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Landscape Design · Sacramento, CA

Mature lots.

Considered transformations.

Sacramento's grand neighborhoods deserve landscape work that respects their history — heritage oaks preserved, period-correct hardscape, and infrastructure tucked beneath the canopy.

Capital Region · Riverfront & Established Neighborhoods

25 miles · ~30 min from Rocklin

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Landscape Design · Sacramento, CA

Mature lots.

Considered transformations.

Sacramento's grand neighborhoods deserve landscape work that respects their history — heritage oaks preserved, period-correct hardscape, and infrastructure tucked beneath the canopy.

Capital Region · Riverfront & Established Neighborhoods

25 miles · ~30 min from Rocklin

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Local Practice · 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 — Michael drawing every plan, Susan coordinating the build — 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 — every Sacramento engagement draws from all of them.

Why Sacramento Is Different

01

Heritage oak preservation

Sacramento's signature canopy is non-negotiable. Every plan begins with arborist-approved root protection zones.

02

Clay-loam soils, summer cracking

We design irrigation, drainage, and root barriers for the clay shrink-swell cycle that punishes generic installations.

03

Period-respectful detail

Tudor, Craftsman, Mediterranean Revival — we match hardscape language to your home's architectural era.

Neighborhoods We Know

From Our Studio

25 miles · ~30 min from Rocklin from the Lavish Gardens studio in Rocklin. Most Sacramento projects receive weekly on-site design walks during the build phase — proximity that shows up in the finished work.

Local Practice · 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 — Michael drawing every plan, Susan coordinating the build — 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 — every Sacramento engagement draws from all of them.

Why Sacramento Is Different

01

Heritage oak preservation

Sacramento's signature canopy is non-negotiable. Every plan begins with arborist-approved root protection zones.

02

Clay-loam soils, summer cracking

We design irrigation, drainage, and root barriers for the clay shrink-swell cycle that punishes generic installations.

03

Period-respectful detail

Tudor, Craftsman, Mediterranean Revival — we match hardscape language to your home's architectural era.

Neighborhoods We Know

From Our Studio

25 miles · ~30 min from Rocklin from the Lavish Gardens studio in Rocklin. Most Sacramento projects receive weekly on-site design walks during the build phase — proximity that shows up in the finished work.

Services in Sacramento

The four disciplines, calibrated for
Sacramento.

Outdoor Living ↗

Outdoor Living Environments · Sacramento

Kitchens, fireplaces, and shaded pavilions designed as architectural extensions of the home — not afterthoughts on the patio.

Hardscape Design and Construction in Sacramento

Hardscape & Masonry ↗

Hardscape Design & Construction · Sacramento

Terraces, walls, and pavements engineered to a 50-year standard — drawn, specified, and built by a single studio.

Water & Light ↗

Water Features & Ponds · Sacramento

Cascading waterfalls, koi ponds, and architectural basins designed as the garden's gravitational center.

Sustainable Design ↗

Luxury Xeriscaping · Sacramento

Sculptural natives, decomposed granite paths, and water-smart sophistication — 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 — 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 — 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 4–7 months from first site visit to final walkthrough — about 6 weeks of design, 12–20 weeks of construction depending on scope and weather.