Every Del Oro garden begins on paper — because moving a patio on a drawing costs nothing, and moving it after it's poured costs plenty.
Four coordinated plans for one garden — each one build-ready, each one yours to keep.
A native-forward plant palette matched to your soil, sun, and the way you want the garden to feel — placed in drifts, not dots.
Patios, paths, walls, and structures — dimensioned and specified, down to the materials.
Summer-dry drip zones designed to establish the garden, then taper as roots take over.
Low-voltage lighting that makes the garden useful after dark — placed for the way you'll actually use the space.
A drawn plan is something you can question, change, phase, and price — before a single shovel moves. Build the whole design at once, or build the front yard this year and the back next spring. The plan holds the vision together either way, and the itemized estimate that comes with it means you decide with real numbers, not guesses.
We walk your property together — sun, soil, slopes, and how you live outside. Then a concept plan: layout, plant direction, and material options to react to.
Your revisions become the complete set: planting, hardscape, irrigation, and lighting, fully specified.
An itemized construction estimate for everything on the plan — priced line by line, so phasing decisions are easy and surprises aren't part of the design.
No. A front yard, a back garden, one problem slope — we scale the plan to the project. Small, well-designed spaces are some of our favorite work.
We design native-forward, not native-only. California natives carry the garden; proven climate-adapted companions earn their place where they serve the design. The test is always the same: will it thrive here without a fight?
Design fees depend on scope, and you'll have a quoted fee in writing before any design work begins. No meter running.
Request a design consultation and we'll confirm a time that works — then come walk the property with you.
Request a Design Consultation