Project details
- Location
- La Jolla, San Diego County
- Project type
- Slope & Structure
- Primary trade
- Custom Masonry
- Features
- Raised planters
- Scope
- Front garden planters and sloped planting
The goal
Balance the prominent curved masonry edges with planting of varied heights and textures.
Design & construction approach
Groundcover outside the walls provides a lower, continuous planting layer across the slope.
The finished result
Repeated curves farther up the garden connect the close-up planting detail with the broader front-yard composition.
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Materials & planting
- Light-colored rendered masonry
- Broad gray wall caps
- Mulched planting beds
- Layered foliage and flowers
- Groundcover
- Lawn/turf
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our custom masonry crew, with support from retaining wall contractors, landscape planting & garden design and landscape design. Every trade is in-house.
Building in La Jolla
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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