25 06, 2025

Screening The Landscape

By |2025-06-26T13:22:47-07:00June 25th, 2025|Categories: Landscape Design|

Screening The Landscape The private retreat experience is a must when designing residential landscapes. Every landscape benefits from at least one space that feels safe, sheltered and secluded. For some homeowners, the privacy of a front gate or fence keeps the entire property a private space, while for others a garden nook with [...]

8 04, 2025

Infinity-Edge Pools

By |2025-04-09T16:02:35-07:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: Landscape Design|

Approaching Infinity: Infinity-edge Pools One of our long-time favorite design features would have to be the Infinity-edge Pool.  With an elegance that borders on the impossible, these breathtaking pools are one amazing statement with infinite possibility. Invisible Edge In math, zero and infinity are somewhat twin mysteries.  The [...]

4 03, 2025

Form & Function

By |2025-04-03T13:20:59-07:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: Landscape Design|Tags: , , , |

Form & Function in the Landscape Photography by Sarah Cosca The designed landscape is a balance between beauty and necessity, form and function. Any architect will tell you that beauty is not enough—structure and practicality are also needed. At the same time, design without attention to beauty is, well, never a [...]

10 02, 2025

Structures in the Landscape

By |2025-04-01T17:46:49-07:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: Landscape Design|Tags: , , , , , |

Structures in the Landscape In nearly every garden style, constructed elements play a role in defining space for an inviting outdoor experience. Gates and trellises, pergolas, and cabanas—landscape structures have the power to transform a garden. The variety of styles gives infinite possibility to these elements, allowing a landscape’s unique character [...]

29 01, 2025

The Night Garden

By |2025-04-01T18:04:42-07:00January 29th, 2025|Categories: Landscape Design|Tags: , , , , |

The Night Garden It’s easy to imagine a landscape only by the light of the sun. After all, that’s when we can best see it! But what about the experience of the landscape at night and the many experiences that are unique to those special hours after the sun has set? We believe [...]

12 01, 2025

On Decks

By |2025-04-01T18:20:42-07:00January 12th, 2025|Categories: Landscape Design|Tags: , , , , |

On Decks A Montgomery Robbins, Inc. deck on the cover of Sunset's 'Complete Deck Book' For a moment here in California, it seemed like decks were going out of style. Wood was being replaced with stone and concrete terraces, as homeowners began to work with the contours of their land and [...]

3 12, 2024

Landscape Topography

By |2025-04-02T11:56:38-07:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: Landscape Design|Tags: , , |

Landscape Topography Topography is the science of mapping land formations - determining the depth of valleys, steepness of hills, and where the flattest areas of ground lie. As Landscape Architects, the first step to any design is understanding the site, which includes the way the land is naturally shaped. Therefore, topography [...]

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