Project details
- Location
- Normal Heights, San Diego County
- Project type
- Hardscape
- Primary trade
- Hardscape Contractors
- Features
- Patio
- Planting
- Screening trees & hedges
- Scope
- Backyard patio formwork area
The goal
Arrange a geometric hardscape layout around the standing tree and alongside the visible paved edge.
Design & construction approach
A separate opening interrupts the grid around the tree trunk; no finished surface is shown.
The finished result
It shows the grid's relationship to the tree and perimeter planting, but does not establish the final paving material or finish.
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Materials & planting
- Timber forms
- Wood stakes
- Rectangular layout divisions
- Tree opening
- Perimeter hedge
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our hardscape contractors crew. Every trade is in-house.
Building in Normal Heights
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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