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In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins designed a luxury pool and outdoor living environment that comes alive after dark. Underwater pool lighting glows beneath clean, pale stone coping. Across the water, a covered pavilion holds an outdoor dining room, and a fire feature lounge sits beside the home’s walls of glass. Café string lights stretch overhead, turning the whole backyard into a resort-style space for evening entertaining.
Montgomery Robbins built a custom putting green with several pin positions into this Bay Area backyard, so the family can play a few holes any time without leaving home. The green sits within the larger landscape, edged by stone paving and soft planting, and adds friendly competition to everyday family time and entertaining.
In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins designed a contemporary gas fire pit clad in stacked stone, with a smooth stone cap and small lights built into its sides for a gentle evening glow. The lounge sits on a pale, large-format patio, a few steps from the home’s glass doors and the covered dining pavilion, so guests can move easily between dinner, conversation and the warmth of the fire. Ribbons of lawn set between the pavers soften the hardscape.
This covered pavilion by Montgomery Robbins works as a true outdoor living room for year-round entertaining in the Bay Area. A linear gas fireplace and mounted TV anchor a lounge set beneath a woven pendant light, a ceiling fan and overhead heaters. Steps away, a fully equipped outdoor kitchen with built-in grills, a vent hood and stone counters lets the hosts cook while staying part of the conversation. Fragrant star jasmine climbs the wall at the entry, softening the architecture.
Looking out from the pool, this Bay Area backyard by Montgomery Robbins balances resort-style amenities with the simple pleasures of family life. A line of pale stone pavers set in the lawn runs along the pool edge, and the striped lawn stretches out toward a majestic mature tree with a swing hanging from its branches. Flowering borders, heritage redwoods and a container of bright pink blooms frame a garden made for swimming, playing and slow afternoons together.
From inside the covered pavilion Montgomery Robbins designed for this Bay Area home, the whole backyard opens up. A vaulted, white-paneled ceiling with a woven pendant, a ceiling fan and built-in heaters shelters a comfortable lounge and an outdoor kitchen with a sink, beverage refrigerator and bar seating. From the sofa, the view stretches across the pool and the fire pit lounge to the home’s own covered terrace, so every outdoor room stays connected to the next.
In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins used a low stacked-stone wall to handle a subtle change in grade and define two distinct spaces: an open family lawn and a raised putting green with several pin positions. The wall’s wide stone cap doubles as casual seating for watching the game. A fieldstone border, layered shrubs and purple-flowering perennials soften the transition, and café string lights carry the evening ambiance across the whole garden.
In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins shaped a sweeping lawn with a crisp stone-edged border that curves gently through the garden. The border is layered with white blooms, purple flowering perennials and fine-textured grasses for color and softness through the seasons. Heritage redwoods and a towering palm, preserved within the design, give the new landscape an established, timeless feel from day one.
As evening falls, the whole backyard Montgomery Robbins designed for this Bay Area home comes together. The stacked-stone fire pit lounge, the lit pool with its chaise lounges and the covered pavilion with its outdoor kitchen, bar and living room glow as one connected destination for entertaining. Café string lights tie the spaces together overhead, and tall evergreens and a row of clipped trees along the fence create privacy, so the family can enjoy a resort-style evening without leaving home.
In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins designed the covered pavilion with a stacked-stone outdoor bar that faces the pool and garden. Guests can pull up a stool, chat with whoever’s cooking and keep an eye on the swimmers. Built-in overhead heaters, a ceiling fan and recessed lighting keep the space comfortable from warm afternoons into cool evenings, and soft ornamental grasses and path lighting frame the pavilion’s edge.
This daytime view shows the full layout Montgomery Robbins designed for this Bay Area backyard. Large-format pavers set in ribbons of lawn lead through the garden to the pool and a covered pavilion with an outdoor kitchen, dining area and lounge. An oversized white container and tall ornamental grasses add height and movement in the foreground. Mature trees and café string lights frame a resort-style setting built for swimming, cooking and gathering all in one place.
This detail shows the craftsmanship in the covered outdoor kitchen Montgomery Robbins designed for this Bay Area home. A stainless steel built-in grill and storage drawers are set into a stacked-stone base, under a full-height vent hood backed by veined stone tile. The kitchen sits beside the linear gas fireplace and media wall, so cooking, lounging and entertaining all happen in one comfortable, covered outdoor room.
In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins designed a generous open lawn for play, gatherings and everyday family life. A dark-stained privacy fence with a lattice top recedes visually behind layered planting and a low fieldstone border, and soft uplighting highlights Japanese maples as evening falls. Café string lights stretch beneath the mature tree canopy, and a stone bench and paver path invite guests to linger at the edges of the garden.
In this Bay Area backyard, Montgomery Robbins used large-format pale stone pavers set in ribbons of lawn to connect every outdoor room. A broad, floating stone landing steps down from the home’s sliding glass doors, and a paved path leads to the covered dining pavilion. A potted fruit tree marks the transition between spaces, while ornamental grasses and mature redwoods soften the clean architecture and add privacy.

This polished, resort-style residential landscape in Ross, California was a joy to design, down to the last detail. A sparkling pool anchors the backyard. Wide concrete pavers set in ribbons of lawn lead from the home to an open-air pool pavilion with a high-end outdoor kitchen, a bar and a lounge with a fireplace, all warmed by overhead heaters for year-round entertaining. Stacked-stone fire tables invite evening gatherings beneath twinkling café lights. Stone seat walls frame a custom backyard putting green that adds a playful touch for golfers of every age. Lush borders of white blooms, ornamental grasses, potted palms and fragrant star jasmine soften the crisp architecture, and mature oaks, redwoods and palms frame the setting. Layered landscape lighting and privacy fencing complete this tranquil Marin County retreat, a showcase of the thoughtful landscape architecture Montgomery Robbins brings to luxury homes throughout the Bay Area.

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