This Soda Rock gem is just a stone’s throw away from our offices where we’ve been experimenting with perennial naturalistic impressionism for well over a decade. All that is to say we definitely had the homecourt advantage when this client approached us requesting a design-build project in our favorite style.
The owner is an elderly woman who was once the talk of the town as a horticulturalist and gardening aficionado, however lost her ability to garden and some memory along the road to old age. Her kids reached out to us hoping that we could breathe new life into the landscapes their mother looks upon each day and we were truly honored with the opportunity. So much joy comes from witnessing nature’s canvas outside your window, and the Oak studded hills of Healdsburg couldn’t be a better collaborator as a CA native and sustainability focused naturalistic landscape designer.
The first step was clearing the land and seeing what lay beneath. An opportune moment arose to implement sustainable practices by saving the existing hardscape elements of wandering flagstone pathway and landscape placement boulders along with a unique water feature and central pond. With a little clean up, they looked good as new. Whenever we can we keep existing materials and landscape elements on site, doing so significantly increases the sustainability of the project by reducing labor, equipment for demolition, dumping, trucks for hauling, all while reducing costs for our clients.
