Project details
- Location
- Mission Hills, San Diego County
- Project type
- Slope & Structure
- Primary trade
- Retaining Wall Contractors
- Features
- Steps & stairs · Raised planters
- Scope
- Hillside planting edge and side steps
The goal
Create a defined planted edge at the foot of the steep slope while leaving room for steps beside the building.
Design & construction approach
Narrow steps run beside it along the building, with taller planting and the exposed slope forming the backdrop.
The finished result
Purple flowers and loose foliage contrast with the straight wall cap and tight side stairway.
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Materials & planting
- Stacked-stone facing
- Flat wall caps
- Stone-finished steps
- Layered planting
- Visible slope mesh
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our retaining wall contractors crew, with support from custom masonry and landscape planting & garden design. Every trade is in-house.
Building in Mission Hills
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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