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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.
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.
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.
Pair 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.
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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
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ยฉ 2026 Lavish Gardens Landscape ยท Michael & Susan Cole
Rocklin, CA ยท CA Lic. #1110575 C-27 Landscape Contractor