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Fall Garden Maintenance in California
20 Sep 2025

Maintaining Your Garden: Fall Tips & Tricks

by Stephanie McKenna | posted in: Garden Maintenance |

Fall in California can come with warm days, and also the promise of late fall rains after a long dry summer. Here is our checklist for the our top fall garden maintenance tips and tricks. General Landscape Management It’s always … Read More

fall garden, fall garden care, Fall garden maintenance
An Oakland California front garden gets a drought tolerant, modern and colorful facelift with California Native Plants
25 Aug 2025

An Oakland Front Garden Facelift: 6 Months of Garden Growth

by Stephanie McKenna | posted in: California Native Plants, Plants, Under Construction |

In December of last year we had the pleasure of designing a refresh for a front garden in the Oakland hills. The garden was mostly (dead) lawn, with some tired evergreen hedges and water-loving rose bushes. The clients wanted a … Read More

Before and After, Front Garden, Oakland Garden
25 Jun 2025

Maintaining Your Garden: Summer Tips & Tricks

by Stephanie McKenna | posted in: Garden Maintenance |

The spring rains gave our gardens that lush green feeling, and now is the time to take a break, relax into a comfortable seat, and enjoy the lushness and bounty of the garden! Here are our top tips and tricks … Read More

summer garden, summer garden maintenance, summer plant care
A front garden installation in progress in El Cerrito, California with TechoBloc Retaining Walls
18 Mar 2025

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: El Cerrito Front Garden

by Stephanie McKenna | posted in: Under Construction |

We have been working on a front garden transformation on Colusa Avenue in El Cerrito, and are very excited to help bring the construction across the finish line this month. We are collaborating with Gonzalez Landscaping for this build and … Read More

Lush weeds in a spring garden
13 Mar 2025

Maintaining Your Garden: Spring Tips & Tricks

by Stephanie McKenna | posted in: Garden Maintenance |

Spring is here! Early spring rains and warming temperatures can excite a flush of activity in your garden beds. Since garden maintenance can sometimes feel overwhelming, we like to break maintenance tasks down into four quarters, following the changing of … Read More

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