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 12, 2019 | Irrigation, Miscellaneous, Petaluma Landscape Design
The previous two posts discussed the primary features and the programming of the Raindial HR6100 irrigation controller. This blog focuses on some other special features of the controller. Details Landscape Art installs and uses this particular controller almost...
by Scott Bradley | Apr 10, 2018 | Featured Gardens, Gardens, Irrigation, Low Voltage Lighting, Marin County Landscape Contractor, The Landscape Process
Details Landscape Art is a Novato landscaper with projects throughout Marin County, Sonoma County and Napa County. We were called by a family who live up in the hills west of Highway 101, to see what we could do with a challenging backyard landscape. The property...
by Scott Bradley | May 23, 2017 | Gardens, Irrigation, Santa Rosa Garden Design
Much of Northern California, and certainly the North Bay has experienced drought over the last several years. Even in non-drought years (such as the winter of 2016-2017), the rainy season is brief – maybe four to five months of occasional rain followed by a completely...
by Scott Bradley | Jun 14, 2016 | Gardens, Sonoma County Landscape Contractor
Almost every garden installation includes trees, and the selection and placement of trees is one of the one of the largest elements in the design process. At Details Landscape Art, we almost always select deciduous trees for small residential gardens. Evergreen trees...