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Sustainable Design
Drought-elegant gardens,
without a hint of the desert clichรฉ.
Sculptural natives, decomposed granite paths, and water-
smart sophistication โ the antithesis of gravel-and-yucca xeriscape.
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 Sustainable Design
A garden that drinks
less and reads richer.
California's water reality is permanent. Luxury landscape design has to answer for that โ beautifully โ without surrendering color, texture, or seasonal rhythm.
Our xeriscape practice composes drought-tolerant plant communities with the same painterly attention we bring to traditional perennial borders. The result reads as garden, never as compromise.
We start with hydrozoning โ grouping plants by water need โ and build outward through soil amendment, smart irrigation, and a planting palette layered for year-round interest.
The Craft
Hydrozone design
Every plant grouped with its water peers; no overwatering by accident.
Smart irrigation
Hunter Hydrawise controllers tuned to weather and soil moisture.
Soil-first approach
Compost, biochar, and mycorrhizae inoculation before a single plant goes in.
Specializations
The disciplines inside the discipline.
Plants
โNative Plant Selection
Manzanita, ceanothus, salvia, and grasses arranged for year-round structure and seasonal surprise.
Turf
โSynthetic Turf Installation
Premium synthetic turf โ pet-rated, putting-green-grade, or play-zone โ installed on engineered drainage bases.
Water Management
โDrainage & Erosion Control
French drains, dry creek beds, channel drains, and graded swales engineered to make storm events disappear.
Materials & Spec
The short list we trust.
The Process
Four steps. One studio.
Water audit
Existing irrigation efficiency and water-bill baseline.
Hydrozone plan
Plant communities mapped to micro-climates and slopes.
Install & inoculate
Soil prep, planting, mulching, smart controller programming.
Establish & tune
12-month establishment care; irrigation re-tuned each season.
Considerations
Questions worth asking.
Only if you want it to. Our xeriscapes typically read as lush Mediterranean or California-coastal gardens.
Most clients see 50โ70% reduction in landscape water use within the first full year.
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.
Landscape Lighting
Layered low-voltage and architectural LED systems that turn dusk into the property's most cinematic hour.
Explore โ PillarHardscape Design & Construction
Terraces, walls, and pavements engineered to a 50-year standard โ drawn, specified, and built by a single studio.
Explore โ SustainableDrainage & Erosion Control
French drains, dry creek beds, channel drains, and graded swales engineered to make storm events disappear.
Explore โService Area
Providing luxury xeriscaping from our Rocklin studio across Placer, Sacramento, and El Dorado Counties.
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Discuss your luxury xeriscaping 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