Services
Design, build, and the long game.
Six services, one crew. Most clients start with a whole-yard design-build, but every one of these stands on its own. Prices below are real ranges from our last three years of work.
The six
Pick one, or all of them.
- Design-buildThe whole yard, one contract. Concept, drawings, permits, build, planting, and the first year of care. Our main line of work.$80,000 to $400,000
- Outdoor livingOutdoor kitchens, fire features, pergolas, shade sails and the seat walls that hold a party. Permits handled.$45,000 to $180,000
- PlantingLawn out, garden in. Natives and Mediterranean plants on drip, with the rebate paperwork filed for you.$12,000 to $60,000
- IrrigationDrip conversion, smart controllers, pressure regulation and a system map you can actually read.$6,000 to $24,000
- LightingLow voltage brass fixtures, 2700K, aimed at night with you there. Path, tree and step lighting.$5,000 to $22,000
- MaintenanceMonthly care from the people who built it. Pruning, drip checks, mulch, seasonal planting. Gardens we built only.$450 to $1,400 a month
How we price
Every number on this site is a range from real jobs, not a starting-at price that doubles later.
After the site walk you get a range. After the concept you get a fixed number for the build. That number only moves if you change the scope or we find something underground that nobody could have known about, and either way you approve the change in writing before anyone does the work.
- Design fees run 8 to 12 percent of the build cost and are credited back if we build it
- Permits, engineering and inspections are line items, not surprises
- Plants are priced by the actual list, with sizes named, not a lump sum
- Payment is in five stages tied to work finished, never to the calendar
Where we work
Los Gatos and about twenty minutes around it.
Los Gatos, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Almaden Valley, Los Altos and Campbell. We keep the radius tight on purpose. A crew that spends an hour in traffic each way builds a worse garden.
If you are in the Santa Cruz Mountains above town, ask. We take a few hillside projects a year when the access works.