Project details
- Location
- Santee, San Diego County
- Project type
- Slope & Structure
- Primary trade
- Custom Masonry
- Features
- Steps & stairs · Gravel / DG surfacing
- Scope
- Front-slope stairway and gravel garden
The goal
Create a legible route across the sloping frontage while giving the broad planting beds a coherent visual structure.
Design & construction approach
Contrasting gravel fields, spaced plants, and boulders organize the slope on either side.
The finished result
Open spacing leaves the gravel patterns and individual plant silhouettes clearly visible.
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Materials & planting
- Red-brick masonry
- Concrete landings
- Dark gravel
- Light gravel
- Boulders
- Spaced accent planting
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our custom masonry crew, with support from hardscape contractors, retaining wall contractors and landscape planting & garden design. Every trade is in-house.
Building in Santee
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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