Start With Your Yard

The yard your architect imagined.

Landscape design for mid-century homes

Aerial view of geometric courtyard with decomposed granite pathways and native plantings surrounding a mid-century modern home with flat roof

01 / Palm Springs, CA

Decomposed granite beds align with the post grid. Agave attenuata at each corner, desert willow at the property line.

The Kaufmann Commission

On restraint

A yard should resolve the architecture, not compete with it.

We work from the inside out — from the sliding glass wall to the property line — the way a good plan works from the structural bay outward. Every bed, every path, every specimen plant earns its place by extending what the architect already decided.

Macro close-up of water trickling over smooth aggregate concrete step with moss and native ground cover at edges, warm afternoon light

02 / Hollywood Hills, CA

Aggregate poured in place, brushed to expose the river stone. Water moves at the same pace as conversation.

Mulholland Residence

Material palette — Mulholland Residence

Decomposed Granite

Brushed Aggregate

Ipe Decking

Cast Concrete

Cor-Ten Steel

Boulders, Mojave

Gravel, Pea

Flagstone, Arizona

Wide dusk shot of mid-century landscape with warm amber landscape lighting glowing through native ornamental grasses and a kidney-shaped pool reflecting sky

03 / Portland, OR

Lighting designed before the plants were chosen. Muhlenbergia capillaris backlit by 2700K fixtures buried at grade.

Irvington Post-and-Beam

Plant list — Irvington Post-and-Beam

  • Agave attenuataSoft agave, no terminal spine
  • Muhlenbergia capillarisPink muhly grass
  • Salvia clevelandiiCleveland sage
  • Hesperaloe parvifloraRed yucca
  • Penstemon heterophyllusFoothill penstemon
  • Arctostaphylos densifloraVine Hill manzanita
  • Epilobium canumCalifornia fuchsia
  • Calamagrostis × acutifloraFeather reed grass

Begin your project

Start with
your yard.

Tell us about your home's architecture, your lot, and what you've been imagining. We'll take it from there.

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Accepting new projects in Palm Springs, the Hollywood Hills, Portland, and Austin.