by Scott Bradley | Jun 15, 2021 | Featured Gardens, Gardens, Irrigation, Patios and Walkways, The Landscape Process, Wood Structures
This West Napa featured garden included several elements, including an unusual stamped concrete walkway, a low voltage lighting system, a redwood fence and front and rear gardens. The project began with a request by the homeowner for a walkway down the side of the...
by Scott Bradley | May 4, 2021 | Featured Gardens, Gardens, Irrigation, Patios and Walkways, Wood Structures
Country property landscaping offers unique challenges as well as opportunities for a different landscaping flavor. Details Landscape Art was called to landscape a large side area of a home on the rural outskirts of West Petaluma. The property backed up, on one side,...
by Scott Bradley | Apr 6, 2021 | Drainage, Featured Gardens, Gardens, Irrigation, The Landscape Process, Wood Structures
Details Landscape Art, a Novato design-build landscape contractor, was called in the spring of 2020 to build a new redwood retaining wall for a hillside residence in Novato, CA. The existing retaining wall had been built some twenty-five years ago, and was badly...
by Scott Bradley | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured Gardens, Gardens, Irrigation
Softscape installation at this North Bennett Valley residence followed the hardscape, subject of the previous blog. The backyard had a wall of mature trees and mature hedges planted thirty years ago within two feet of the property fences. The hedges had been pruned...
by Scott Bradley | Nov 17, 2020 | Irrigation, Masonry and Stonescaping, The Landscape Process, Wood Structures
Following are some juicy landscaping tips and tidbits. Over the course of almost thirty years of landscaping in the greater Sonoma County area, Details Landscape Art has learned a few tricks in its day. Fertilize lawns in winter. We’ve always heard ‘Oh, don’t bother...
by Scott Bradley | Nov 19, 2019 | Gardens, Healdsburg Landscape Contractor, Irrigation
The history of California plants and landscapes is a study in the availability of water. Long ago it was discovered that almost all trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennials and vines would thrive in our Mediterranean climate if sufficient water were available. Mild...
