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Emerald Hills

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Project Summary

A dream Farmscape project, this Emerald Hills home is a beautiful site with big open views of the bay, but the east-facing slope and mature Quercus agrifolia lending coziness and intimacy. Our clients wanted easy, low maintenance pathways around their site for quick access to their vegetable garden and orchard. But they also wanted some high style elements, like the curved high-gloss red raised beds, and a modern steel passion fruit trellis. For the supporting summer-dry, pollinator garden, we were able to choose from a large palette of native plants endemic to the region, creating a modern garden wonderland for this Bay Area family.

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Location Details

LOCATIONEMERALD HILLS
PROJECT AREA12,000 SQ FT
SUNSET ZONEZONE 15
CHILL HOURS<1,000 HOURS
WINTER SUN5 HRS/DAY
SUMMER SUN8 HRS/DAY
ANNUAL RAINFALL20 INCHES

Project Goals

  • High-impact visual style to elevate the custom modern home
  • Low maintenance landscape with well sited annual beds, berries and small fruit tree orchard
  • New, efficient irrigation system
  • Re-configure raised bed growing area
  • Plan for future additional dwelling unit (ADU)
Terraced beds and pathways make the hillside slope both beautiful and functional

The custom built home had a blank landscape canvas, which, after a winter of heavy rains necessitated a speeded up timeline for garden construction to prevent invasive weeds.

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Design Process

  • Schematic Plan showing the overall site

  • Planting Plan Detail outlining all of the types of plants in the project

  • Hydrozone Map color coded to show all of the different irrigation zones

Used the existing curved walls to create layers for raised beds, an orchard and dry creek
Custom Jakob Rope cable trellis for passionfruit vine
Custom powder coated raised beds
Elegant bluestone pathways provide safe, weed-free access to the vegetable garden and orchard
Berry trellis
California native borders

Quit landscaping.
Start Farmscaping.

Are you ready to start enjoying fresh produce from your backyard year round while supporting pollinators and saving water? Contact us today to schedule your consultation.

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