by Scott Bradley | Jul 20, 2021 | Featured Gardens, Garden Art, Gardens, Low Voltage Lighting, Patios and Walkways, The Landscape Process, Wood Structures
Every garden has multiple perspectives, and we at Details Landscape Art try to consider as many as possible in designing and building a garden. And we try to encourage clients to go out and participate in their gardens as well as look at them from inside the house....
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 | Feb 9, 2021 | Gardens, Masonry and Stonescaping, Miscellaneous, Patios and Walkways, Wood Structures
The hardscape installation of this north Bennett Valley garden was part of a three-month project done in two phases. As described in the previous blog about root removal, the first phase was the demolition of existing concrete, fencing, grass, plants and irrigation....
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...
