Project details
- Location
- Golden Hill, San Diego County
- Project type
- Slope & Structure
- Primary trade
- Custom Masonry
- Features
- Steps & stairs · Gravel / DG surfacing
- Planting
- Screening trees & hedges
- Scope
- Sloped front garden and entry steps
The goal
Give the sloping frontage a clear entry route while organizing the broad planting area into readable shapes.
Design & construction approach
Curving boundaries divide contrasting gravel areas, with boulders and spaced plants providing smaller points of interest.
The finished result
A low brick wall draws a continuous line along the sidewalk, while the hedge defines the upper edge.
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Materials & planting
- Red brick
- Contrasting gravel
- Boulders
- Curved bed edging
- Spaced planting
- Clipped hedge
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our custom masonry crew, with support from landscape planting & garden design and landscape design. Every trade is in-house.
Building in Golden Hill
Design and construction are both in-house, so grading, drainage, masonry, planting and lighting are solved together. Licensed C-27 Landscape Contractor — CSLB License #1159370.
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