Lilian Rice courtyard · August 2026
Planting day
The plants go out in their pots first, along the new drip lines. Then the crew plants the beds: magnolia, bougainvillea, zinnias and cordyline.
Design and build
From the first plan to the last plant
We walk the property with you, draw up a plan and present it, so you can adjust it before anything goes in the ground.
Then our own crew builds it. Grading, stone, paving, trees and planting all come from one team, and we clean up when we're done.
What's included
- Site walk and design presentation
- Grading and site preparation
- Concrete, stone and paving
- Tree and plant installation
- Clean-up when the work is done
Before and after
A fountain courtyard, from bare dirt
From a framed-out basin in bare dirt to a finished courtyard: flagstone paving, a tiled fountain and new planting along the wall.
How a garden gets built
Forms and rebar set before a pour
Grading a slope before planting
A tree arriving on a flatbed
Moving river rock into place
Planting a new bed from flats
New sod settling in behind caution tape
A pool terrace mid-install, with turf between the pavers
A timber pergola over a gravel garden of grasses
Agaves and pines in a raised courtyard bed
From tile samples to the finished courtyard
Testing a soft blue tile and a Talavera tile against the old navy fountain
Trying a Talavera accent on the brick step
Setting Talavera tiles against the old blue mosaic
Laying out terracotta with a Talavera accent at the center
A new concrete base, ready for tile, around the stripped fountain
The Talavera border going in around the basin
Tiling the fountain under the lion
Drip irrigation laid in a new bed along the wall
The beds planted along the courtyard wall
Walk the property with Roxy and Fred
Tell us a little about the place and we'll set a time to walk it with you.