by Scott Bradley | May 4, 2021 | Featured Gardens, Garden Design
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 | Featured Gardens, Landscape Construction
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 | Jan 1, 2019 | Landscape Construction
Details Landscape Art, a Sonoma County design-build landscape contractor, is frequently called upon to build a redwood retaining wall. Whether to hold back an existing slope, or to level out an area, retaining walls are usually constructed using concrete (faced with...
by Scott Bradley | Jun 16, 2015 | Plant Selection
One of the most challenging types of projects encountered by Details Landscape Art is hillside landscaping. Planting on a hillside was addressed in a previous blog, but when the homeowner wants to have the slope terraced or provide flat areas, other issues must be...
by Scott Bradley | Jun 17, 2014 | Hardscape Design
Stonescaping is one of the most important elements of landscape design. Natural stone provides beauty, permanence, texture, and structure while complementing the trees, shrubs, lawns, and water features that bring a garden to life. ...