• Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 08

    This home located in north Fresno was also a typical Fresno landscape with mostly lawn and a perimeter of flowerbeds. As a cul-de-sac lot, the front yard is very long and narrow which provided opportunities to accentuate the length of…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 07

    The owners of this corner lot mid-century modern home realized the amount of water being used for landscape irrigation was substantial due to the size of the yard. They wanted a very minimalist, modern design to compliment the architectural style…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 06

    This home located in north Fresno had a traditional landscape with mostly lawn and a perimeter of flowerbeds. Due to the elevation of the property, much of the lawn irrigation ran off onto the city sidewalk. The homeowners wanted a…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 05

    This home located in Old Fig Garden had a traditional landscape with mostly lawn and a perimeter of flowerbeds. The homeowner wanted to transition the space to a waterwise landscape, eliminating the lawn and installing low water use plants attractive…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 04

    This backyard was Fresno typical- grass in the center with a perimeter of landscape. We removed the lawn, and added a flagstone path and patio for a shaded seating area. Soil was imported to create low mounds. We potted an…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 03

    This front yard was mostly grass with a very small flowerbed adjacent the residence. We removed all of the lawn and some existing plant material. Topsoil was imported to create mounds, Lemon Cove boulders were used to add interest. Drought…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 02

    Another traditional Fresno front yard that was mostly grass with small flowerbed perimeter. We removed the grass and all existing plant material. We imported topsoil to create elevation changes in an otherwise flat space. We reused the owners existing boulder…

  • Drought Tolerant

    Drought Tolerant 01

    This backyard was the typical Fresno backyard with lawn and a flowerbed perimeter. The owners wanted to remove the lawn but weren’t sure what could be done in its place. During our first meeting, we determined that they wanted to…

  • New Residential

    New Residential 05

    The unusually large side yard of this new home is very shady in the afternoon and offered a great opportunity for more patio space for entertaining. We increased the size of the existing rear patio and tied it into this…

  • New Residential

    New Residential 04

    For this new custom home, the owners needed a design for the front and backyard landscape. The front yard is very simple with boxwood hedges, roses, and a few small and medium size trees. The backyard design includes a covered…