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Landscape Design ยท Sacramento, CA
Mature lots.
Considered transformations.
Sacramento's grand neighborhoods deserve landscape work that respects their history โ heritage oaks preserved, period-correct hardscape, and infrastructure tucked beneath the canopy.
Capital Region ยท Riverfront & Established Neighborhoods
25 miles ยท ~30 min from Rocklin
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Hardscape & Masonry
Stone set to outlast
the house it surrounds.
Terraces, walls, and pavements engineered to a 50-year standard โ drawn, specified, and built by a single studio.
For over 35 years, Lavish Gardens Landscape has transformed outdoor spaces across Northern California โ one masterpiece at a time.
From Rocklin to El Dorado Hills, our licensed and insured team brings meticulous craftsmanship to every property. We understand the local climate, soil, and lifestyle โ so every garden thrives where you live.
Local Practice ยท Sacramento
The studio
behind every
Sacramento project.
From East Sacramento bungalows to Land Park craftsman estates, Sacramento projects come with mature trees, established grades, and the high expectations of homes that have already been beautiful for a century.
Our design-build approach โ Michael drawing every plan, Susan coordinating the build โ is specifically suited to this kind of work. There is no design-handoff to misinterpret a heritage tree's drip line or a 1920s foundation's tolerance for excavation.
Explore the four disciplines of our design-build practice โ every Sacramento engagement draws from all of them.
Why Sacramento Is Different
Heritage oak preservation
Sacramento's signature canopy is non-negotiable. Every plan begins with arborist-approved root protection zones.
Clay-loam soils, summer cracking
We design irrigation, drainage, and root barriers for the clay shrink-swell cycle that punishes generic installations.
Period-respectful detail
Tudor, Craftsman, Mediterranean Revival โ we match hardscape language to your home's architectural era.
Neighborhoods We Know
From Our Studio
25 miles ยท ~30 min from Rocklin from the Lavish Gardens studio in Rocklin. Most Sacramento projects receive weekly on-site design walks during the build phase โ proximity that shows up in the finished work.
For over 35 years, Lavish Gardens Landscape has transformed outdoor spaces across Northern California โ one masterpiece at a time.
From Rocklin to El Dorado Hills, our licensed and insured team brings meticulous craftsmanship to every property. We understand the local climate, soil, and lifestyle โ so every garden thrives where you live.
Pillar ยท Hardscape & Masonry
Built like buildings, detailed like furniture.
Hardscape is the architecture of a landscape โ the bones that organize the garden and carry the weight of every footstep, every rain event, every decade.
Our hardscape practice braids three specializations into one structural language: hand-set stone, decorative concrete, and engineered retaining walls. Together they form the backbone of every Lavish Gardens estate.
We design hardscape to a structural engineer's tolerances and detail it to a cabinetmaker's. Foundations are over-built, drainage is invisible, and every visible joint is choreographed.
The Craft
Engineered Foundations
Compacted base, geotextile separation, frost-aware drainage on every install.
Hand-selected stone
Your team personally walks the quarry to choose color, grain, and weathering.
Concealed structure
Reinforcement, weeps, and tiebacks vanish into the finished face.
Services in Sacramento
The four disciplines, calibrated for
Sacramento.
Outdoor Living Environments ยท Sacramento
Kitchens, fireplaces, and shaded pavilions designed as architectural extensions of the home โ not afterthoughts on the patio.
Hardscape Design & Construction ยท Sacramento
Terraces, walls, and pavements engineered to a 50-year standard โ drawn, specified, and built by a single studio.
Water Features & Ponds ยท Sacramento
Cascading waterfalls, koi ponds, and architectural basins designed as the garden's gravitational center.
Luxury Xeriscaping ยท Sacramento
Sculptural natives, decomposed granite paths, and water-smart sophistication โ the antithesis of gravel-and-yucca xeriscape.
Sacramento Questions
What homeowners ask before we start.
