This custom home was carefully nestled into an almost unbuildable site. Rear deck and pools stand well above the adjacent grade and afford the owners wonderful vistas and sunsets. Design work included a large infinity edge swimming pool, a spa, several decks, waterfalls, terraces and hillside landscaping that are the stage for several large scale outdoor sculptures.
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Mission Hills Garden The focal point in this home and garden is the dramatic vista of Downtown San Diego. Everything in the rear yard was designed to allow the view to be paramount. The curving swimming pool reflects the downtown sky and harbor, yet spills over ten feet down to the spa below. The visitor can descend with the water wall all the way down to the spa. The spa itself spills into a small trough, completing the cycle. Additional improvements include a steel framed shade structure which is completely adjustable, a modern patio deck and barbecue counter suitable for entertaining, lighted entry wall with address, landscape and dramatic lighting.
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Strong succulent textures and other nearly xeriphytic plantings are a counterpoint to stone and concrete walls and paving. The owners live their evenings in the rear yard, cooking, eating, and warming by spa and fireplace around a “broken” circle designed to remind one of California’s geology. A large slate wall spills forth with water into a pebbled basin. At the end of the garden, a large iron “torii bell” hangs, waiting to be rung. One low wall with bas-relief forming, pays homage to the venerable landscape architect, Isabelle Greene.
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San Diego International Chapter of American Concrete Institute Project of the Year, 2000. Dramatic sculptural patio and raised deck create a dynamic outdoor living space. Design includes a water wall and water gardens, planted grotto and fountain, framed and enhanced by trailing vines and lush plantings.
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This historic home on Coronado Island required a complete re-development of the site and landscape, with swimming pool, spa, 2 fountains, bluestone paving, barbecue, firepit, brick walls steps and wrought iron fencing, gates and new plantings. The flavor and style of the original architecture was retained in all development.
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Award winning pool design and landscape inspired by traditional European themes. Iridescent glass tiles on the spa add sparkle to the afternoon light, as the water pours over the infinity edge. The central feature of the garden is a cascading iron staircase descending from the rear of the split-level home into the garden.
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A formally structured, craftsman era rose garden with herringboned brick paving, curved trellis, seat walls and a tile mosaic fountain that blends with the scene. Over 100 roses were arranged in according to color, type and height. Intermediate paths are decomposed granite. A tile artist was hired to create an exact replica of our design, a vignette into a trompe l’oeil landscape, using gold mosaics and stained glass.
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Estate sized custom residence, including limestone paving, pool, two spas, two fountains, barbecue and outdoor cooking area, formal herb garden, several patios, terraces and Arte Povera(TM) stained driveway paving. These are in addition to well-appointed landscape improvements and lighting.
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When first arriving at this Country villa, it was hard to tell where the front door was. Our firm re-designed and re-graded the front entry drive, so that one could see where to go. Then we created a pedestrian portico, designed in the old rancho style, to capture the visitor’s attention and invite them in. Layers of trees and shrubs ring the front yard, and frame the portico. Once inside the gate, viewers are treated to a flowering walkway, and landscape, a long fountain, built into the slope, and serene water plants. The front door immediately follows.
The rear yard was enhanced to take advantage of the existing views. The pool and spa were remodeled, with a more classic appearance.
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Featured in San Diego Home/Garden Magazine, this notable design includes meandering flagstone walkways, artfully placed boulders, pebbles and plantings to complement the architecture and soften the geometry of the building. Design includes a large circular driveway, distinctive entry garden, patios, pool, deck and incredible views.
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This harborside garden has direct views past Point Loma to the open sea, and so has a strong ocean influence on the plantings there. Work includes a pool, spa, walls, enhanced tile and concrete paving, iron work finished in copper verde patina, and semi-drought tolerant Mediterranean and Caribbean (“Mediter-ribbean”) plantings.
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My garden is very personal and understated. At first, the sound of a small, unseen waterfall beckons to you. Climbing the steps, you begin to sense the garden’s magnetism, feel its intimacy and hear its sounds. It doesn’t shout, it whispers. Large slabs of stone set the scale; several are longer than 5 feet. Following the Zen runnel upstream, past five different water sounds, one must cross a moat before arriving at the door. Goldfish add delight.
My garden flowers throughout the entire year. In fall and winter, the Nuccio’s Camellias display their famous blossoms above the ever-blooming Begonias. In summer and fall, the Sages reign, while Spring brings a riot from the Rhaphiolepis, Geranium, African Daisies, Lavender, Primrose and Pelargonium. Colored foliage and texture compliment the drifts of plantings.
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