Landscaping in San Rafael, CA

San Rafael is where a lot of our hillside work is, and hillside gardens are a different trade from flat ones. Ground that falls away has to be held, drained, and made walkable before it can be planted, which is why so many of these jobs are terracing and steps before they are anything else.

The pattern that works is consistent: hold the slope with timber or stone terraces, cut steps that are comfortable rather than steep, get water moving off the site properly, then plant into the level ground you have created. Done in that order a steep garden becomes usable in a way it never was before. Done in the wrong order, planting slides, paths wash out, and the whole thing has to be taken apart in the first wet winter.

Call (415) 717-9584 for terracing, planting, hardscape, or garden maintenance anywhere in San Rafael.