It's the rule, not the exception. We coordinate with a certified arborist on every project inside Sacramento's canopy neighborhoods โ root mapping, air-spade exploration, and pier-supported hardscape outside the critical root zone.
Yes. We've done extensive period-respectful work in Land Park and East Sacramento โ boxwood hedging, formal axes, cast-stone fountains, and Mediterranean Revival courtyards detailed to era.
We do. Our office prepares the heritage-tree applications, encroachment permits, and CC&R compliance packets so you don't navigate the bureaucracy alone.
Typical full-yard transformation runs 4โ7 months from first site visit to final walkthrough โ about 6 weeks of design, 12โ20 weeks of construction depending on scope and weather.
Specializations
The disciplines inside the discipline.
Masonry
โArtisan Masonry & Stone Work
Dry-stack walls, mortared veneer, flagstone terraces, and capstones cut to fit a single seat.
Pavements
โDecorative Concrete & Pavers
Permeable pavers, board-formed concrete, and large-format slabs laid on engineered bases that don't move.
Engineered Walls
โStructural Retaining Walls
Engineered, drained, and faced to read as natural stone outcroppings, not as infrastructure.
Materials & Spec
The short list we trust.
The Process
Four steps. One studio.
Site survey
Topographic survey, soils review, drainage mapping.
Structural design
CAD plans stamped where required; material take-offs.
Hand build
One crew, on-site daily if applicable, supervised by Project Coordinator.
Cure & seal
Proper cure window, breathable sealing, documented warranty.
Considerations
Questions worth asking.
Properly engineered hardscape โ with correct base, drainage, and reinforcement โ should serve 40โ60 years with only cosmetic refresh.
Often yes. We assess what can be saved, salvage signature stone, and re-engineer what's failing.
Also Serving
Neighboring estates we work
with the same care.
The same crew, the same studio, the same 35+ years of context โ applied across every premium address in our region.
Folsom
Folsom Lake Corridor ยท Established & New Estates
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Folsom Lake Foothills ยท Estate Country
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Placer County ยท Master-Planned Communities
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Sierra Foothills ยท Granite Country
Explore โPair It With
The integrations that make a
project sing.
Design-build means every discipline is drawn at the same table. These are the natural pairings clients ask for next.
Luxury Xeriscaping
Sculptural natives, decomposed granite paths, and water-smart sophistication โ the antithesis of gravel-and-yucca xeriscape.
Explore โ PillarOutdoor Living Environments
Kitchens, fireplaces, and shaded pavilions designed as architectural extensions of the home โ not afterthoughts on the patio.
Explore โ PillarLandscape Lighting
Layered low-voltage and architectural LED systems that turn dusk into the property's most cinematic hour.
Explore โService Area
Providing hardscape design & construction from our Rocklin studio across Placer, Sacramento, and El Dorado Counties.
Begin
Discuss your hardscape design & construction project with Michael & Susan Cole.
Michael & Susan Cole
FOUNDERS
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
Premier landscape design-build studio. Owned & led by Michael & Susan Cole. Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years.
Michael & Susan Cole
FOUNDERS
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
Hardscape
Outdoor & Sustain
Water & Light
Landscape Design ยท Service Area
ยฉ 2026 Lavish Gardens Landscape ยท Michael & Susan Cole
Rocklin, CA ยท CA Lic. #1110575 C-27 Landscape Contractor
Begin
Schedule your Sacramento site visit
with Michael & Susan Cole.
We cap engagements each year so Michael can personally direct every sketch, grade change, and stone placement on your Sacramento project.
Michael & Susan Cole
FOUNDERS
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
Premier landscape design-build studio. Owned & led by Michael & Susan Cole. Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years.
Michael & Susan Cole
founders
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
Hardscape
Outdoor & Sustain
Water & Light
Landscape Design ยท Service Area
ยฉ 2026 Lavish Gardens Landscape ยท Michael & Susan Cole
Rocklin, CA ยท CA Lic. #1110575 C-27 Landscape Contractor