, and erosion when winter rains arrive.
Field Journal
From the Field
Calscape & Calflora: A Guide to Native Plant Selection
Use Calscape and Calflora to research native species, review occurrence records, and inform planting selections.
Let the Land Do the Work: Berms, Swales, and Rain Gardens
Consider runoff patterns, infiltration conditions, and overflow routes before selecting drainage features.
Poison Hemlock: Look Twice
Confirm plant identity before handling or removal: poison hemlock can be mistaken for similar-looking plants.
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