Objective - To redevelop the garden to provide more usable hardscape area, built in seating, and a modern atmosphere with visually graphic surfacing, and strong, clean shapes and lines. The framework of plantings have a lush and colorful texture, and highlight an existing mature windmill palm and bamboo.  Small trees provide privacy screening and an offset grid pattern allows for deep corner plantings and a camouflage of the square lot shape.

Objective - Repair a reverse grade and drainage problems, create a private  garden with a wildflower meadow, meandering flagstone paths, and a mixed ornamental and edible garden with a focus on fall and spring interest.  Introduce friendly screening from the busy intersection, and an engaging, seasonally changing planting scheme.  Provide some human scale through plant heights to buffer the house, as the garden takes up a proportionately small area on the lot.  Stonework by Pete Wilson Stonework.

Objective - Manage a steep slope from the house to the sidewalk by building a retaining wall that creates two level planting areas. The wall is built in a manner that  complements the house and  also meets and blends into the neighbor’s retaining wall.  The plantings provide a reliably presentable appearance to the street, with complementary foliage colors and long term visual interest.  The plantings are shrub based for structure and permanence, and add some height along the lower terrace to frame the top level of plantings.  The generous front porch is bordered and supported by flowering vines and shrubs for a welcoming, inviting entrance.  The shared side garden combines elements of both neighbors’ gardens.  Stonework by Pete Wilson Stonework.

Objective - Remove a large ungainly deck that obstructed traffic flow to the garden.  Rebuild a simpler deck with more direct access to the garden, a rain cover and inset hot tub. The new deck reconnects the garden with the house. Install a partially secluded bluestone patio that functions as a family living area, framed by multi-season plantings, a small lawn, and vegetable boxes.