Project details
- Location
- Spring Valley, San Diego County
- Project type
- Slope & Structure
- Primary trade
- Custom Masonry
- Features
- Steps & stairs · Gravel / DG surfacing
- Planting
- Succulent
- Scope
- Front-slope stairs and planting beds
The goal
Give the rising front garden a clear stair route while balancing substantial brickwork with planting.
Design & construction approach
Gravel beds hold broad rosettes, branching plants, and boulders on either side.
The finished result
Green, orange, and coral foliage adds contrasting shapes and color around the stairs.
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Materials & planting
- Red-brick masonry
- Concrete landing
- Gravel
- Boulders
- Layered succulent 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 Spring Valley
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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