Saturday, March 19, 2011

ShawnJonesMusic.com




I built this custom redwood fence for my good friend Shawn Jones. Check out his music at www.ShawnJonesMusic.com

The Pedersons





Really enjoyed working with this wonderful couple. Many thanks to Brian and Cora. Night and day on the before and after pics...AMAZING!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Luby Patio



Waaaayyyy Cool!
This was a fun project. Challenging but worth it.
Individually poured concrete squares ranging in sizes from 2'x2' to 18"x2'
Thyme ground cover was planted in the 4" gaps.
I like.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Jauregui Landscape


After


Before

Joseph said he wanted radical transformation. I think he got it. Irrigation, sod, plants, drip, woodchip. Very please with the final result.

OMG



After


Before

We added two feet to the existing block wall rounded the top and set some tiles to give it character. Spanish style stucco gave it the final touch.

Custom Redwood fencing including the planters.

Concrete was sawcut to give it the "tile like" appearance then stained to make it look new.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Cute & Simple



The grass used to go all the way up to the house, we removed it then installed bendo board to define the new planter & felt fabric to keep the weeds out. Plant material consists of silver sheens, flax, blue dwarf fescues and some lorepetulum. Acorn bark gave it the final touch. Thank's Ally for letting me do my thing.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

You gotta have it!


Custom built for my good friend Nancy Janes.
Can't wait to see what she's gonna grow!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Biele Residence



Fun Fun Fun!
This was a fun design/build project.
I didn't take before pictures because there was nothing there, just an empty back yard. Irrigation, plants and sod where done in only 3 1/2 days. I'll take some more pictures in about a month when everything starts flowering.

Saratoga Sod Job


Before

After

What a change!
From the wilderness to the promise land.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

My Boy


Here's a picture of my little Malachi with a Ford F-1 pick-up in the back.

I love this kid. I thank God every day for letting me raise, enjoy, bless and be blessed by this little one.

La Brea Lane



This Carpinteria residence is starting to be one of my favorites. Lot's to do here. Front yard is pretty much dialed in. We're thinking about planting some Lorepetulum to the left and right of the garage to add some rich purplelish-reddish colors.

Back yard is alot different than the front, lots of drought tolerant plants. Re-design will be happening soon.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Jungle


BEFORE



AFTER

Words can't explain how crazy this clean-up was.
All done in 1 day. WOW!

Amico Residence





Matthew 3:10... and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

It was ugly, it was massive, it was messy. Now it's gone

Sunday, March 7, 2010

FACELIFT




Tired of regular old grey concrete?
How about staining it?
Get the look you want in just 24hrs.
Saw cutting is also an option to give it a large tile look.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Let there be light... and there was light



We just started maintaining Lights Beautiful in downtown Ventura.
1'st day was long, lots of weeds to pull and plants to trim. Keep checking the updates it will soon be the nicest commercial landscape in downtown Ventura.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

The best of both worlds




The cool thing about gardening is enjoying what you labor for outside on the inside.
All you need is a few vases and you can decorate your house for pennies on the dollar. This Bird of Paradise arrangement you see here is at least $40 in the store.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Mi Casa, Es Su Casa



This is my house, I used to have lawn all the way to the sidewalk/driveway. It was just to plain for me so I downsized the lawn area and added planter space around it. 5 sprinklers where cancelled and drip was run to the new plants. This saves me time on mowing and Im conserving more water.

FLAGSTONE



Use it for walkways, steps & patios. Could be easily installed over concrete or on sand and soil. Natural cut or straight cut, it comes in all sorts of colors & textures.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Everybody's Doing It



Are you? If not, why not?
How sweet would it be to make a salad for dinner without having to go to Von's to get the lettuce.
Did you know that almost all the veggie's you buy can be easily grown at home.
If you have the space, I say go for it. It's a good hobby to do solo or with the family.

Last year our client started out with a 10ft x 10ft garden, they loved it so much today we expanded it to 20ft x 20ft.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Raised Veggie Bins




I really had a fun time with these veggie bins. This is the first time the Kirby family is doing a veggie garden. I got to share alot about what to plant, when to plant & how stuff grows. Overall this was a pretty neat experience.

Here's two 4ft x 8ft rough red wood raised veggie bins. I installed a laser drip system that will come on automatically from the timer. I mixed 50% compost and 50% existing onsite soil. While I was there I also tuned up the existing irrigation system for front and back yards.

Check out the before and after pics.